#20216: Iran blocking of direct users, 2016-08 and 2016-09 -----------------------------------------+--------------------- Reporter: dcf | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Medium | Milestone: Component: Metrics/Censorship analysis | Version: Severity: Normal | Resolution: Keywords: censorship block | Actual Points: Parent ID: | Points: Reviewer: | Sponsor: -----------------------------------------+--------------------- Description changed by dcf:
Old description: > Direct users in Iran dropped from 8,000 to 2,000 between 2016-08-20 and > 2016-08-23. The numbers recovered to 4,000, then crashed to 400 on > 2016-09-03 and 2016-09-04. > [[Image(userstats-relay-country-ir-2016-06-24-2016-09-22-off.png)]] > [https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-relay- > country.html?start=2016-06-24&end=2016-09-22&country=ir&events=off link] > > Looking at bridge users, there is an increase right around 2016-08-20, > the time of the first blocking, then an abrupt return to previous levels > around 2016-09-03, the time of the second blocking. > [[Image(userstats-bridge-combined-ir-2016-06-24-2016-09-22.png)]] > [https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-bridge- > country.html?start=2016-06-24&end=2016-09-22&country=ir link] > > Looking at the graph of bridge users by transport, obfs4 continued > working while obfs3 and vanilla were blocked. > [[Image(userstats-bridge-country-ir-2016-06-24-2016-09-22.png)]] > [https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-bridge- > combined.html?start=2016-06-24&end=2016-09-22&country=ir link] New description: Direct users in Iran dropped from 8,000 to 2,000 between 2016-08-20 and 2016-08-23. The numbers recovered to 4,000, then crashed to 400 on 2016-09-03 and 2016-09-04. [[Image(userstats-relay-country-ir-2016-06-24-2016-09-22-off.png)]] [https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-relay- country.html?start=2016-06-24&end=2016-09-22&country=ir&events=off link] ''Edit 2016-10-04: the bridge changes below, on further investigation, appear to be unrelated to anything done by Iran.'' Looking at bridge users, there is an increase right around 2016-08-20, the time of the first blocking, then an abrupt return to previous levels around 2016-09-03, the time of the second blocking. [[Image(userstats-bridge-country-ir-2016-06-24-2016-09-22.png)]] [https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-bridge- country.html?start=2016-06-24&end=2016-09-22&country=ir link] Looking at the graph of bridge users by transport, obfs4 continued working while obfs3 and vanilla were blocked. [[Image(userstats-bridge-combined-ir-2016-06-24-2016-09-22.png)]] [https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-bridge- combined.html?start=2016-06-24&end=2016-09-22&country=ir link] -- -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/20216#comment:10> Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/> The Tor Project: anonymity online _______________________________________________ tor-bugs mailing list tor-bugs@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-bugs