Mullvad to China: Block This. We Dare You(michael-dev-tech.github.io)
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Mullvad to China: Block This. We Dare You
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Please declare if your blog post is written with AI, don’t launder AI words as your own, you just make yourself look like a fraud. We can tell.
I read about Russian VPN situation from time to time, and any simple obfuscation attempts fail now. They had to invent more protocols, like TrustTunnel. Previous popular protocol was VLESS, and it used TCP.
TrustTunnel uses QUIC and possibly UDP, looks like similar to what is described in the article. So, I guess, Mullvad might work in DPI-heavy environments, but I wouldn't be as sure as author is. All I know it is becomes harder and harder to obfuscate VPN traffic in the countries with good hackers who work for the government.
TrustTunnel uses QUIC and possibly UDP, looks like similar to what is described in the article. So, I guess, Mullvad might work in DPI-heavy environments, but I wouldn't be as sure as author is. All I know it is becomes harder and harder to obfuscate VPN traffic in the countries with good hackers who work for the government.
VLESS is masquerading as a HTTPS website. QUIC will not work as UDP abroad is mostly blocked. UDP is mostly used for VPN and encrypted calls so no law abiding citizen needs UDP anyway.
> Mullvad took their VPN traffic and wrapped it in QUIC obfuscation. To the CCP's omniscient routers, it doesn't look like a VPN trying to tunnel out. It just looks like boring, encrypted HTTPS web traffic.
Ignoring that this article is shamelessly LLM-generated, I did not actually know Mullvad had QUIC obfuscation, so this is a cool fun fact.
> Connect the dots here. The only way the Chinese government can block Mullvad now is to block all HTTP/3 traffic. If they do that, they instantly nuke their own banking sector, e-commerce platforms, and state infrastructure.
No they don't. The amount of work it takes to have a HTTP/3 web server means those sectors probably don't even have it yet. Even if they did, I wouldn't expect HTTP/3 to be the only way to access anything, not even a decade from now. Even HTTP/2 was awful to get working when it was new, and I haven't heard of even a single server not accepting HTTP/1.1; you are still more likely to encounter servers not even supporting HTTP/2 yet, let alone HTTP/3.
Ignoring that this article is shamelessly LLM-generated, I did not actually know Mullvad had QUIC obfuscation, so this is a cool fun fact.
> Connect the dots here. The only way the Chinese government can block Mullvad now is to block all HTTP/3 traffic. If they do that, they instantly nuke their own banking sector, e-commerce platforms, and state infrastructure.
No they don't. The amount of work it takes to have a HTTP/3 web server means those sectors probably don't even have it yet. Even if they did, I wouldn't expect HTTP/3 to be the only way to access anything, not even a decade from now. Even HTTP/2 was awful to get working when it was new, and I haven't heard of even a single server not accepting HTTP/1.1; you are still more likely to encounter servers not even supporting HTTP/2 yet, let alone HTTP/3.
Chinese people have been developing similar obfuscation protocols and playing a cat-and-mouse game for years, and most of them are "open source" (in quotes because lots of them have to be somewhat hidden because the Chinese gov threatens the devs).
Props to Mullvad, but it's not like they're unique in this regard.
Props to Mullvad, but it's not like they're unique in this regard.
Last time I checked, they don't really care about vpns there. They just filter internet traffic to A) encourage home grown alternatives to e.g. Google, Facebook and B) Stop Grandma from reading Radio Free Asia
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Please flag and move on, don't engage in misleading and/or hallucinated AI blogs.
Why would China use HTTP/3?
Yep, agree, it does work and with multi hop also allows your own country of origin only when it’s through Sweden also.
Eh they'll adapt. Simply using QUIC won't be enough. The cadence of VPN traffic can and will be detected. It might take them a while to catch up that's all.
Best thing is to just not go to China, and if you do need to, to use your mobile internet or work VPN.
Best thing is to just not go to China, and if you do need to, to use your mobile internet or work VPN.
Clickbait and aggressive title, shallow article. I read it and not worth clicking.
mullvad is the only vpn worth using
What makes you say this? IVPN and Proton have proven they are trustworthy as well.
Obscura by definition is the same or better than Mullvad because of the multi-party factor.
Obscura by definition is the same or better than Mullvad because of the multi-party factor.
the billing options, the server selections and technology, come to mind.
also should not mention but some regional vpns (dig around the area you like) quite often do not get get hellflagged as vpn ip. cloudflare usually gets it but it has never been obnoxious like i’ve seen on others.
oh and most importantly, i have 5gbit symmetrical fiber and most close servers nearly saturate both ways and i dont think ive ever seen go below 500mbit. excellent speeds most the time, ive never seen any other provider come close but only tried a few others. steal for the price.
i also like you can set custom dns while active, i use along nextdns
also should not mention but some regional vpns (dig around the area you like) quite often do not get get hellflagged as vpn ip. cloudflare usually gets it but it has never been obnoxious like i’ve seen on others.
oh and most importantly, i have 5gbit symmetrical fiber and most close servers nearly saturate both ways and i dont think ive ever seen go below 500mbit. excellent speeds most the time, ive never seen any other provider come close but only tried a few others. steal for the price.
i also like you can set custom dns while active, i use along nextdns
Appreciate the shoutout! :-)
1. This is obvious AI slop
2. China can just ban the Mullvad IP ranges. They don't change that often
AI slop writing.