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OWASP Testing Guide V3 Chinese Version is finally published! You can download in the OWASP China-Mainland chapter page. If you are interested in web application security, it is highly encouraged to check it out. There will be things learnt.

OWASP China Research Group

To better facilitate the activities of OWASP in China for consistent and perpetual continuity, OWASP China has formed regional groups mainly tasked to support the regional sharing and discussion. We welcome you to recommend an individual to take the lead. OWASP China Research Group currently aims to build upon and go into the depths of the foundation laid out by the OWASP Foundation, plus translation of the OWASP resources ectera. There will be activities such as training in different regions. OWASP China QQ Discussion Group 78238096

(My translation above)

I hope to improve China’s internet security. I succeeded Frank and Rip on the last iteration of this project, and that is why my December has been busy all along, and took much of my time.

Thanks a lot to the people below, and especially the many Microsoft people who worked so hard even during Christmas to produce this testing guide. Sorted from last name (Mandarin) :

• Aaron (DBAPPSECURITY)
• Joanne Cheng (Microsoft)
• Frank Fan (DBAPPSECURITY)
• Karin He (Microsoft)
• Adams Li (Microsoft)
• RIP (OWASP China Chair)
• Will Shen (Microsoft)
• Chao Wang (Microsoft)
• Wei Wei (Microsoft)
• Pak Ming Cheung (Microsoft)
• Eric Chio (Microsoft)

Hope that readers of the guide will benefit much from it!

China, Testing OWASP, Paper

China blocked Facebook on 7 July 2009 from the internet, not even accessible in Shanghai. As some of you might know, Twitter and Blogspot have been cut off prior to June 4 2009. Nevermind wordpress.

Click image for clearer view.

What will happen to those Chinese dependents on those service? Fear not : To those living in China, Facebook = Kaixin001.com , Twitter = zuosa.com , blogspot = blog.163.com . They are truly equivalent so most people do not depend on the US originals, so the ordinary people will be unlikely to sense the GFW in action, but … those who are reading now.

It is evident that despite the failure to trojan all computers with Green Dam, the efforts to hinder information freedom must persevere.

It is impressive and also depressive to see George Orwell’s Ministry of Truth in action.

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Reference :

http://www.danwei.org/net_nanny_follies/twitter_domain_blocked_in_chin.php

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6414510.ece

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/02/chinas-great-firewall-blocks-twitter/

http://www.danwei.org/net_nanny_follies/facebook_blocked_in_china.php

http://www.kaixin001.com

http://www.zuosa.com

http://blog.163.com

China Censorship