[OT] The Great Firewall of China

[Colin McGregor]

--- Zu Zhihui <zuzhihui-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> alimentarus.net is *NOT* blocked. I am in China and
> I can visit your site.
> 
> The result that 
> http://www.greatfirewallofchina.org/ reported is not
> accurate.

Well, have a look at the
http://www.greatfirewallofchina.org/ documentation.
They note that they are doing testing via just one
server in China, so a temporary problem with said
server, or a temporary problem with DNS, or ... can
cause false blocked reports.

So, while stuff from The Great Firewall of China is
interesting it isn't perfect. An oddity that I saw,
The Great Firewall of China website reported that:

   torfree.net 

was blocked, yet:

   www.torfree.net

wasn't blocked, and yes, both of the above point to
the same web page... Odd...

Colin McGregor

> 2007/3/26, Paul King <sciguy-Ja3L+HSX0kI at public.gmane.org>:
> > See if your URL is blocked in china:
> >
> > http://www.greatfirewallofchina.org/
> >
> > tlug.ss.org is not blocked!
> > disney.com is not blocked!
> >
> > my Food Science website, alimentarus.net, *IS*
> blocked! What did I say to
> > offend them?
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