[tor-bugs] #20348 [Metrics/Censorship analysis]: Kazakhstan blocking of vanilla Tor and obfs4, 2016-06

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#20348: Kazakhstan blocking of vanilla Tor and obfs4, 2016-06
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 Reporter:  dcf                          |          Owner:
     Type:  project                      |         Status:  reopened
 Priority:  Medium                       |      Milestone:
Component:  Metrics/Censorship analysis  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                       |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  censorship block kz          |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 From changelog for some old <cut> Signature Pack update:
 > Tor 5.5.5 mode= obfs4 wasn’t blocked in some specific flows
 > TOR might not be identified correctly when running with Skype in the
 background
 > Orbot mode obfs4 wasn’t blocked on Android 5.0.1
 > Some HTTPS based services weren’t accessible due to false positive
 Phison identification

 > In some edge use cases TOR Scramblesuit custom bridges cannot be
 blocked.

 > The material contained herein is proprietary, privileged, and
 confidential and owned by <cut> or its third party licensors. This
 information herein is provided to the person or entity to which it is
 addressed, for its own use only and evaluation of this document, therefore
 no disclosure of the content of this document will be made to third
 parties, including without limitation <cut> competitors, without the
 express written permission of <cut>

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