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Re:“Two days ago the police came to me and wanted me to stop... by olalonde on Saturday August 22, 2015 @04:34AM (#10101927)
> Encryption is not enough.

I use an unencrypted PPTP VPN and the connection is really fast and stable here (Shenzhen, China Telecom). I have tried OpenVPN and ssh but both were much slower. FWIW, I don't believe using a VPN is illegal in China (though operating a VPN service without a license most likely is) and pretty much every single foreigner I know uses one.

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Re:“Two days ago the police came to me and wanted me to stop... by Bromlife on Saturday August 22, 2015 @06:03AM (#10102095)
PPTP is not secure. You need to open another, more secure, tunnel within your PPTP session.
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Re:“Two days ago the police came to me and wanted me to stop... by caiych on Saturday August 22, 2015 @07:54AM (#10102269)
According to a recent file. Using a VPN isn't illegal. But hosting an unregistered VPN service in China is illegal. And the right of using an unregistered VPN service is not guaranteed.
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Re:“Two days ago the police came to me and wanted me to stop... by oliwarner on Saturday August 22, 2015 @05:09AM (#10102013)
Per the other comment, MS-CHAP2 is crackable. The PRC govt is probably happy to encourage people to think they're secure using it.
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Re:“Two days ago the police came to me and wanted me to stop... by olalonde on Saturday August 22, 2015 @11:37AM (#10102760)
Yes, that was my point. They are happy to let people circumvent the firewall as long as they're still able to read the traffic.
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