[Freedombox-discuss] We do need mesh networking

Jonas Smedegaard dr at jones.dk
Sat Feb 19 10:54:33 UTC 2011


On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 11:48:44AM +0100, Luca Dionisi wrote:
>I thought this news could be of interest for current/future
>discussions on what an effective way of circumventing centralized
>controls and censorship might be.
>
>I copied this extract from the article at this link:
>http://neosmart.net/blog/2011/as-arabia-protests-libya-blocks-internet-access/
>
><quote>
>More importantly perhaps is the fact that the ISPs are actively
>blocking any attempts to bypass this filtering, with residents in
>Libya unable to even use the standard filtering bypass tools. We've
>been told that neither OperaTor, HideMyAss, nor HotSpotShield are
>working. Even standard PPTP VPN connections out of the country are
>being blocked.
></quote>

For *some* freedoms, mesh networking is crucial, yes.


  - Jonas


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