Availability in China

I'm going to DEF CON in China, where my students and I will teach this workshop: Practical Malware Analysis.

A friend said we might face awful punishment from the US Gov't for violating export reglations for taking a laptop containing hacking tools there, so he planned to use a laptop obtained in China and download everything there.

I wondered about that, so I decided to see if the sites I use are available in China.

Testing Availability

I used WebSitePulse to check, with these results.

Samsclass: Available

My website is available in Beijing, as shown below.

Kali Linux: Available

Kali Linux is available in Beijing, as shown below.

Google: Not Available

I'd heard that Google was blocked, so I decided to try it, just to verify that the test is working. Sure enough, Google is not available in Beijing, as shown below.

Conclusion

Most everything I use is from Kali or from my own site, so I think I'll be OK. If the US Gov't nabs me and holds me forever at Guantanamo Bay, I hope you people continue to do your homework anyway while I'm gone.

Posted 4-17-18 by Sam Bowne