simple@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoRussia starts blocking VPN at the protocol (WireGuard, OpenVPN) levelvpncentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square136fedilinkarrow-up1974arrow-down114 cross-posted to: technews@radiation.party
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minus-squaremasterairmagic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoCan this actually work? If you run Wireguard on a non-default port, is it possible to tell that it’s wireguard?
minus-squareAES@lemmy.ronsmans.eulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoYes ofc they can. The Wireguard protocol is not designed to be hidden. Interesting read: https://www.ntkernel.com/how-to-bypass-egypts-wireguard-ban/
minus-squaremruczek@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoChinese firewall can detect it, AFAIK
minus-squareSpiritreader@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoWireguard through gfw worked fine when I tried it. The other client did have a static IP and static Port tho, that probably helped
minus-squareInverseParallax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoGfw is mostly picky about anything udp or where both ports are unknown. Also if the known port (server) isn’t from a licensed block. Basically there are heuristics that lead to either a reset, a temp block, or a perm block, but it seems to vary from time to time a lot.
Can this actually work? If you run Wireguard on a non-default port, is it possible to tell that it’s wireguard?
Yes ofc they can. The Wireguard protocol is not designed to be hidden.
Interesting read: https://www.ntkernel.com/how-to-bypass-egypts-wireguard-ban/
Chinese firewall can detect it, AFAIK
Wireguard through gfw worked fine when I tried it. The other client did have a static IP and static Port tho, that probably helped
Gfw is mostly picky about anything udp or where both ports are unknown. Also if the known port (server) isn’t from a licensed block.
Basically there are heuristics that lead to either a reset, a temp block, or a perm block, but it seems to vary from time to time a lot.