The State of Iranian Communication

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THE STATE OF IRANIAN COMMUNICATION

Manipulation and Circumvention

MORGAN SENNHAUSER

Project Coordinator, NedaNet

JULY 13, 2009

Do you ever wonder what happens to the words that we send Do they bend, do they break from the flight that they take And come back together again with a whole new meaningIn a brand new sense, completely unrelated to the one I sent Jason Mraz

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CONTENTS

PURPOSE ............................................................................................................................................................... 2

HISTORY................................................................................................................................................................. 3

TRAFFIC MANIPULATION ....................................................................................................................................... 4

O

VERVIEW

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M

ONITORING

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Internet .................................................................................................................................................................. 6

SMS ........................................................................................................................................................................ 6

Telephone .............................................................................................................................................................. 7

IP

B

LOCKING

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What Gets Blocked ................................................................................................................................................ 9

B

ANDWIDTH

T

HROTTLING

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K

EYWORD

F

ILTRATION

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T

RAFFIC

C

LASSIFICATION

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QoSed Services ..................................................................................................................................................... 14

S

HALLOW

P

ACKET

I

NSPECTION

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SSL ........................................................................................................................................................................ 15

F

INGERPRINT

P

ACKET

I

NSPECTION

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D

EEP

P

ACKET

I

NSPECTION

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W

HAT

E

LSE IS

P

OSSIBLE

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Automation .......................................................................................................................................................... 18

Expansion ............................................................................................................................................................. 18

Invisibility ............................................................................................................................................................. 18

S

UMMARY

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RESPONSE ............................................................................................................................................................ 20

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D

ETERMINING

S

UCCESSFUL

R

ESPONSES

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How resilient is it to countermeasures? ............................................................................................................... 21

How secure is it? .................................................................................................................................................. 21

How expensive is it to run? .................................................................................................................................. 21

Is it traceable? ..................................................................................................................................................... 22

How easily can it be deployed? ............................................................................................................................ 22

Would It Operate Securely With Full Disclosure? ................................................................................................. 22

How easy is it to use?........................................................................................................................................... 23

Has it been tested thoroughly? ............................................................................................................................ 23

N

ORMAL

U

SAGE

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Single-Hop Proxies ............................................................................................................................................... 24

Multi-Hop Circuits ................................................................................................................................................ 25

Summary .............................................................................................................................................................. 26

S

PECIAL

U

SAGE

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Peer-to-Peer ......................................................................................................................................................... 27

S

UMMARY

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CONCLUSION ....................................................................................................................................................... 29

WORKS CITED ...................................................................................................................................................... 30