7 best tools to circumvent internet censorship
So, Finally here is much awaited post that everybody asked for ever since I posted on this topic, I’ve found seven best ways to circumvent censorship currently working apart from various proxy sites whose life span is like of fly. I’ll try to be very brief cause if i’m going to explain each of them then it’ll become my longest post of my life and also 1st four tools are more or less uses same technique as last three shares some similarities. I’m also providing download links some of them are directly from their main sites and some of them are alternative download links.
1) GPass
GPass wraps the network traffic of your Internet applications in various formats and tunnels the wrapped packets through various dynamic channels to its servers. The GPass servers unwrap the packets and forward them to their destination on your behalf, yet they hide your identity (i.e., IP address). (Source Main Site)
GPass is free for personal use within selected countries where unjust Internet jamming is prevalent.
Official Site - www.gpass1.com
Download Links
2) Free Gate
FreeGate is a software utility that enables Chinese and Iranian surfers to view websites banned by their government. Freegate has 200,000 users, Dynamic Internet Technology (DIT), its developer, estimates.
How freegate works
“The software takes advantage of a range of proxy servers assigned to changeable internet addresses, which allows users in China access to sites banned by the Chinese government. The program exploits open proxies, which allow users to penetrate firewalls used to block web sites” - (Source Wikipedia.com)
Download Links
3) GTunnel
Garden is a breakthrough of the blockade weapon developed by gardennetworks team, it can help you visit more sites, the best of the outside world to see! (Source Main Site)
Official Site - www.gardennetworks.com
Download Links
4) Ultra Surf
It is the flagship software product from UltraReach Internet Corp. for Internet anti-censorship. It enables users inside countries with heavy Internet censorship to visit any public web sites in the world safely and freely. it enables users to browse any website freely just the same as using the regular IE browser while it automatically searches the highest speed proxy servers in the background. (Source Main Site)
Official Site - www.ultrareach.com / www.wujie.net
Download Links-
- Download Link 1
- Download Link 2
- Download Link 3 (By Chris)
- Download Link 4 (Version 8.4 - 8.8 + User Guide)
5) Psiphon
Researchers at University of Toronto introduced a software tool on Friday, December 1, 2006 that aims to help people in countries that censor the World Wide Web. Psiphon (pronounced sigh-fawn), a web-based utility, lets individuals in a country that censors the internet sign on to a server that gives them secure access to web pages anywhere, bypassing government restrictions.(Source Main Site)
Official Site - http://psiphon.civisec.org
Download Links-
6) Freenet
Freenet is free software which lets you publish and obtain information on the Internet without fear of censorship. To achieve this freedom, the network is entirely decentralized and publishers and consumers of information are anonymous. Without anonymity there can never be true freedom of speech, and without decentralization the network will be vulnerable to attack. (Source Main Site)
Official Site - http://freenetproject.org
Download Links-
7) Tor
“Tor (The Onion Router) is a free software implementation of second-generation onion routing – a system enabling its users to communicate anonymously on the Internet. Originally sponsored by the US Naval Research Laboratory, Tor became an Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) project in late 2004. The EFF supported Tor financially until November 2005, and continues to provide web hosting for the project.” – (Source Wikipedia.com)
Official Site - www.torproject.org
Download Links-
Well, I found Tor and Psiphon a lil complicated to use but other four tools are really great tool in breakthrough to circumvent gowing internet censorship.
Update[13.02.2008] - Wow this list is getting hot coz someone has digged it on digg.com and another guy BURIED it with claim of Duplicate content. but i didn’t knew it was a duplicate one as long as i didn’t went through the link that he has provided with following info
“citizenlab.org — This guide, which is intended for the non-technical user, provides tips and strategies on how to by-pass content filters worldwide. Whereas once it was assumed that states could not control Internet communications, according to research by the OpenNet Initiative (www.opennet.net) more than 25 countries now engage in Internet censorship practice.” (there is correction now there is more than 31 countries - by me
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Here is link of full article in PDF format, here again i’ll provide two links one with the original and another alternative one as i wanted to read it by people from censored country as well.
(currently article is available in engliash but soon it’ll be available in -French, Spanish, Burmese, Russian and Urdu keep looking at this section)
For those who is unable to read PDF format files
1. go to http://view.samurajdata.se
2. insert the either of above links
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Thanks for sharing. But for the sake of simplicity I find it easier to use proxy sites such as www.proxy4china.com to browse blocked sites, when needed.
Cheers,
Chris
Very nicely compiled, great!
thanx sir ji……
Sir
Am working in abudhabi , I want to open orkut web site but here orkut site are blocked I try to download proxy but that also web site are blocked can help me to open orkut web site. Can send send kproxy or ultra suf exe file to my mail addres i am waiting for your replay . Please send it to me
Very useful information
Hi, I tried to download Gtunnel & Gpass but while executing my Antiviirus Avast detected tojans in both files. the details are follows :
Win32:Delf-IHC [Trj]” has been found in “C:\Users\Nisanth\Desktop\GTunnel.zip\GTunnel.exe” file.
and
“Win32:Delf-IMK [Trj]” has been found in “C:\Users\Nisanth\AppData\Roaming\GPass\scap.dll” file.
is it safe to use it…..
cheers mate
While our tools (GPass/GTunnel/Freegate/Ultra Surf/FirePheonix) helped users in closed societies to access censored information on the Internet freely, the authorities in some places (like China) found a way to block us through anti-virus scanners. They just reported our software as virus or mal-ware. Some of these anti-virus companies are not responsible enough in their classification. It seems they just labeled our software as backdoor if enough people reported us that way.
In the past, we interacted with some of these anti-virus companies (including Symantec and Kaspersky), and upon close examination of our software, they reverted their signature database. But there are too many anti-virus companies for us to deal with now to clear all the record.
We are sorry for the inconvenience. But GPass/GTunnel/Freegate/Ultra Surf/FirePheonix are definitely not virus or backdoor. However, please download them from our official websites or reputable download sites such as download.com or Tucows.com, and check the digital signatures before running. In the past, in China, some evil guys added virus to our software and emailed it to many users. Please be alert and do not just run any file you download before varifying the signature or source.
http://globalinternetfreedom.org
@ Peter: heyy Thanx
respected sir,
i m facing problem in opening my orkut website.wen i write down orkut on address bar a error pop ups “orkut is banned.do not try to open as it is restricted.” n my one friend told me about ultra surf website.i ried to download but again i got the error tht “good attempt . try another proxy”.please help me sir in using my orkut website….
i shall be highly obliged for this kind act of urs…
yours faithfully,
neha singh
respected sir
i m facing problem in opening my orkut website.wen i write down orkut on address bar a error pop ups “orkut is banned.do not try to open as it is restricted.” n my one friend told me about ultra surf website.i ried to download but again i got the error tht “good attempt . try another proxy”.please help me sir in using my orkut website….
i shall be highly obliged for this kind act of urs…
yours faithfully,
neha singh
Yeah i just need a list of any Programs and/or ways that i need to get on blocked websites at school please? I use my computer at home for the websites i need to do my work and study but it would be so much easyer if i knew how to do so at school and dont have to wait to get home. and i have ultrsurf but going through tool, internet option, connection and so on dousnt work! Can anyone help??? and can you maybe email it to me at nateo394@gmail.com?
sir
iam working in dubai i want to open orkut ,pleese mail methe tips for same
Hi,
I’ve been using UltraSurf for quite some time until recently I started facing problem in accessing some sites that were working fine before.
Now for certain sites, the default (Chinese Page of UltrSurf) is displayed. Is any one else also facing the same problem?
Is there any solution to this problem?
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hi
i am also using ultra surf 8.9 for accessing the blocked websites but i am also suffering from this problem some sites which i used to access through ultra surf don’t open now instead it moves to the default page can u plz tell me y is it happening so
very helpful information, thanx. I believe that many surfers will be happy with it. But, can it be disable by the Administrator if they eventually has been discovered.
Hi I am in a LAN and i am unable to use Gpass! its not launching the application (browser)even though the path is rite and is not able to find gpass servers.I gave a manual input of my LAN settings but its not able to find.Can i add a GPASS server if that is there please tell me any gpass servers (i mean the green ie is not glowin) Any help will be appreciated.