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Re:Why TCP Over TCP Is a Bad Idea (2001) by rahimnathwani on Sunday March 29, 2015 @12:35AM (#9283887)
Do you have any information you can share about this? A few years ago, I could reliably use OpenVPN over UDP, as long as I switched ports out frequently. Some time ago (I don't remember when), this ceased to be the case, and I switched to PPTP and, more recently, Shadowsocks.

What has been your experience with UDP over GFW?

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Re:Why TCP Over TCP Is a Bad Idea (2001) by beefsack on Sunday March 29, 2015 @02:01AM (#9284052)
UDP used to work (~3 years ago) but currently it's blocked wholesale. OpenVPN over TCP gets throttled and blocked thanks to DPI too, an obfuscation layer is required because OpenVPN traffic is identifiable due to a fairly unique encryption fingerprint.

http://blog.strongvpn.asia/china-blocking-udp-ports/

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Re:Why TCP Over TCP Is a Bad Idea (2001) by rahimnathwani on Sunday March 29, 2015 @03:19AM (#9284140)
Thanks. This is totally consistent with my experience, and it's good to know that it's not just me :)
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