Internet Censorship Questionnaire / Test suite

I made up this form because I often receive eMails where people tell me that their
Internet access "is not working". Sometimes I have to ask several times for more details.
With this form everything should be easier. Just fill in the fields you know and want to
tell me. Leave the others blank or write "none" or something like that. When you send
the form, I recieve it via eMail. So don't fear that computers won't understand what you
entered. Everything is still done by humans. :-)But the more you tell me the better I can
help you. It would also help me a lot to determine which censorship is used in which
country and what to do against it.

1. What is your name? (Pseudonym is just fine)

2. What is your eMail adress? (To send you a response)

3. In which country are you located?

4. Which ISP do you use? (Internet Service Provider)

5. Where do you access the Internet?

At home
At work
At school
At a university
At a library
At a Internet cafe

6. Are you allowed/able to install software on this computer?

Yes, I can install programs on this machine
No, I am not allowed to install programs.

7. Please visit one of theese websites and copy&paste the content in the box below.
(To copy, click in the middle of the website and press CTRL + A on your keyboard.
Right after that press CTRL + C. Then click into the box below and press CTRL + V.
Then the text from the website should appear.)

It is a test to see if you use a proxy server and to get other information on your connection.

It has to say "ProxyJudge 2.35" on the top and contains "REMOTE_HOST", "REMOTE_ADDR" and so on.

If not, try another one.
http://www21.big.or.jp/~mana_/prxjdg.cgi
http://www.proxyjudge.com/proxyjudge.html [you have to click on the link in the center]

8. Which Proxy server is entered in your Browser?

Internet Explorer: Click on "Tools" --> "Internet Options" --> "Connections".
Maybe you have to click on "Advanced" or "LAN settings".

Opera: Click on "File" --> "Preferences" --> "Network" --> "Proxy servers".

Firefox: Click on "Extras" --> "Preferences" --> "Connection Settings"

Netscape/Mozilla: "Edit" --> "Preferences" --> "Advanced" --> "Proxies". Maybe you have
to click on "View". If there is "Direct connection" selected, enter "none" in the boxes below.

It could also be that there is no proxy entered. Then type "none".

Proxy address:

Proxy port:

9. Which ports are blocked? Click on the links below and select the response you get in
the DOS-Prompt, that opens. If you can't see a DOS-Prompt by clicking on the link enter
the commands manually into the DOS-Prompt.

telnet apollo.sfsu.edu 23
I get a response (like "login:")
I can't connect (like "connection refused", "connection failed")
I don't know / didn't try it

telnet news.supernews.com 119
 I get a response (like "200...")
I can't connect (like "connection refused", "connection failed")
I don't know / didn't try it

telnet login.icq.com 8080
I get a response (some wired characters)
I can't connect (like "connection refused", "connection failed")
I don't know / didn't try it

10. Which websites/services are blocked? Give some example URL's.

11. How does the error message looks like? Are there software names and versions
mentioned? Please describe and/or copy&paste the whole message in this field.

(To copy, click in the middle of the error message and press CTRL + A on your keyboard.
Right after that press CTRL + C. Then click into the box below and press CTRL + V.
Then the error message should appear.)

12. Is there a keyword filter installed? Just enter the "bad words" into the box on the
website below. The websites look quite the same, but use different technologies
(POST and GET) to transfer the data, so try both.

"Bad Words": ""

http://nocensor.freerk.com/online-tools/kword-post.php or http://nocensor.nfshost.com/online-tools/kword-post.php (POST)
I can see "You entered: [all those bad words above]
I get an error message

http://nocensor.freerk.com/online-tools/kword-get.php or http://nocensor.nfshost.com/online-tools/kword-post.php (GET)
I can see "You entered: [all those bad words above]
I get an error message

13. Anything else to say?

Who should receive this questionaire? If you are not sure, keep the field on "freerk@gmx.net".
I will try to analyze your censorship problem and mail you a solution!

If some of the solutions are working it would be great if you write me, so that I can help other people in your country!

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