Wladimir [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2012-10-20 📝 Original message:On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at ...
📅 Original date posted:2012-10-20
📝 Original message:On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Mark Lister <mark.lister at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>The issue is not cryptography, it's "trade with sanctioned countries",
> period, where making
>>files available to download is considered trade.
>
> Spot on, in 2005 when I lived in (among other places) Sudan, Sourceforge
> would block certain downloads (but not the project site). That said it
> was trivial to bypass the restrictions then.
I don't think it's related to these sanctions but to the Great
Firewall of China, but sourceforge downloads are also blocked in
China. Also quite easy to bypass though.
Wladimir
📝 Original message:On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Mark Lister <mark.lister at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>The issue is not cryptography, it's "trade with sanctioned countries",
> period, where making
>>files available to download is considered trade.
>
> Spot on, in 2005 when I lived in (among other places) Sudan, Sourceforge
> would block certain downloads (but not the project site). That said it
> was trivial to bypass the restrictions then.
I don't think it's related to these sanctions but to the Great
Firewall of China, but sourceforge downloads are also blocked in
China. Also quite easy to bypass though.
Wladimir