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[Memo] Wikipedia and DNSCrypt

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The domain name of Chinese Wikipedia, zh.wikipedia.org, was blocked by keyword filtering and DNS poisoning on May 19. Currently, Chinese Wikipedia is inaccessible from China, and its domain name cannot resolve to the correct IP address. However, English Wikipedia is currently unaffected and can be accessed normally.

From “Moonlight Blog”: http://www.williamlong.info/archives/4240.html

Similar news can be found at: http://www.freebuf.com/news/68011.html

First Google was blocked, and now it is Wikipedia’s turn. Of course, this is not the first time Wikipedia has been blocked, and I suspect it won’t be the last. Actually, before this, I didn’t even know what DNS poisoning was. I feel that my skills in bypassing the firewall and using proxy technologies are all the result of us ordinary citizens being forced into a corner after our great nation blocked these excellent websites.

I really want to complain: are those of us in academia even allowed to survive? Can Baidu Baike, which is isomorphic to trash, satisfy our needs? Is there not a single person in the department responsible for blocking who does academic work? (I got a bit emotional there; I apologize for losing my composure.)

Fortunately, the “Celestial Empire” has shown some mercy, as the method of blocking Wikipedia is far less severe than the blocking of Google. We only need to encrypt our DNS using DNSCrypt to access its HTTPS version. The tutorial for using it is quite simple; basically, once it is installed, it can be used directly, so there isn’t much of a tutorial needed.

DNSCrypt: http://www.opendns.com/about/innovations/dnscrypt/

Chinese Wikipedia: https://zh.wikipedia.org

Let’s Wikipedia together.

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