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04/14/2008

The TOM.com version of Skype (the "Official Chinese Version" as they claim, http://skype.tom.com) has obviously integrated the censorship functionality into skype client. The ContentFilter.exe, which did content filtering in older version of Tom Skype, is no longer a part of Skype installation (3.6.4.150). Instead, the keyword file is downloaded by Skype client. At this point, many of the filtered keywords are related to politics and religion. For example, the Chinese name of the news paper and news web site The Epochtimes is one of the words that triggers filtering. When a filtered keyword shows up in a message, the whole message will be dropped. The download URL of the keyfile is http://skypetools.tom.com/agent/newkeyfile/keyfile. It contains multiple lines of encoded data. Skype, how far do you want to go? Are you also sending user IDs to Chinese Police? 

To defeat this, add this line in file c:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts then restart skype:

127.0.0.1    skypetools.tom.com 

12/06/2007

Add CGI Proxy Service! CGI Proxy is a web interface with which you can access other web sites. You can use this service to bypass some network censorship. The URL is http://cgiproxy.gardennetworks.org. HTTPS is enabled so your have the option of encrypting your traffic, although the speed will be a little lower. Give it a try! 

11/15/2007

GTunnel 1.1.0.7 released. Some issues fixed. Added mode icons.

10/24/2007

GTunnel 1.1 released. New features include Tor mode and dialup/ADSL global proxy support. Check out the features. Download GTunnel.

10/18/2007

New client software GTunnel 1.0 released. New Skype mode in additional to the standard mode, new protocol support, stronger encryption.

10/17/2007

English forum opened.

04/14/2007

Due to changes in external resources, the effectiveness of the client software is affected in some regions in China. We have received user feedbacks regarding these issues. We are glad to announce that two new versions of Garden (Garden Networks's client software tool) are being developed, along with new back-end systems.

Aside from addressing the reported usage issues, the new systems will provide stronger data encryption, richer functionality, improved application support and more robust anti-jamming features. The new client software will be easier to use and provide more feedback

The new systems will be available in Q3, 2007.