-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 1/3/2015 4:30 AM, David Fifield wrote: > Did something happen in Kazakhstan in the first week of October > 2014? There big decrease in relay users (about 40%) accompanied by > a simultaneous big increase in bridge users (about 800%). > > Take a look at the graphs (also attached): > https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-relay-country.html?graph=userstats-relay-country&start=2014-08-01&end=2014-12-31&country=kz&events=off > > https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-bridge-country.html?graph=userstats-bridge-country&start=2014-08-01&end=2014-12-31&country=kz > > I wrote a program to look for blocking events by looking for > unlikely increases/decreases in relays and bridges simultaneously. > This Kazakhstan event was one of the highest-scored finds by the > program. I'm not aware of a Tor blocking event in Kazakhstan at > that time, but it's the same pattern (decrease in relays and > increase in bridges) that we've seen in Iran in late July 2014: > https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-relay-country.html?graph=userstats-relay-country&start=2014-06-01&end=2014-10-31&country=ir&events=off > > https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-bridge-country.html?graph=userstats-bridge-country&start=2014-06-01&end=2014-10-31&country=ir > https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/12727 > > David Fifield >
Excellent find. No major events that would explain a blocking event occurred in Kazakhstan judging from a quick Google search. I guess they simply felt that their censorship systems needed an upgrade, after having upgraded to deep packet inspection back in December 2011 due to unrest. https://blog.torproject.org/blog/kazakhstan-upgrades-censorship-deep-packet-inspection -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (MingW32) iQIVAwUBVKgFyUweZWVFXapOAQI6lQ/+LUmQ+U0CbfOD7QZ3PeSyLD39o9UUT2+H 3w/FU22CJhuiK5vpPN7a5eA7RsT2eyzYHZSgw7UQZiPcjy/eJguvY1z7AUvFx9hX Td0BxNgp3keL2mQ+EwMyASvXVES8/btyOKuk05kGCG/w3ocueKR4ma9od7EUXKII XCFMTmx0tBj3gsZpFD81gxOVNDRfnNHNSe3zvI3DjPcu7VU432twpWyYNdFqwS4g N3ILwwswpyJM/m6BEk8d1E+hpZcbKUZju2VwGdoO+UzabLsJny2b4qNDL1MkSb+f O65YenFvbaYFqOpoq++7mWIxgRX1zrYhoXRjGnzR7qS+0yWVcA3Zd17l1pEtbgYx 1MY0ZLzbhkEovDYYZXU6t82O0z5Fc2YfUxalNKv9ENXEONx6MObfofTwtFLpKKqD Bm9awqxGE47/sS1EfmDdawwEcpTne1TjQCxk33NcAXLLKdmK9z5n+wh54qgguu4W PAjCTypULc/+eOM4j2/lJsnIgtuVEVQbDU3yTy+F+ioOW60lh6Xut3mf4mwDahBS 3ra+grobcLgq6aua1SgNx/TEh4ePOyNrviPEHC2ikScJfNJ4DBBpepG4z4YYi6UV wNUrQu9ZlqQKKtQP4Xbc3URtbhBRJkpTjGfS1V5iTq0tKjk4MfHEuxGnCzVwnN8x B/ABc85chsE= =KKA/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
