Re: Regarding Internet Connectivity for the proposed IETF Meeting in China

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David Morris allegedly wrote on 09/24/2009 5:34 PM:
> 
> There has been much discussion of what the folks at the meeting might or
> might not do which might result in some official action to terminate the
> meeting early. I tend to side with the folks who believe it would take a
> really egregious action to actually activate the clause because I'm
> personally aware of how much non-conformance to official rules is
> tolerated when officials perceive it in China's interest AND when it
> isn't flaunted.
> 
> That aside though, I've not seen a description of the part of the
> contract provisions and/or venue plans which deal with the 'great
> firewall' potential impact on the many ways IETF participants expect to
> use the Internet during meetings. Both from a perspective of attendees
> as well as those of us unlikely to be present but desiring traditional
> audio, video, chat, etc. real time access.

My experience has been that the "great firewall" was barely noticeable.
 I couldn't get to BBC at least once, but I could use IPsec or SSH, and
Skype or SIP whenever I wanted to.
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