Re:Iran designing its own version of the Internet
by hughesey on Thursday September 20, 2012 @01:45AM
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The Internet is Iran is already quite unique, thanks to the strict Government controlled filters in place.
There was a recent study testing the top 100 websites in each of Alexa's site categories. It tested if each was available in Iran using the Iran Firewall Test (http://viewdns.info/iranfirewall/).
The result? Approximately 27% of sites we tested were blocked. Categories such as adult sites saw much higher rates.
There was a recent study testing the top 100 websites in each of Alexa's site categories. It tested if each was available in Iran using the Iran Firewall Test (http://viewdns.info/iranfirewall/).
The result? Approximately 27% of sites we tested were blocked. Categories such as adult sites saw much higher rates.
The research piece is here for anyone interested: http://viewdns.info/research/current-state-of-internet-censo...