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[FYI] Voice of America considers anti-censorship tech
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- Subject: [FYI] Voice of America considers anti-censorship tech
- From: "Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 11:27:58 +0200
http://europe.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/08/29/voice.of.america/index.
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Voice of America considers anti-censorship tech
August 29, 2001 Posted: 2153 GMT
By Ann Kellan CNN Science and Technology
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Voice of America is considering new technology to
allow Chinese citizens access to Web sites now banned by their
government.
Currently, Chinese government firewalls block many Western Web sites,
including some Voice of America sites.
Software, called Triangle Boy, will act as a deflector for Chinese
citizens who want to access banned Internet sites. The technology
attempts to fool the government by sending the signal outside the
government's firewall to a "friends" site, then bounces that signal
to the "banned" site and back to your computer.
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