Chinese firewall
Its name derives one which Charles R. Smith wrote at May 17, 2002 about the Chinese network examination article “The Great Firewall of China” takes the effect which (the Great Wall) agreed with Great Wall, the simple form is Great Firewall, condensed GFW, the joking designation time network (Gong Fu Wang). Along with use widespread, GFW has used in the verb, GFWed is refers to is protected from fire the Great Wall to shield. In the ordinary circumstances, protects from fire the Great Wall mainly to refer to the Chinese government monitoring and the filtration Internet content software and hardware system, by equipment and so on server and router, the application procedure which in addition is related constitutes. Because the Chinese network examination is widespread, China domestic includes “is inappropriate” the content the website, will receive the government direct administrative intervention, is requested the self-examination, the self-supervision, and even closure, will therefore protect from fire the Great Wall leading role to lie in analyzes and filters the Chinese internal and external network the information to visit mutually. However, the use protected from fire technological means and so on Great Wall to limit the freedom of speech to the network content examination, carried on the network examination has been the topic which disputed. Also some reports believed that protects from fire Great Wall is one kind of panopticon-like comprehensive monitoring actually, achieves the self-examination the goal. China has protects from fire outside the Great Wall, but also has set of network security software skeleton’s Jin Dun the project. The golden shield project is very possible is compared to protects from fire the Great Wall stricter network monitor and control filtration system. The major technique domain name will kidnap the national entrance gateway the IP blockade branch router key words filtration to block the key words filtration – to reposition the package to analyze the HTTPS certificate filtration to reach the goal software’s counter-system to test mainland China foreign mainland China to email communication interception GFW domestic the website Beijing Olympic Games which and GFW will filter.
The Great firewall is China’s Internet blockade to achieve the most effective tools.
