have you tried this simple technique to bypass censorship? (programming.dev)

submitted 1 week ago by ghodawalaaman@programming.dev to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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hello,

TLDR: just enable DoH

Today, my friend and I were talking about SNI and deep packet analysis shit done by the government. I insisted that since they do this kind of shit they can block access to certain sites like TPB and other freedom websites. he suggested that I just enable DoH in firefox and see the magic happen. I didn't believe him until I enabled DoH and magic. I can access every censored website.

so just saying that sometimes the bypass is much simpler than we think!

also I am thinking that even if the DNS request is encrypted cant they see the TLS client hello message and block it? or is it impossible?

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[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 5 points 1 week ago

I guess they could theoretically block the DoH server(s) by IP. The problem is overblocking. They cannot tell if you're accessing a webpage or a DoH server. They are basically the same thing.

Of course in terms of privacy the DoH provider can tell what domains you requested. But that is true with every DNS service.

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