Re: [liberationtech] Censorship hardware - BLUECOAT IN SYIA

2012-12-05 Thread Maxim Kammerer
On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 7:38 PM, liberationt...@lewman.us wrote: A few people started to dig through the data, and then either gave up when they realized the volume of it, or didn't publish their analysis widely. Here's one example,

Re: [liberationtech] Censorship hardware - BLUECOAT IN SYIA

2012-12-04 Thread Peter Fein
You can find the original 54GB logs (gzip) that were released last summer (that prompted the WSJ WaPo coverage) here: http://bluesmote.com/ I'm still hoping someone will dig through that data in depth - we've never had a look at censorship from the censors' perspective quite like this. Could

Re: [liberationtech] Censorship hardware - BLUECOAT IN SYIA

2012-12-04 Thread liberationtech
On Tue, 4 Dec 2012 11:14:18 -0600 Peter Fein p...@wearpants.org wrote: I'm still hoping someone will dig through that data in depth - we've never had a look at censorship from the censors' perspective quite like this. Could make a great masters/PhD thesis topic for a graduate student in

Re: [liberationtech] Censorship hardware - BLUECOAT IN SYIA

2012-12-03 Thread The Doctor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/01/2012 03:16 PM, Bernard Tyers - ei8fdb wrote: True - it would be useful for a journalist to make some enquiries as to the outcome of that investigation. My guess would be nothing. 'Nothing' lines up with the buzz I've heard in those

Re: [liberationtech] Censorship hardware - BLUECOAT IN SYIA

2012-12-03 Thread Pierre Romera
Hi guys, Is there someone who knows which kind of data are generated by such equipment (ProxySG ) ? If so, how can we read it ? Thanks. -- Pirhoo -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech

Re: [liberationtech] Censorship hardware - BLUECOAT IN SYIA

2012-12-02 Thread L. Aaron Kaplan
On Dec 2, 2012, at 2:00 AM, KheOps wrote: Hey, I'm thinking something that could be a total nonsense, but just in case I would like to share my thougths. Le 01/12/2012 19:39, Rafal Rohozinski a écrit : This pic has just been posted on twitter. It was picked up by the Secdev Syria

Re: [liberationtech] Censorship hardware - BLUECOAT IN SYIA

2012-12-02 Thread KheOps
Hey, Le 03/12/2012 01:11, L. Aaron Kaplan a écrit : On Dec 2, 2012, at 2:00 AM, KheOps wrote: [...] What if that second picture - the one that popped up today - had been taken just recently by some opponent to the regime who managed to gain access to the Tarassul technical office; that

Re: [liberationtech] Censorship hardware - BLUECOAT IN SYIA

2012-12-02 Thread KheOps
Le 03/12/2012 01:11, L. Aaron Kaplan a écrit Does anyone have any info on the paths that the fiber cables are taking from Tartus till Damascus? If they are not to cross the border and go to Lebanon, then they must pass by Homs. Usually fiber lines are next to train tracks or highways. Just

Re: [liberationtech] Censorship hardware - BLUECOAT IN SYIA

2012-12-02 Thread Andrew Lewis
They use IP networks for phone and cell, hence my bet is an issue at the main DC. On Dec 3, 2012, at 1:38 PM, KheOps khe...@ceops.eu wrote: Le 03/12/2012 01:11, L. Aaron Kaplan a écrit Does anyone have any info on the paths that the fiber cables are taking from Tartus till Damascus? If they

[liberationtech] Censorship hardware - BLUECOAT IN SYIA

2012-12-01 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
This pic has just been posted on twitter. It was picked up by the Secdev Syria Operation Group. It is allegeldy a picture of internet censorship hardware taken inside a telecom hub (exchange) in Damascus, http://twitter.com/AmaraaBaghdad/status/274919986399703040/photo/1 It looks like the

Re: [liberationtech] Censorship hardware - BLUECOAT IN SYIA

2012-12-01 Thread Bernard Tyers
And reading that article now, I wonder what ever happened to that internal investigation Blue coat were running. I also wonder what happened with that Dubai distributor? Something tells me they're still doing business. Restrictions make no difference in these cases when you have one company

Re: [liberationtech] Censorship hardware - BLUECOAT IN SYIA

2012-12-01 Thread Douglas Lucas
If anyone can get the name of the office or location, or specific names of Syrian authorities involved, I might be able to do something with that. Douglas Email/PGP: d...@riseup.net 880B7171. On 12/01/2012 01:36 PM, Bernard Tyers wrote: About the photo: is there any idea where that photo was

Re: [liberationtech] Censorship hardware - BLUECOAT IN SYIA

2012-12-01 Thread Jillian C. York
Oh, I'm with you - I just wanted to send it along in case there were folks who hadn't heard about it. On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Bernard Tyers ei8...@ei8fdb.org wrote: And reading that article now, I wonder what ever happened to that internal investigation Blue coat were running. I

Re: [liberationtech] Censorship hardware - BLUECOAT IN SYIA

2012-12-01 Thread Bernard Tyers - ei8fdb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 True - it would be useful for a journalist to make some enquiries as to the outcome of that investigation. My guess would be nothing. It's also interesting that the article says 14 SG9000s made their way to Syria - and there are 8 being used in

Re: [liberationtech] Censorship hardware - BLUECOAT IN SYIA

2012-12-01 Thread Jillian C. York
Can anyone pull the exif data from the photo? I'm not having any luck, but I'm an amateur. On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Douglas Lucas d...@riseup.net wrote: If anyone can get the name of the office or location, or specific names of Syrian authorities involved, I might be able to do

Re: [liberationtech] Censorship hardware - BLUECOAT IN SYIA

2012-12-01 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
As I wrote in the initial post, this tweet picture *allegedly* shows equipment in Damascus. That needs to be verified. These are, after all, exciting and excitable times :-) Rafal Sent by PsiPhone mobile. Please excuse typos or other oddities. On 2012-12-01, at 3:34 PM, Jillian C. York

Re: [liberationtech] Censorship hardware - BLUECOAT IN SYIA

2012-12-01 Thread Ryan Gallagher
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/12/2012 19:44, Bernard Tyers wrote: I also wonder what happened with that Dubai distributor? Last I heard was that, about a year ago, the US dept of commerce put restrictions on a man called Waseem Jawad who was operating in the UAE under the

Re: [liberationtech] Censorship hardware - BLUECOAT IN SYIA

2012-12-01 Thread Jillian C. York
Here's the original posting from Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=433109386756486set=a.190671704333590.47245.188677754532985type=1 Worth trying that version for EXIF data? The caption reads, roughly: *Damascus | 12-1 | Pictures of a Damascus comm hubs showing the devices used

Re: [liberationtech] Censorship hardware - BLUECOAT IN SYIA

2012-12-01 Thread Andrew Lewis
There is another photo that is on a Tarasul/STE Facebook fan page that shows the same rack and some of the rest of the data center, that has been around since this summer. As for the rest of the devices, they are hooked up and functioning, just in a different rack. There is a internal network

Re: [liberationtech] Censorship hardware - BLUECOAT IN SYIA

2012-12-01 Thread Andrew Lewis
Here is a link to the Hauwei diagrams and internal structure of Tarassul. I'll add other stuff as I dig it up. https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B2zVAXgUsk22Mk9NeHNQLVZ3VFU/edit -Andrew On Dec 2, 2012, at 11:38 AM, Andrew Lewis m...@andrewlew.is wrote: There is another photo that is on a

Re: [liberationtech] Censorship hardware - BLUECOAT IN SYIA

2012-12-01 Thread KheOps
Hi everyone, Le 01/12/2012 20:36, Bernard Tyers a écrit : About the photo: is there any idea where that photo was taken, and what date? Is it possible to get photos of the back of the rack? A similar picture was seen quite a while ago, on what was said to be the official Tarassul (main ISP in

Re: [liberationtech] Censorship hardware - BLUECOAT IN SYIA

2012-12-01 Thread Andrew Lewis
Both are dead now apparently. On Dec 2, 2012, at 12:30 PM, KheOps khe...@ceops.eu wrote: Hi everyone, Le 01/12/2012 20:36, Bernard Tyers a écrit : About the photo: is there any idea where that photo was taken, and what date? Is it possible to get photos of the back of the rack? A

Re: [liberationtech] Censorship hardware - BLUECOAT IN SYIA

2012-12-01 Thread KheOps
Hey, I'm thinking something that could be a total nonsense, but just in case I would like to share my thougths. Le 01/12/2012 19:39, Rafal Rohozinski a écrit : This pic has just been posted on twitter. It was picked up by the Secdev Syria Operation Group. It is allegeldy a picture of internet