The updated list of VPN services and protocols that Roskomnadzor intends to block using a threat countermeasures tool (TSPU) includes the Shadowsocks protocol developed in China. A letter from the Ministry of Transport to transport organizations with information about this was at the disposal of the ZaTelecom telegram channel and the Kommersant publication.
Shadowsocks open source data transfer protocol allows you to establish a VPN connection that is difficult for Roskomnadzor to detect using standard methods. As Kommersant writes, the protocol disguises its traffic as other resources, and blocking it can disrupt the operation of “legal services.”
In addition to Shadowsocks, the document lists 48 more VPN services and protocols, including the popular protocols OpenVPN, WireGuard, Terona, as well as the Russian service ItHelper, a subscription to which can be purchased, for example, at the M group electronics store .Video – Eldorado.”
At the end of October, the head of Roskomnadzor, Andrei Lipov, reported that the regulator had installed TSPU devices in the quantity necessary to control all traffic in the country. They began to be implemented as part of the “sovereign Internet” law, which came into force at the end of 2019.
Massive problems with the operation of VPN services in Russia began in early June 2022. Then Roskomnadzor reported that they began experimenting with blocking tools to bypass blocking because they were “recognized as a threat.”
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