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Re:Uganda Bans VPNs to Prevent Users from Dodging Its New So... by tiatia123 on Friday July 06, 2018 @12:11PM (#17472570)
Some VPNs go through extraordinary length for VPN over HTTP(S). It is not so trivial. Assuming that Uganda is likely buying blocking equipment from China.
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Re:Uganda Bans VPNs to Prevent Users from Dodging Its New So... by LinuxBender on Friday July 06, 2018 @12:20PM (#17472649)
Probably more like silicon valley. Bluecoat vars have been known to sell equipment to sanctioned countries and those that violate human rights.
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Re:Uganda Bans VPNs to Prevent Users from Dodging Its New So... by tiatia123 on Friday July 06, 2018 @12:34PM (#17472787)
https://www.voanews.com/a/iran-plans-its-own-sanitized-inter...
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Re:Uganda Bans VPNs to Prevent Users from Dodging Its New So... by detaro on Friday July 06, 2018 @01:21PM (#17473251)
Sure, but Iran is under embargo from the west. Uganda is not, and thus can freely buy censorship tech on the open market.
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Re:Uganda Bans VPNs to Prevent Users from Dodging Its New So... by tiatia123 on Friday July 06, 2018 @12:35PM (#17472796)
Not sure why this gets downvoted. Good luck trying OpenVPN over 80 or 443 in China.

If you want to build your own, use at least VPN that was developed in Japan. (Google)

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