Looks like Snort got banned in China :/ https://void.cat/d/M41W9dVLMQ5nnFHuCqbSXB.webp

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As expected 🫔

Snort relay was down most of the day yesterday. Wouldn’t be that related?

Sadly it was inevitable as it will be with all the other clients too.

Can’t they use from Tor? Isn’t that what #[2] is doing?

Tor

Banned

In

China

Sorry for being naive… I guess that use deep packet inspection to detect and block it?

*they

As long as the code is open source, Snort can never be truly banned.

Badge of honor

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any link??

I'm in China and I can test it out.

**AnonymHe on 23/02/08 22:36(UTC+8)**

Update: Blocked by Great Firewall.

**AnonymHe on 23/02/08 22:39(UTC+8)**

is that why global isnt stuffed with nudies anymore?

As #[1] noted [1] looks like Snort got banned in China, others could follow. For Android we have several alternative via a direct apk download, but for desktop? Why don't offer a Snort/Iris/Hamstr/etc prebuild packaged version for a self sovereign local setup? It is quite easy to run: simply install "Web Server for Chrome" extension and point to the prebuild directory. Not a one-click operation, but not impossible with a little guidance either.

I suppose that with Electron could be quite easy and automatic to create cross platform installable packages, perhaps even with an auto update feature.

Let's enpower free speech worldwide!

[1] #[3]

[2] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/web-server-for-chrome/ofhbbkphhbklhfoeikjpcbhemlocgigb

/cc #[0] #[2]

Good idea! I also wonder if the concept of TOR Snowflake can be applied to Nostr: https://snowflake.torproject.org/

https://support.torproject.org/censorship/connecting-from-china/

Snowflake is the first suggested solution!

Chrome is banned in mainland China, so it would have to be another browser based on Chromium that’s available

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