Here is a list of various methods of avoiding the Chinese Great Firewall:
Free Methods
- Psiphon (賽風): Psiphon is an open-source tool designed to circumvent internet censorship. It uses a combination of secure communication and obfuscation technologies to provide users with access to blocked content.
- Lantern (蓝灯): Lantern is a free proxy-based tool that helps users bypass internet censorship by routing traffic through a network of trusted servers.
- Tor: Tor (The Onion Router) is a network that enables anonymous communication by directing internet traffic through a worldwide volunteer overlay network.
- Ultrasurf (无界浏览): Ultrasurf is a free software that provides internet privacy and security by encrypting user data and allowing access to blocked websites.
Commercial VPNs
- VPN.AC, Astrill, LetsVPN: These are commercial Virtual Private Network (VPN) services that encrypt internet traffic and mask the user’s IP address to bypass censorship and enhance privacy.
Gaming Accelerators
- UU Game Booster, Qiyou: These tools are primarily designed to reduce latency and improve connection stability for online gaming, but they can also be used to bypass internet restrictions.
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Self-hosted Methods
- Xray, V2Ray, Shadowsocks: These are tools that allow users to set up their own proxy servers to bypass internet censorship. They offer various configurations and protocols to enhance security and anonymity.
“Last Resort” Methods
- Iodine DNS tunnel / dnstt DNS tunnel, pingtunnel ICMP tunnel: These methods use DNS or ICMP tunneling to bypass firewalls by encapsulating data within DNS or ICMP packets.
- V2Ray+meek, SS over SSH over VLESS, Shadowsocks over Restls: These are advanced configurations combining multiple protocols and tools to create resilient and hard-to-detect methods for bypassing censorship.
