These two notices, posted to Google+ last week, inform employees at a business center in the Shandong capital of new measures to ensure that virtual private networks (VPNs) are used for work purposes only. VPNs allow users to connect to the Internet outside of China’s Great Firewall. Without access to the free Internet, it would be near impossible for most international organizations to do business in China. But because they have “abused their privilege,” these employees will now have to let technical staff know whenever they need access.

Warning

Recently, it has been discovered that at night in some rooms, staff have been privately logging on to prohibited websites (Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc.). Upon discovering such activity, the violator’s Internet access will be directly cut off and the police will be notified. In cooperation with police policy of Internet access through real-name registration, starting today, we will begin the trial implementation of PPPoE* real-name registration for Internet access.

Jinan Zhi Jia Rui He Business Center
Jinan City Internet Monitoring Team
2012-11-19

* PPPoE: Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet

Warning

In order to eliminate access to prohibited websites through use of VPN software by internal staff, starting today, the VPN function will now be disabled. For those who must use a VPN to access the Internet, after preparing your file, go to D1 (88885681) and ask a technician to help set up your connection.

Jinan Zhi Jia Rui He Business Center
Jinan City Internet Monitoring Team
2012-11-19

Read more about the travails of VPNs, Google, and the free Internet in China from CDT.

Via CDT Chinese. Translation by Little Bluegill.

VPNs & Proxies

VPNs and proxies can be used as tools to get around the Great Firewall of China. This means that by using these tools one can access any website when in China, regardless of whether it’s blocked or not. Naturally, many of these tools are themselves blocked. Here’s an overview of some major VPN and proxies and whether they’re accessible in China. If the main website of the tool is blocked, it may be difficult to sign up for the service. However, the service itself may still be working.

Showing 1 to 64 of 64 matching URLs.

URL	Tested Since	Alexa Traffic Rank (Global)	Blocked*	Restricted**

URL	Tested Since	Alexa Traffic Rank (Global)	Blocked*	Restricted**
https://code.google.com/p/goagent	Dec 17, 2012	1	0%	0%
https://itunes.apple.com/app/opendoor/id5438080…	Dec 17, 2012	50	0%	0%
https://s3.amazonaws.com/0ubz-2q11-gi9y/en.html	Dec 15, 2012	146	0%	0%
https://1.hidemyass.com	Jan 10, 2013	855	0%	0%
https://hidemyass.com	Jan 19, 2013	863	0%	0%
www.hidemyass.com	Mar 19, 2011	863	100%	0%
hotspotshield.com	Feb 26, 2011	7 302	100%	0%
https://www.torproject.org	Mar 27, 2011	13 194	100%	0%
www.torproject.org	Feb 25, 2011	14 804	100%	0%
cyberghostvpn.com	Jul 22, 2011	35 080	100%	0%
https://btguard.com	Dec 15, 2012	35 477	0%	0%
https://www.ipredator.se	Jul 21, 2012	35 582	100%	0%
https://cyberghostvpn.com	Mar 23, 2011	39 998	100%	0%
www.dongtaiwang.com/loc/download.php	Dec 15, 2012	40 758	100%	0%
https://www.strongvpn.com	Dec 15, 2012	43 793	100%	0%
www.strongvpn.com	Mar 10, 2011	44 169	100%	0%
https://www.purevpn.com	Mar 25, 2012	77 395	0%	0%
www.purevpn.com	Mar 22, 2011	77 395	100%	0%
https://www.goldenfrog.com	Mar 23, 2011	78 748	0%	0%
https://www.privateinternetaccess.com	Dec 15, 2012	90 085	100%	0%
https://www.overplay.net	Mar 23, 2011	108 830	100%	0%
https://ultrasurf.us	Dec 17, 2012	109 571	0%	0%
www.overplay.net	Aug 02, 2011	112 771	100%	0%
https://torrentprivacy.com	Dec 15, 2012	119 231	0%	0%
https://www.tunnelbear.com	Mar 10, 2013	137 816	100%	0%
https://www.kepard.com	Mar 10, 2013	137 849	100%	0%
https://www.astrill.com	Mar 23, 2011	137 870	0%	0%
www.astrill.com	Apr 05, 2011	145 402	0%	0%
www.ibvpn.com	Mar 10, 2011	149 866	100%	0%
www.hideipvpn.com	Mar 04, 2011	157 695	100%	0%
www.witopia.net	Mar 12, 2011	181 283	100%	0%
https://www.witopia.net	Mar 25, 2012	203 843	0%	0%
https://www.ipvanish.com	Dec 15, 2012	205 797	0%	0%
www.ffvpn.com	Aug 30, 2012	228 417	0%	0%
www.vpnoneclick.com	Dec 17, 2012	230 318	100%	0%
www.vpn4all.com	Mar 04, 2011	234 651	100%	0%
https://www.grjsq.biz	Dec 26, 2012	244 718	0%	0%
https://www.vpnreactor.com	Dec 15, 2012	249 779	0%	0%
www.expressvpn.com	May 23, 2011	288 613	100%	0%
www.puffinbrowser.com	Apr 19, 2012	310 032	100%	0%
https://vpnreactor.com	Mar 10, 2011	315 839	100%	0%
https://airvpn.org	Mar 23, 2011	321 963	100%	0%
https://www.vpntunnel.com	Dec 15, 2012	337 021	0%	0%
https://faceless.me	Dec 15, 2012	338 542	100%	0%
www.itshidden.eu	Dec 15, 2012	492 033	0%	0%
torvpn.com	Mar 08, 2011	562 130	100%	0%
www.vpnvip.com	May 19, 2011	639 311	100%	0%
https://mullvad.net	Dec 15, 2012	661 566	100%	0%
https://www.vpnvip.com	Dec 17, 2012	702 242	100%	0%
www.vpncloud.me	Dec 19, 2012	714 047	0%	0%
https://www.privatvpn.se	Dec 15, 2012	790 987	0%	0%
https://www.torservers.net	Mar 23, 2011	802 574	0%	0%
https://www.blackvpn.com	Dec 15, 2012	802 724	100%	0%
https://puffstore.com	Dec 15, 2012		0%	0%
thefreevpn.com	Mar 25, 2011		100%	0%
www.swissvpn.net	Mar 19, 2011		100%	0%
psiphon.ca	May 04, 2011		0%	0%
psiphon3.com	Nov 08, 2012		0%	0%
www.vpnfire.com	Dec 17, 2012		100%	0%
https://privacy.io	Dec 15, 2012		0%	0%
www.ultrareach.com	Feb 18, 2011		0%	0%
https://killwall.com	Dec 19, 2012		0%	0%
https://ivacy.com	Dec 15, 2012		0%	0%
www.yourprivatevpn.com	Feb 14, 2012		100%	0%

* Blocked, in the last 30 days. ** Otherwise restricted, in the last 30 days. More info.

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