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I am having problems with people using psiphon to get around my content filter. I am not sure what I would need to put into place to stop this. Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thursday, January 17 2019, 04:05 AM
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    Friday, January 18 2019, 09:04 AM - #Permalink
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    I asked DNSThingy Support (the people behind Gateway Management) and they have said:
    Here is the article we share on how to block Psiphon.
    https://community.adamnet.works/hc/en-us/articles/360010803974-How-to-block-Psiphon

    A business subscription is required for the DTTS (Don't Talk to Strangers) feature. Psiphon can be blocked on a blacklist (block the bad) as well as a whitelist (allow only the good), however, the blacklist always requires upkeep (continual adding of domains used to host the service) where a whitelist does not. So a allow only the good scenario is the ultimate way to go

    It does look like a GM Business is needed.
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    Thursday, January 17 2019, 09:08 PM - #Permalink
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    It'd be nice if the guys at eGloo could rig something up for psiphon and other VPN tunneling apps in their Netify application and/or protocol filters. Maybe ClearOS could request that from them?
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    Thursday, January 17 2019, 04:08 PM - #Permalink
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    Nick Howitt wrote:

    If you are using the Proxy in Transparent mode, then you have no chance as it only intercepts traffic to TCP port 80. At a minimum you'd need to use a non-transparent mode - either Authenticated or non-Authenticated. Either mean you have to change people's browser settings or set up Web Proxy Auto-Discovery.

    You could try the protocol filter in the Proxy and VPN sections, but I have a feeling the OpenVPN filter only blocks traffic on UDP:1194 and many VPN providers use other ports.

    Ultimately the more powerful tool is Gateway Management but that has a cost attached. It also has the benefit of being much lighter on resources.


    Could you give me more information on how to block it using Gateway Management please.
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    Thursday, January 17 2019, 08:46 AM - #Permalink
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    If you are using the Proxy in Transparent mode, then you have no chance as it only intercepts traffic to TCP port 80. At a minimum you'd need to use a non-transparent mode - either Authenticated or non-Authenticated. Either mean you have to change people's browser settings or set up Web Proxy Auto-Discovery.

    You could try the protocol filter in the Proxy and VPN sections, but I have a feeling the OpenVPN filter only blocks traffic on UDP:1194 and many VPN providers use other ports.

    Ultimately the more powerful tool is Gateway Management but that has a cost attached. It also has the benefit of being much lighter on resources.
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