[Wikimedia-l] Blocking of HTTPS connection by China

[John]

Wow, what a complete mis-understanding and misrepresenting of facts my that
blog author

On Friday, June 7, 2013, Benjamin Chen wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Since 31 May, China's Great Firewall has blocked the HTTPS connection to
> all language versions of Wikipedia, by blocking port 443 on two of our IPs.
> I was also told that service to Wikimedia Commons may be affected. Other
> projects, such as en.wikisource are not affected by this block (but they
> may still be subjected to keyword censoring on HTTP).
>
> Compared to the previous short-lived half-day block, this time the block
> has been in place for a week and as usual no one knows if it will last for
> long.
>
> Here is an article that has some explanation, some comments, and (their)
> opinions and suggestions for the Foundation.
>
>
> https://en.greatfire.org/blog/2013/jun/wikipedia-drops-ball-china-not-too-late-make-amends
>
> Regards,
>
> Benjamin Chen / [[User:Bencmq]]
>
>
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