New Anti-censorship system could make it difficult to block individual sites - Polidicks

[quote]A group of computer science researchers have devised a new system that would turn the Internet into a proxy server thus making it impossible to block individual websites. Computer science researchers of University of Michigan and the University of Waterloo will present the new system, Telex, at the USENIX Security Symposium in San Francisco on August 12. "This has the potential to shift the arms race regarding censorship to be in favour of free and open communication," University of Michigan's Assistant Professor J. Alex Halderman said. "The Internet has the ability to catalyze change by empowering people through information and communication services. Repressive governments have responded by aggressively filtering it. If we can find ways to keep those channels open, we can give more people the ability to take part in free speech and access to information", he added. A typical anticensorship scheme allows users to overcome blocking by routing them through a proxy server. But the censor can monitor the content of traffic on the whole network, and eventually finds and blocks the proxy too. "It creates a kind of cat and mouse game. It would likely require support from nations that are friendly to the cause of a free and open Internet", Halderman said. "The problem with any one company doing this, for example, is they become a target. It's a collective action problem. You want to do it on a wide scale that makes connecting to the Internet almost an all or nothing proposition for the repressive state", he added. The researchers are at the proof-of-concept stage in unveiling Telex. They have been using Telex for daily web browsing for the past four months and tested it with a Beijing client who was able to access YouTube, which is blocked in China. [/quote] [url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/enterprise-it/security/Anti-censorship-system-could-make-it-difficult-to-block-individual-sites/articleshow/9588651.cms]**SOURCE**[/url] The Telex name isn't really original, but this does have some really interesting potential.

Cool system too bad nations will find a way around it

[QUOTE=Wii60;31711991]Cool system too bad nations will find a way around it[/QUOTE] Just block the Telex site, right?

Sounds cool until the country just blocks the entire Telex network.

They shouldnt lie about the free speech stuff, everyone knows this will be used for filthy, filthy porn.

[QUOTE=cathal6606;31712422]They shouldnt lie about the free speech stuff, everyone knows this will be used for filthy, filthy porn.[/QUOTE] Which is a part of free speech :eng101:

[QUOTE=Miskav;31713233]Which is a part of free speech :eng101:[/QUOTE] Not for those who participate in it.

They should not release this information about telex otherwise it will be taken down quickly.

[QUOTE=maurits150;31713401]Not for those who participate in it.[/QUOTE] How so?

I read USENIX as UNISEX

[QUOTE=maurits150;31713401]Not for those who participate in it.[/QUOTE] I assume you're talking about child pornography, in which case that is true. Irrelevant to the blocking of websites or access to websites though. Go after the people who make it.

[QUOTE=trent_roolz;31712144]Sounds cool until the country just blocks the entire Telex network.[/QUOTE] yeah thanks facepunch scientist I'm sure you know better than the guys working on this(did you even read the article? what they're proposing would require all access to the internet to be blocked to block something)

On one hand this aids in justice preventing innocents sites from being blocked, but on the other hand it'd mean rampant CP and BP. (not the oil company)

Looks like my domain name [url]http://digitaltelex.com[/url] just got much more useful :D

You do know you can easily scan the HTML body for keywords, then block it right?

[QUOTE=GamerKiwi;31720671]How so?[/QUOTE]Ever try to talk with a dick in your mouth?