Telex (anti-censorship system)
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Telex is a research anti-censorship system that would allow users to circumvent a censor without alerting the censor to the act of circumvention. It is not ready for real users, but a proof-of-concept mock system exists.{{cite web |url=https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/jhalderm/anticensorship-internets-infrastructure/ |title=Anticensorship in the Internet's Infrastructure |author=J. Alex Halderman |author-link=Alex Halderman |date=18 July 2011 |website=freedom-to-tinker.com |access-date=30 January 2014}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/07/31/138872976/a-new-way-around-internet-censorship|title=A New Way Around Internet Censorship?|website=NPR.org|access-date=2017-01-04}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-14199218|title=Telex to help defeat web censors|date=2011-07-19|newspaper=BBC News|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-01-04}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.engin.umich.edu/college/about/news/stories/2011/august/thwarting-internet-censorship-telex|title=Thwarting internet censorship: Telex|website=www.engin.umich.edu|access-date=2017-01-04}} As of 2018, Telex has evolved into refraction networking.{{Cite web|title=Telex: Anticensorship in the Network Infrastructure|url=https://telex.cc/|access-date=2020-12-06|website=telex.cc}}
Purpose
Telex complements services like Tor (anonymity network) by placing Telex stations in the network infrastructure of free countries. A client can create a TLS tunnel that is indistinguishable from allowed traffic. That way, firewalls in censored countries are neither able to detect nor to block access to specific parts of the Internet, assuming they allow access at all.{{Cite journal|last1=Wustrow|first1=Eric|last2=Wolchok|first2=Scott|last3=Goldberg|first3=Ian|last4=Halderman|first4=J. Alex|year=2011|title=Telex: Anticensorship in the Network Infrastructure|url=https://www.usenix.org/legacy/events/sec11/tech/full_papers/Wustrow.pdf|journal=Proceedings of the 20th USENIX Conference on Security|publisher=USENIX Association|publication-place=Berkeley, CA, USA|pages=30}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2011/07/telex_anti-cens.html|title=Telex Anti-Censorship System - Schneier on Security|website=www.schneier.com|date=19 July 2011 |access-date=2017-01-04}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-software-may-end-internet-censorship-once-and-for-all/|title=New software may end internet censorship once and for all|last=Nguyen|first=Tuan|website=ZDNet|access-date=2017-01-04}}{{Cite news|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/07/researchers-develop-end-to-middle-anti-censorship-tech/|title=Deep packet inspection used to stop censorship in new "Telex" scheme|newspaper=Ars Technica|access-date=2017-01-04}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://telex.cc/ Official website]
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