ESNI: A Privacy-Protecting Upgrade to HTTPS
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/esni-privacy-protecting-upgrade-https
https://blog.cloudflare.com/esni
#esni #https
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/esni-privacy-protecting-upgrade-https
https://blog.cloudflare.com/esni
#esni #https
Electronic Frontier Foundation
ESNI: A Privacy-Protecting Upgrade to HTTPS
Today, the content-delivery network Cloudflare is announcing an experimental deployment of a new web privacy technology called ESNI. We’re excited to see this development, and we look forward to a
China is now blocking all encrypted HTTPS traffic using TLS 1.3 and ESNI
The Chinese government is currently using the Great Firewall censorship tool to block certain types of encrypted HTTPS connections.
The block has been in place for more than a week. The reason for the ban is obvious for experts. HTTPS connections negotiated via TLS 1.3 and ESNI prevent third-party observers from detecting what website a user is attempting to access. This effectively blinds the Chinese government's Great Firewall surveillance tool from seeing what users are doing online.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/china-is-now-blocking-all-encrypted-https-traffic-using-tls-1-3-and-esni/
#China #GreatFireWall #censorship #ESNI
The Chinese government is currently using the Great Firewall censorship tool to block certain types of encrypted HTTPS connections.
The block has been in place for more than a week. The reason for the ban is obvious for experts. HTTPS connections negotiated via TLS 1.3 and ESNI prevent third-party observers from detecting what website a user is attempting to access. This effectively blinds the Chinese government's Great Firewall surveillance tool from seeing what users are doing online.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/china-is-now-blocking-all-encrypted-https-traffic-using-tls-1-3-and-esni/
#China #GreatFireWall #censorship #ESNI
ZDNET
China is now blocking all encrypted HTTPS traffic that uses TLS 1.3 and ESNI
The block was put in place at the end of July and is enforced via China's Great Firewall.