Do we have a timeframe for the Alpha? Because I can send you guys the APK,
so that you can test it at least once before we put it up on Google Play.
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Adriano Marques <py.adri...@gmail.com>wrote:
> As soon as we get an alpha released, and we confirm it is working ok, we
> can proceed with this.
>
> Here is what we need for the alpha:
>
> - Figure why aggregator is running so slow, and FIX it
> - Make installers for desktop agent, and install scripts for windows
> and linux. Get it to work on mac without the graphical interface.
> - Have a working APK for android published on android market for
> testing
> - Make a testing version of the ios version to be published as well
>
> AND get our team to use and test these apps, and verify the results as
> well as emulate a few conditions to confirm we're catching the right data.
>
> Then, only after we've done that we can go ahead with new features or
> changes to code and protobuf.
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 3:45 AM, Zubair Nabi <zn.zubairn...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Cool. I'm just waiting for the green light from Luis and Adriano and then
>> I'll move ahead and change the common protobuf.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Zhongjie Wang <wzj...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I think so. It's enough to deal with the current censorship with all
>>> kinds of DNS injection. If there's any problems in the future, then we can
>>> fix it later.
>>>
>>> 在 2012-9-23 上午12:14，"Zubair Nabi" <zn.zubairn...@gmail.com>写道：
>>>
>>> Thanks. But do you think this is the best mechanism to catch such sort
>>>> of censorship?
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 8:23 PM, Zhongjie Wang <wzj...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Nice work ;) I've learnt something new, I used to think only A records
>>>>> can be retrieved.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 8:33 PM, Zubair Nabi
>>>>> <zn.zubairn...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> There are various libraries available for every language which allow
>>>>>> you to fetch the DNS record based on the hostname. For the Android agent
>>>>>> I'm using DNSJava (http://www.xbill.org/dnsjava/). Sample code from
>>>>>> the Android agent:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://github.com/umitproject/openmonitor-android-agent/blob/master/icm-mobile/src/org/umit/icm/mobile/connectivity/DNSLookup.java
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and how it is used for each website URL:
>>>>>> Go to method setupDNSRecords()
>>>>>> *
>>>>>> https://github.com/umitproject/openmonitor-android-agent/blob/master/icm-mobile/src/org/umit/icm/mobile/connectivity/WebsiteDetails.java
>>>>>> *
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Zhongjie Wang <wzj...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes, I understand. But how do retrieve its DNS record?
>>>>>>> 在 2012-9-22 下午5:17，"Zubair Nabi" <zn.zubairn...@gmail.com>写道：
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Alan,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Currently, we just open the website through its hostname and check
>>>>>>>> its status code. What I propose is that we retrieve its A DNS record as
>>>>>>>> well which would would give us the IP addresses for that domain name.
>>>>>>>> That
>>>>>>>> information along with the NS and SOA records can be used by the
>>>>>>>> aggregator
>>>>>>>> to check whether we accessed the actual website or were we redirected
>>>>>>>> to a
>>>>>>>> default page. The reason the agents do this themselves is that they
>>>>>>>> only
>>>>>>>> have access to local information.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 6:57 PM, Zhongjie Wang <wzj...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Zubair,
>>>>>>>>> Yeah, actually I've known the things you mentioned. For
>>>>>>>>> some ISPs in China, if their DNS servers couldn't resolve a DNS
>>>>>>>>> request, it
>>>>>>>>> will return a default "error" page, which IP address is owned by the
>>>>>>>>> ISP. I
>>>>>>>>> don't know whether this could be called a DNS injection. But it's a
>>>>>>>>> good
>>>>>>>>> habit to examine the IP address for each website. How do you handle a
>>>>>>>>> website with multiple IP addresses like google.com?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>> Alan
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 9:28 PM, Zubair Nabi <
>>>>>>>>> zn.zubairn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Guys,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I just realised that some censoring entities such as the GFW of
>>>>>>>>>> China use DNS injection to censor websites. Currently, we decide
>>>>>>>>>> whether a
>>>>>>>>>> website is blocked or not by analysing its HTTP status code (i.e. if
>>>>>>>>>> its
>>>>>>>>>> 200 or not). This will not work in case of DNS injection, because
>>>>>>>>>> the HTTP
>>>>>>>>>> status code would be 200 even though we won't be able to access the
>>>>>>>>>> actual
>>>>>>>>>> website. Therefore, I propose performing DNS look up for each
>>>>>>>>>> website and
>>>>>>>>>> adding the A, SOA, and NS DNS records to the website report. On the
>>>>>>>>>> basis
>>>>>>>>>> on these, the aggregator can decide whether a website is blocked or
>>>>>>>>>> not.
>>>>>>>>>> You can read up on these records here:
>>>>>>>>>> http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/dnsrecords.htm. I've already added
>>>>>>>>>> this mechanism to the Android agent.
>>>>>>>>>> Any objections or comments on this?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>> Zubair
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Zhongjie Wang
>>>>>>>>> Master Candidate
>>>>>>>>> Computer System Architecture
>>>>>>>>> Peking University, China
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>> Zubair
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>> Zubair
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Zhongjie Wang
>>>>> Master Candidate
>>>>> Computer System Architecture
>>>>> Peking University, China
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Best,
>>>> Zubair
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best,
>> Zubair
>>
>>
>>
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