Comments on: Google’s SSL shift helps schools, China censor search http://infopolitics.net/2010/07/googles-e/ Understanding the Internet and information in politics Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:15:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Graham Webster http://infopolitics.net/2010/07/googles-e/comment-page-1/#comment-662 Graham Webster Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:22:39 +0000 http://infopolitics.net/?p=124#comment-662 @SirSteven I think you're right about this, though I thought I had checked this and gotten something on the encrypted.google.com.hk site. Now, on one proxy where DNS gets routed through the US, I get an error. On another, I get the same error from China Unicom, despite the fact that the connection goes through the US. I'm going to look back at this and correct as needed. The punch of the post may be gone, but I stand by the analysis that making "encrypted" part of the domain rather than the protocol is a troublesome step. @SirSteven I think you’re right about this, though I thought I had checked this and gotten something on the encrypted.google.com.hk site. Now, on one proxy where DNS gets routed through the US, I get an error. On another, I get the same error from China Unicom, despite the fact that the connection goes through the US. I’m going to look back at this and correct as needed.

The punch of the post may be gone, but I stand by the analysis that making “encrypted” part of the domain rather than the protocol is a troublesome step.

]]> By: SirSteven http://infopolitics.net/2010/07/googles-e/comment-page-1/#comment-661 SirSteven Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:02:34 +0000 http://infopolitics.net/?p=124#comment-661 but encrypted.google.com.hk doesn't even exist (I just tried it with my VPN on, and also with it turned off), so the page that you saw - and presumed to be an error/blocking page - was actually just one of those ISP landing pages. My ISP is China Telecom, so I got their landing page instead. but encrypted.google.com.hk doesn’t even exist (I just tried it with my VPN on, and also with it turned off), so the page that you saw – and presumed to be an error/blocking page – was actually just one of those ISP landing pages. My ISP is China Telecom, so I got their landing page instead.

]]> By: Martin http://infopolitics.net/2010/07/googles-e/comment-page-1/#comment-660 Martin Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:35:12 +0000 http://infopolitics.net/?p=124#comment-660 Lots of websites are blocked in China and the list keeps changing from day to day. To keep updated with which they are, check out http://www.greatfirewall.biz Lots of websites are blocked in China and the list keeps changing from day to day. To keep updated with which they are, check out http://www.greatfirewall.biz

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