on-path TCP port blocking may look like TLS Interference
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Description
Describe the bug
GFW of China may use TCP RST injection to block ports but ignore TCP SYNs ( or TCP segments without data? ).
A few comments on gfw.report mentioned this: https://gfw.report/publications/sp25/zh/#isso-1014
Issue "CDN 77 fronts appear to be blocked in China": https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/team/-/issues/168
To Reproduce
Here are some knowned affected IPs:
104.21.16.1
104.21.32.1
104.21.48.1
104.21.64.1
104.21.80.1
104.21.96.1
104.21.112.1
2606:4700:3030::6815:2001
2606:4700:3030::6815:3001
2606:4700:3030::6815:4001
2606:4700:3030::6815:5001
2606:4700:3030::6815:6001
2606:4700:3030::6815:7001
195.181.172.6
195.181.172.3
195.181.172.5
143.244.51.58
143.244.51.246
89.187.187.14
89.187.187.12
89.187.187.18
89.187.187.5
143.244.51.249
156.146.44.89
89.187.187.19
89.187.187.4
143.244.51.250
143.244.51.59
89.187.187.13
Send some data with ncat:
$ nc 195.181.172.6 443
a
Ncat: Connection reset by peer.
https://globalping.io/?measurement=231YLnjCxgSkbufOy0001zCqK ( connect to 195.181.172.4:443 )
https://globalping.io/?measurement=2lRiHx0zzmKz5ST5D0001zCqS ( connect to 195.181.172.4:443 )
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- Device: [e.g., iPhone6]
- OS: [e.g., iOS8.1]
- OONI Probe version: [e.g., 3.11.0]
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