Re: [tor-bugs] #25137 [Obfuscation/Censorship analysis]: Tor blocked in UAE

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 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
 Type:  task | Status:  closed
 Priority:  Medium   |  Milestone:
Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
 Severity:  Normal   | Resolution:  fixed
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Comment (by dcf):

 Replying to [comment:38 mwolfe]:
 > At that point, given the laws here, I hit !^C

 No problem, stay safe.

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 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
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Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
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Comment (by mwolfe):

 > OONI has a test that would tell us which, if any, of the directory
 authorities are blocked. Unfortunately, there are not very many results
 from the UAE. Only 27 since September 2017, and only 1 so far this year.
 >
 
https://api.ooni.io/api/v1/files?probe_cc=AE=2017-09-01_name=tcp_connect
 >
 > If it's safe for you to do so, you could install OONI on your computer
 or phone. The only tests you have to run are vanilla_tor and
 tor_bridge_reachability (might be called tcp_connect, I'm not sure how it
 appears in the interface). I can't promise to analyze the results soon,
 but they may turn out to be handy to have.
 > https://ooni.torproject.org/install/

 I downloaded the ooni installation packages and installed, then it said,
 'Warning. ooni might be illegal in your country. You could be jailed,
 fined, and beaten. Do you understand all the risks? Type "yes"

 At that point, given the laws here, I hit ^C

 This place has lots of laws against things like Tor, but the nice thing
 about Tor is it's hard for them to know I'm using it. ooni warns that
 there are many ways they can tell I'm using it, and I got scared. It said
 repressive places can use the ooni published data to track down users.

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Re: [tor-bugs] #25137 [Obfuscation/Censorship analysis]: Tor blocked in UAE

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 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
 Type:  task | Status:  closed
 Priority:  Medium   |  Milestone:
Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
 Severity:  Normal   | Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  censorship block ae  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:   | Points:
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Comment (by teor):

 Replying to [comment:33 dcf]:
 > Replying to [comment:32 mwolfe]:
 > > Today, I got Tor 8.a3 and it worked without any bridges. I wasn't sure
 if the UAE stopped blocking Tor, or if 8.a3 fixed the problem, so I tried
 one of my old Tor 7.a and it could not load the network without meek,
 while 8.a3 can load without any bridges.
 >
 > Hmm, maybe it has to do with the new directory authority bastet, which
 got added in Tor Browser 7.0.10 (2017-11-14) and 7.5a8 (2017-11-15), and
 had an IPv6 address added in Tor Browser 7.0.11 and 7.5a9 (2017-12-09).
 The existing directory authority Longclaw also changed its IP address in
 Tor Browser 7.0.10/7.5a8.
 >
 > If the censors are only blocking directory authorities, such a change
 may have caught them off guard. If it's not that, I'm not sure what it
 could be.
 >
 > I just added entries related to the above to the metrics timeline:
 >   [[doc/MetricsTimeline?action=diff=239_version=237]]

 Since 0.2.8, Tor clients haven't relied on directory authorities to
 bootstrap. Instead, they use [[doc/FallbackDirectoryMirrors]].

 The new set of fallback directory mirrors we added in December wasn't in
 many tor releases until recently. So maybe it wasn't blocked until
 recently.

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Re: [tor-bugs] #25137 [Obfuscation/Censorship analysis]: Tor blocked in UAE

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 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
 Type:  task | Status:  closed
 Priority:  Medium   |  Milestone:
Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
 Severity:  Normal   | Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  censorship block ae  |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by dcf):

 Replying to [comment:35 mwolfe]:
 > On 14 Mar 2018, I found that Tor 8.a could connect in the UAE without a
 bridge. On 15 Mar 2018 sometime between 11 am - 1 pm GST, Tor without a
 bridge could not even load, and only loads with Meek or Snowflake. So
 whatever Tor 8.a did that managed to get around the block without a bridge
 got fixed. But Meek and Snowflake still work.
 >
 > Many thanks for keeping Tor going.

 Thanks for the info.

 OONI has a test that would tell us which, if any, of the directory
 authorities are blocked. Unfortunately, there are not very many results
 from the UAE. Only 27 since September 2017, and only 1 so far this year.
 
https://api.ooni.io/api/v1/files?probe_cc=AE=2017-09-01_name=tcp_connect

 If it's safe for you to do so, you could install OONI on your computer or
 phone. The only tests you have to run are vanilla_tor and
 tor_bridge_reachability (might be called tcp_connect, I'm not sure how it
 appears in the interface). I can't promise to analyze the results soon,
 but they may turn out to be handy to have.
 https://ooni.torproject.org/install/

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Re: [tor-bugs] #25137 [Obfuscation/Censorship analysis]: Tor blocked in UAE

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 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
 Type:  task | Status:  closed
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Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
 Severity:  Normal   | Resolution:  fixed
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Comment (by mwolfe):

 On 14 Mar 2018, I found that Tor 8.a could connect in the UAE without a
 bridge. On 15 Mar 2018 sometime between 11 am - 1 pm GST, Tor without a
 bridge could not even load, and only loads with Meek or Snowflake. So
 whatever Tor 8.a did that managed to get around the block without a bridge
 got fixed. But Meek and Snowflake still work.

 Many thanks for keeping Tor going.

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Re: [tor-bugs] #25137 [Obfuscation/Censorship analysis]: Tor blocked in UAE

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 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
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Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
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 Keywords:  censorship block ae  |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 > If it's not that, I'm not sure what it could be.

 Fresh Guard.

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Re: [tor-bugs] #25137 [Obfuscation/Censorship analysis]: Tor blocked in UAE

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 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
 Type:  task | Status:  closed
 Priority:  Medium   |  Milestone:
Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
 Severity:  Normal   | Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  censorship block ae  |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by dcf):

 Replying to [comment:32 mwolfe]:
 > Today, I got Tor 8.a3 and it worked without any bridges. I wasn't sure
 if the UAE stopped blocking Tor, or if 8.a3 fixed the problem, so I tried
 one of my old Tor 7.a and it could not load the network without meek,
 while 8.a3 can load without any bridges.

 Hmm, maybe it has to do with the new directory authority bastet, which got
 added in Tor Browser 7.0.10 (2017-11-14) and 7.5a8 (2017-11-15), and had
 an IPv6 address added in Tor Browser 7.0.11 and 7.5a9 (2017-12-09). The
 existing directory authority Longclaw also changed its IP address in Tor
 Browser 7.0.10/7.5a8.

 If the censors are only blocking directory authorities, such a change may
 have caught them off guard. If it's not that, I'm not sure what it could
 be.

 I just added entries related to the above to the metrics timeline:
   [[doc/MetricsTimeline?action=diff=239_version=237]]

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Re: [tor-bugs] #25137 [Obfuscation/Censorship analysis]: Tor blocked in UAE

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 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
 Type:  task | Status:  closed
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Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
 Severity:  Normal   | Resolution:  fixed
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Comment (by mwolfe):

 Update.

 Today, I got Tor 8.a3 and it worked without any bridges. I wasn't sure if
 the UAE stopped blocking Tor, or if 8.a3 fixed the problem, so I tried one
 of my old Tor 7.a and it could not load the network without meek, while
 8.a3 can load without any bridges.

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Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
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Comment (by mwolfe):

 Looks like that was it. Snowflake is working now. I guess Snowflake has
 limited redundancy, so when you restart the bridge, I'm cut off until the
 bridge is fully operational.

 Fortunately, when Snowflake was down, Meek was up.

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 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
 Type:  task | Status:  closed
 Priority:  Medium   |  Milestone:
Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
 Severity:  Normal   | Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  censorship block ae  |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by dcf):

 Replying to [comment:29 cypherpunks]:
 > Well it doesn't work even for me, so no worries, the censors still have
 no clue about snowflake ;)

 It's working for me just now (using the command-line client, I didn't test
 in Tor Browser).
 {{{
 tor -f torrc.local SOCKSPort auto
 }}}
 torrc.local contains:
 {{{
 UseBridges 1
 ClientTransportPlugin snowflake exec ./client -url https://snowflake-
 reg.appspot.com/ -front www.google.com -ice stun:stun.l.google.com:19302
 -log snowflake.log
 Bridge snowflake 0.0.3.0:1
 }}}
 I upgraded and restarted
 
[https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/5481936581E23D2D178105D44DB6915AB06BFB7F
 the bridge] a few hours ago, and the transport plugin didn't start back up
 immediately, so that may be why you weren't able to connect.

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 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
 Type:  task | Status:  closed
 Priority:  Medium   |  Milestone:
Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
 Severity:  Normal   | Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  censorship block ae  |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 Replying to [comment:27 mwolfe]:
 > On Sat 24 Feb 18, at about 4 pm GMT, Snowflake flaked out in the UAE.
 Working fine at 3:30 pm GMT, unable to connect at 4 pm. Meek still works.
 I have not tried bridges from bridges.torproject.org. I downloaded 3, but
 always try the menu items first. obfs4 is now blocked, and snowflake seems
 to be blocked, but Meek works. If Meek stops, I'll try the private
 bridges.

 Well it doesn't work even for me, so no worries, the censors still have no
 clue about snowflake ;)

 {{{
 Finishing handshake with first hop. (DONE; DONE; count 1; recommendation
 warn; host 2B280B23E1107BB62ABFC40DDCC8824814F80A72 at 0.0.3.0:1)
 [warn] 1 connections have failed:
 [warn]  1 connections died in state handshaking (TLS) with SSL state
 SSLv2/v3 read server hello A in HANDSHAKE}}}

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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 Replying to [comment:27 mwolfe]:
 > On Sat 24 Feb 18, at about 4 pm GMT, Snowflake flaked out in the UAE.
 Working fine at 3:30 pm GMT, unable to connect at 4 pm. Meek still works.
 I have not tried bridges from bridges.torproject.org. I downloaded 3, but
 always try the menu items first. obfs4 is now blocked, and snowflake seems
 to be blocked, but Meek works. If Meek stops, I'll try the private
 bridges.
 Are you really sure that Snowflake is blocked? Some notes however: 1)
 snowflake is still experimental, and there's a bug with it where it
 reaches 100% CPU usage and , that may lead in some cases to it stopping
 working, 2) there is still a very low number of people who run snowflake
 bridges, 3) since snowflake is essentially WebRTC maybe they're actually
 blocking as well other WebRTC traffic? 4) can you access the snowflake
 domain front, i.e. www.google.com?

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Re: [tor-bugs] #25137 [Obfuscation/Censorship analysis]: Tor blocked in UAE

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Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
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Comment (by mwolfe):

 On Sat 24 Feb 18, at about 4 pm GMT, Snowflake flaked out in the UAE.
 Working fine at 3:30 pm GMT, unable to connect at 4 pm. Meek still works.
 I have not tried bridges from bridges.torproject.org. I downloaded 3, but
 always try the menu items first. obfs4 is now blocked, and snowflake seems
 to be blocked, but Meek works. If Meek stops, I'll try the private
 bridges.

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 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
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Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
 Severity:  Normal   | Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  censorship block ae  |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by mwolfe):

 Yes, I just go to Tor Network Setting and select either obsf4 (doesn't
 work) or snowflake (works), I haven't selected 'Provide a bridge I know'
 since snowflake works.

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 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
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 Priority:  Medium   |  Milestone:
Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 > alives built-in

 Randomly handshakes and chokes later.

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 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 > On 18 Feb 2018, obsf4 stopped working. Tor loads, but can't connect to
 anything.

 alives built-in, via DSO-WF02-FB02:
 [NOTICE] new bridge descriptor 'Azadi' (fresh)
 [NOTICE] new bridge descriptor 'griinchux' (fresh)
 [NOTICE] new bridge descriptor 'LeifEricson' (fresh)
 [NOTICE] new bridge descriptor 'Lisbeth' (fresh)
 [NOTICE] new bridge descriptor 'zipfelmuetze' (fresh)

 others:
 [WARN] Proxy Client: unable to connect to xx.xx.xx.xx: ("general SOCKS
 server failure")

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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 Replying to [comment:22 mwolfe]:
 > On 18 Feb 2018, obsf4 stopped working. Tor loads, but can't connect to
 anything. Fortunately, snowflake connects.
 >
 > I'm not sure if, when obsf4 loads but cannot connect, I can just change
 to snowflake, or if, having changed to snowflake, I have to restart.
 >
 > Since this was a temporary problem in January, I've tried for two days,
 and obsf4 has not been able to connect, but snowflake does connect.
 By obfs4 you mean the default bridges in the Tor Browser and not those
 that you can get at
 https://bridges.torproject.org/bridges?transport=obfs4, right?

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Comment (by mwolfe):

 On 18 Feb 2018, obsf4 stopped working. Tor loads, but can't connect to
 anything. Fortunately, snowflake connects.

 I'm not sure if, when obsf4 loads but cannot connect, I can just change to
 snowflake, or if, having changed to snowflake, I have to restart.

 Since this was a temporary problem in January, I've tried for two days,
 and obsf4 has not been able to connect, but snowflake does connect.

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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 > GET / HTTP/1.1
 > Host: some.blocked.site

 {{{
 HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
 Expires: Sat, 01 Jan 2000 11:11:11 GMT
 Server: Protected by WireFilter 8000 (DSO-WF01-FB01)
 Accept-Ranges: bytes
 Content-Length: 341
 Connection: close
 Content-Type: text/html

 Blocked URL
 
 
 
 
 
 This page is blocked
 }}}

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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 > So I think the block is part of the block of Skype. Tor is
 (mis)identified as a way to do VOIP and so is choked, not blocked.

 Tor is choked for TLS sessions with public relays. TLS connections to
 randomly scanned private bridges is not limited. TLS protocol (non tor
 specific) is detected by content of segments. Except some destination
 ports like 443, which is probably always choked.

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 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
 Type:  task | Status:  closed
 Priority:  Medium   |  Milestone:
Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
 Severity:  Normal   | Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  censorship block ae  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:   | Points:
 Reviewer:   |Sponsor:
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Comment (by mwolfe):

 Thanks for the link to gulfnews. I read that article. The new policy is
 that one must rent Botim from the TRA for $30 a month. My cousin is 93,
 knows how to use Skype, and does not want to learn Botim. I tried a free
 VPN, but it didn't work. And, if one uses a credit card for a VPN, the
 bank will report the credit card charge to the government.

 Since, many years ago, they blocked Tor for a few days then unblocked it,
 I tried again with 'My ISP blocks Tor' unchecked. Tor loaded. I tried to
 view a site. It had a hard time downloading. Speed was limited to 16K.
 Normally, the site downloads at 400K - 1M. After 5 minutes, it was still
 loading. I tried trac.torproject.org. Again, it started to load, but after
 5 minutes, was still loading with the Tor start page still visible.

 So I think the block is part of the block of Skype. Tor is (mis)identified
 as a way to do VOIP and so is choked, not blocked. I could read the New
 York Times, but today's paper would take until next week to load. One can
 still type over Skype, but not talk, so the anti-VOIP is based on
 identifying VOIP and choking the traffic, not blocking it.

 Fortunately, ofps4, meek, and Snowflake circumvent the choke.

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 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
 Type:  task | Status:  closed
 Priority:  Medium   |  Milestone:
Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
 Severity:  Normal   | Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  censorship block ae  |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 On the Skype ban and VPNs:
 https://via.hypothes.is/http://gulfnews.com/guides/tech/individuals-can-
 access-vpns-in-the-uae-with-caution-1.1872304

 So seems like your hypothesis is valid.

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 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
 Type:  task | Status:  closed
 Priority:  Medium   |  Milestone:
Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
 Severity:  Normal   | Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  censorship block ae  |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by mwolfe):

 I go by empirical evidence. Official announcements are intended to look
 good. They started blocking Skype, and that may have blocked Tor. I have
 no idea how they are blocking Skype now. Before, they blocked access to
 skype.com, so no one here could download the program without Tor or a VPN.
 Those who could go somewhere that skype.com was not blocked could bring
 back a copy that worked. Now skype.com is not blocked, so anyone can
 download Skype, but it doesn't work.

 Tor was working fine on 31 Dec and needed a bridge on 1 Jan, so one
 deduces that they started blocking it, with or without an announcement.
 It's also hard to know what they would have called the rule. It must not
 be named 'Tor', but some other name. I have no idea what they might call
 it, and I couldn't find it, either.

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 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
 Type:  task | Status:  closed
 Priority:  Medium   |  Milestone:
Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
 Severity:  Normal   | Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  censorship block ae  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:   | Points:
 Reviewer:   |Sponsor:
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Changes (by dcf):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => fixed
 * type:  defect => task


Comment:

 This seems resolved, so I'm closing the ticket. mwolfe and cypherpunks,
 thanks for your help. Go ahead and leave further comments or reopen the
 ticket if you have additional information.

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Re: [tor-bugs] #25137 [Obfuscation/Censorship analysis]: Tor blocked in UAE

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 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
 Type:  defect   | Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium   |  Milestone:
Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
 Severity:  Normal   | Resolution:
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Comment (by dcf):

 Replying to [comment:11 mwolfe]:
 > On 1 Jan, the TRA ordered Tor blocked. This happened before (several
 years ago, and I have an old ticket on it), then Tor was unblocked, and
 now it's reblocked.

 Do you have a reference for the block order of 1 Jan? I looked at
 https://www.tra.gov.ae/en/services-and-
 activities/regulation/details.aspx#documents but didn't find it.

 > Mostly, torproject.org is blocked, but since I downloaded Tor before it
 was blocked, no problem until they started doing more to block Tor. Now,
 of course, it's a drop down menu item if the regular obfs4 or meek work.
 If they don't, you sent me 3 bridges that are harder to find, so thanks.

 There's also a few other ways to download the software when the
 torproject.org web site is blocked. You can send an email to
 get...@torproject.org. You can also download from GitHub:
 https://github.com/TheTorProject/gettorbrowser.

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Re: [tor-bugs] #25137 [Obfuscation/Censorship analysis]: Tor blocked in UAE

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 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
 Type:  defect   | Status:  new
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Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
 Severity:  Normal   | Resolution:
 Keywords:  censorship block ae  |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by mwolfe):

 I am now on my Mac using Snowflake. Works.

 Of course, whatever was blocking obsf4 4 days ago went away about two or
 three hours after I reported it (using a VPN). However, this is just to
 let you know that Snowflake works here, as does obsf4 and meek now. Not at
 all clear what was blocking Tor with meek enabled four days ago. Your DDoS
 theory is probably correct.

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Re: [tor-bugs] #25137 [Obfuscation/Censorship analysis]: Tor blocked in UAE

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 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
 Type:  defect   | Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium   |  Milestone:
Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
 Severity:  Normal   | Resolution:
 Keywords:  censorship block ae  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:   | Points:
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Comment (by mwolfe):

 The bug tracker sends me an e-mail every time someone adds a comment, but
 I can't reply to the e-mail, I have to log in. I should probably check the
 bug tracker from the Macintosh side. As it is, I know a comment has been
 added only when I check my e-mail on the Windows side.

 My e-mail account is set up to fake a US address, since it requires me to
 give them my mobile number if I log in from a different country. So my
 non-local e-mail (to places like Tor, which is banned here) is running in
 Windows 10 (easier to set Exit {us} in Windows than on the Mac).

 Right now, I'm in Windows 10, but I'll try Snowflake when I'm back on my
 Mac. I've already downloaded 8.01, but I didn't notice Snowflake. I'll
 look later tonight and let you know if it works.

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 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
 Type:  defect   | Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium   |  Milestone:
Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 Thanks for the useful information @mwolfe. Can you try out what was
 suggested in the 3rd question?

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 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
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Comment (by mwolfe):

 The UAE has two ISPs: Etisalat and du. When Dubai created free zones, it
 set up its own ISP, du, which had no blocks at all. Then the President in
 Abu Dhabi ordered all ISPs to report to the Telecommunications Regulatory
 Authority, or TRA, and all must block whatever TRA says. So the two are
 basically identical (owned by different sheikhs). On 1 Jan, the TRA
 ordered Tor blocked. This happened before (several years ago, and I have
 an old ticket on it), then Tor was unblocked, and now it's reblocked. But
 obsf4 gets around the block, except for 3 hours 3 days ago. I tried meek,
 and that worked for about 30 minutes, then I closed Tor, and when I tried
 to restart, it could access the network but could not load the network. If
 there was a DDoS then, that would explain it. Not Etisalat (my ISP) or the
 TRA, but the DDoS, since, after 3 hours, obfs4 started working again.

 Friday is the weekly holiday, which is the reason there's a spike. My
 physician told me about Tor in 2000, and I've been using it ever since.
 There are about 6 million people here, and almost all use the Internet
 daily, so 100,000 Tor users could be possible.

 Mostly, torproject.org is blocked, but since I downloaded Tor before it
 was blocked, no problem until they started doing more to block Tor. Now,
 of course, it's a drop down menu item if the regular obfs4 or meek work.
 If they don't, you sent me 3 bridges that are harder to find, so thanks.

 If there's anything I can help with, please ask. I used to use the
 unencrypted e-mail I check several times a day, but then decided that
 wasn't very smart, so now I use encrypted e-mail, which I only check once
 a day. The encrypted e-mail refuses to allow use from more than one
 country unless you give it a mobile it can check and see if you're you, so
 I set up Tor on one computer to always say I'm in the US, so it doesn't
 ask for my mobile number, and I only check that e-mail once a day.

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Re: [tor-bugs] #25137 [Obfuscation/Censorship analysis]: Tor blocked in UAE

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 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
 Type:  defect   | Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium   |  Milestone:
Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
 Severity:  Normal   | Resolution:
 Keywords:  censorship block ae  |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 Replying to [comment:9 dcf]:
 > Thanks for this information. I didn't know that. Do you know what the
 port numbers are, or any additional information? If so, please add it to
 the table at [[doc/MetricsTimeline#Unknown]]. (Seems like there should be
 a ticket for the UAE anomalies, but
 Took a bit of DDG search but I finally found the article that was talking
 about that: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nearly-one-
 million-systems-provide-guest-smb-access-most-are-linux/

 > There are 2,306,820 devices connected to the Internet at the moment that
 feature open ports for SMB services, the same protocol that was used to
 infect hundreds of thousands of computers with the WannaCry ransomworm a
 month ago.
 >
 > Of these, 42%, or nearly 970,000, provide "guest" access, meaning anyone
 can access data shared via the SMB file-sharing protocol without needing
 to provide authentication. [...] Samba itself is also plagued by a
 vulnerability called SambaCry that affects all Samba installations
 released in the past seven years. This flaw has been used to take over
 Linux servers with open SMB ports and install cryptocurrency miners. [...]
 Matherly points out that almost half of the devices that have Samba SMB
 guest access enabled are '''located on the network of Etisalat, a large
 ISP in UAE.'''

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 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
 Type:  defect   | Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium   |  Milestone:
Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
 Severity:  Normal   | Resolution:
 Keywords:  censorship block ae  |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by dcf):

 Replying to [comment:7 cypherpunks]:
 > Replying to [comment:6 cypherpunks]:
 > > > I'm pretty sure that the relay users graph is bogus, and that there
 are not really 300,000 users
 > >
 > > With spikes on every [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumu%27ah Friday]
 > Can't tell that from looking at shorter and more accurate ranges.

 If you want to look more precisely, you can download the CSV file that
 makes the graph.
 https://metrics.torproject.org/stats/clients.csv
 https://metrics.torproject.org/stats.html#clients
 The column you want is `clients`, which is the second to last.
 {{{#!html
 
 $ grep ,relay,ae, clients.csv
 ...
 2018-01-29,relay,ae,,,222127,451790,315812,77
 2018-01-30,relay,ae,,,200043,424856,336896,78
 2018-01-31,relay,ae,,,210268,369871,407466,80
 2018-02-01,relay,ae,,,257323,398240,445036,78
 2018-02-02,relay,ae,,,289167,485726,493804,80
 2018-02-03,relay,ae,,,215267,444106,390208,81
 2018-02-04,relay,ae,,,193048,382601,363009,85
 2018-02-05,relay,ae,,,203610,398592,361683,56
 
 }}}

 If you zoom in far enough on the graphs, there are grid lines for each
 week. The lines fall on Mondays, so yes, it looks like the spikes on on
 Fridays. I'm not sure if/how that's affected by time zones (i.e. I think
 the graphs count Friday in UTC, not in the UAE time zone).

 > BTW I said this back then on irc but no one seemed to care: it seems
 that one of their ISPs (is it the only one? It's probably named Etisalat
 IIRC) had/still has some ports open that most other ISPs in the world had
 blocked to protect their customers, this is without a shred of doubt a
 botnet.

 Thanks for this information. I didn't know that. Do you know what the port
 numbers are, or any additional information? If so, please add it to the
 table at [[doc/MetricsTimeline#Unknown]]. (Seems like there should be a
 ticket for the UAE anomalies, but

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 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
 Type:  defect   | Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium   |  Milestone:
Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
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Comment (by dcf):

 Replying to [comment:1 mwolfe]:
 > After 3 hours, Tor now opens in the UAE without a VPN. I still need meek
 to connect to any websites, but the problem of the network consensus not
 loading has gone away.

 This is strange--if you are able to download the network consensus, then
 you should also be able to connect to websites through Tor. (Unless there
 is some very unusual traffic pattern–based blocking, but that is
 unlikely.) I wonder if this was not actually blocking, but some temporary
 network error, or perhaps slowness caused by the
 [https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-
 project/2017-December/001604.html ongoing DDoS attack]?

 mwolfe, if you don't mind saying, what is your ISP?
 
([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Internet_service_providers_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates
 According to Wikipedia], there are only 2: Etisalat and du.)

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 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
 Type:  defect   | Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium   |  Milestone:
Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
 Severity:  Normal   | Resolution:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 Replying to [comment:6 cypherpunks]:
 > > I'm pretty sure that the relay users graph is bogus, and that there
 are not really 300,000 users
 >
 > With spikes on every [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumu%27ah Friday]
 Can't tell that from looking at shorter and more accurate ranges.

 BTW I said this back then on irc but no one seemed to care: it seems that
 one of their ISPs (is it the only one? It's probably named Etisalat IIRC)
 had/still has some ports open that most other ISPs in the world had
 blocked to protect their customers, this is without a shred of doubt a
 botnet.

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 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
 Type:  defect   | Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium   |  Milestone:
Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
 Severity:  Normal   | Resolution:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 > I'm pretty sure that the relay users graph is bogus, and that there are
 not really 300,000 users

 With spikes on every [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumu%27ah Friday]

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 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
 Type:  defect   | Status:  new
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Changes (by dcf):

 * keywords:   => censorship block ae


Comment:

 This is a small bump in bridge users, mostly obfs4, in the past few days.

 [[Image(userstats-relay-country-
 ae-2017-11-08-2018-02-06-off.png,width=600)]]
 [https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-relay-
 country.html?start=2017-11-08=2018-02-06=ae=off link]

 [[Image(userstats-bridge-country-ae-2017-11-08-2018-02-06.png,width=600)]]
 [https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-bridge-
 country.html?start=2017-11-08=2018-02-06=ae link]

 [[Image(userstats-bridge-combined-
 ae-2017-11-08-2018-02-06.png,width=600)]] [https://metrics.torproject.org
 /userstats-bridge-combined.html?start=2017-11-08=2018-02-06=ae
 link]

 However that bump needs to put in context. I don't think the stats from
 the UAE are completely reliable, because of anomalies that began in 2017.
 (See the entries with places=ae at [[doc/MetricsTimeline#Unknown]]. I'm
 pretty sure that the relay users graph is bogus, and that there are not
 really 300,000 users. The bridge user count has been messed up in the past
 as well.

 [[Image(userstats-relay-country-
 ae-2017-01-01-2018-02-06-off.png,width=600)]]
 [https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-relay-
 country.html?start=2017-01-01=2018-02-06=ae=off link]

 [[Image(userstats-bridge-country-ae-2017-01-01-2018-02-06.png,width=600)]]
 [https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-bridge-
 country.html?start=2017-01-01=2018-02-06=ae link]

 [[Image(userstats-bridge-combined-
 ae-2017-01-01-2018-02-06.png,width=600)]] [https://metrics.torproject.org
 /userstats-bridge-combined.html?start=2017-01-01=2018-02-06=ae
 link]

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 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
 Type:  defect   | Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium   |  Milestone:
Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
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Parent ID:   | Points:
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Changes (by dcf):

 * Attachment "userstats-bridge-combined-ae-2017-01-01-2018-02-06.png"
 added.

 https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-bridge-
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 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
 Type:  defect   | Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium   |  Milestone:
Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
 Severity:  Normal   | Resolution:
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Changes (by dcf):

 * Attachment "userstats-bridge-country-ae-2017-01-01-2018-02-06.png"
 added.

 https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-bridge-
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Re: [tor-bugs] #25137 [Obfuscation/Censorship analysis]: Tor blocked in UAE

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#25137: Tor blocked in UAE
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 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
 Type:  defect   | Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium   |  Milestone:
Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
 Severity:  Normal   | Resolution:
 Keywords:   |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:   | Points:
 Reviewer:   |Sponsor:
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Changes (by dcf):

 * Attachment "userstats-relay-country-ae-2017-01-01-2018-02-06-off.png"
 added.

 https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-relay-
 country.html?start=2017-01-01=2018-02-06=ae=off

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Re: [tor-bugs] #25137 [Obfuscation/Censorship analysis]: Tor blocked in UAE

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#25137: Tor blocked in UAE
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 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
 Type:  defect   | Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium   |  Milestone:
Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
 Severity:  Normal   | Resolution:
 Keywords:   |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:   | Points:
 Reviewer:   |Sponsor:
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Changes (by dcf):

 * Attachment "userstats-bridge-combined-ae-2017-11-08-2018-02-06.png"
 added.

 https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-bridge-
 country.html?start=2017-11-08=2018-02-06=ae

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Re: [tor-bugs] #25137 [Obfuscation/Censorship analysis]: Tor blocked in UAE

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#25137: Tor blocked in UAE
-+-
 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
 Type:  defect   | Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium   |  Milestone:
Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
 Severity:  Normal   | Resolution:
 Keywords:   |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:   | Points:
 Reviewer:   |Sponsor:
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Changes (by dcf):

 * Attachment "userstats-bridge-country-ae-2017-11-08-2018-02-06.png"
 added.

 https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-bridge-
 country.html?start=2017-11-08=2018-02-06=ae

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Re: [tor-bugs] #25137 [Obfuscation/Censorship analysis]: Tor blocked in UAE

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#25137: Tor blocked in UAE
-+-
 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
 Type:  defect   | Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium   |  Milestone:
Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
 Severity:  Normal   | Resolution:
 Keywords:   |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:   | Points:
 Reviewer:   |Sponsor:
-+-
Changes (by dcf):

 * Attachment "userstats-relay-country-ae-2017-11-08-2018-02-06-off.png"
 added.

 https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-relay-
 country.html?start=2017-11-08=2018-02-06=ae=off

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Re: [tor-bugs] #25137 [Obfuscation/Censorship analysis]: Tor blocked in UAE

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#25137: Tor blocked in UAE
-+-
 Reporter:  mwolfe   |  Owner:  dcf
 Type:  defect   | Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium   |  Milestone:
Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |Version:
 Severity:  Normal   | Resolution:
 Keywords:   |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:   | Points:
 Reviewer:   |Sponsor:
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Changes (by cypherpunks):

 * owner:  (none) => dcf
 * component:  - Select a component => Obfuscation/Censorship analysis


Comment:

 
[https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/OONI/censorshipwiki/CensorshipByCountry/UAE
 Censorship Wiki. UAE]

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