Explore: Circumvention Technologies

censors, and less detectable tools by circumvention developers. While estimates of user adoption for circumvention tools vary, it is widely accepted that

September 2022. Cisco Systems, Inc. (2004). Internetworking Technologies Handbook. Networking Technology Series (4 ed.). Cisco Press. p. 233. ISBN 9781587051197

not a true VPN solution but rather a Shadowsocks-based proxy. The two technologies are similar in the way they can be used to redirect network traffic and

censored by the Great Firewall of China and helps Chinese Internet users circumvent the censorship and blockage of websites in China. The site was first launched

as a protection against the virus. Hotspot Shield was one of a dozen circumvention tools evaluated by a Freedom House-funded report based on user experience

open-source Internet censorship circumvention tool that uses a combination of secure communication and obfuscation technologies, such as a VPN, SSH, and a

Anti-circumvention refers to laws which prohibit the circumvention of technological barriers for using a digital good in certain ways which the rightsholders

limits on devices and services which could be used for circumvention in addition to acts of circumvention. In establishing this, the lawmakers also recognized

stating that circumvention occurs "without the authority of the copyright owner," the DMCA requires the plaintiff alleging circumvention to show that

use virtual private networks to circumvent censorship or for an increased level of privacy. The majority of circumvention techniques are not suitable for