tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657596467225000505.post2536141852726541532..comments2023-10-22T07:30:34.167-07:00Comments on Eyes Wide Oman: SkypeClarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16714131439497813551noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657596467225000505.post-8948696636892671282009-10-13T02:13:43.974-07:002009-10-13T02:13:43.974-07:00Skype as a general practice is banned in Oman, I t...Skype as a general practice is banned in Oman, I think for 2 reasons:<br /><br />1 - Omantel loses a lot of money on international calls because of skype<br /><br />2 - Skype to Skype calls are heavily encrypted and therefore damn near impossible for the authorities to monitor. <br /><br />If you want to be able to use it, I'd suggest googling around for a VPN (virtual private network) service. This will basically open an encrypted tunnel from here to a server in a 'free' country with no internet cencorship. To the world, it would appear as if you were there, meaning you can bypass all of omantel's filters.<br /><br />VPN services are usually offered in 2 flavors - PPTP and OpenVPN.<br /><br />PPTP is the simpler of the two, easy to set up, usually a bit cheaper and does the trick.<br /><br />I'm subscribed with an OpenVPN since I feel the security is more robust as it uses better encryption algorithms, and is far more configurable.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00852233136750610027noreply@blogger.com