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title: Overview
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A web mirror can help users by providing alternate URLs to access censored resources, allowing them to bypass censorship
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and access information that may be otherwise blocked.
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Web mirrors work by forwarding requests to the original website, and providing a different URL to access that content.
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Dynamic web mirrors use frequently changing URLs to evade censorship, making it more difficult for censors to maintain
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blocks for the content.
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This assumption of a limited lifetime is built-in to the system, allowing for automated block detection to trigger the
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deployment of new URLs, and for the new URLs to be made available via the portal, the API, and via dead drops.
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Named web mirrors use alternative domain names with limited distribution to evade censorship.
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By blending with the "long tail" of web traffic, it may take longer for these mirrors to be discovered.
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Web mirrors can be accessed via a normal web browser, making them easily accessible to users without requiring any
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special software or technical knowledge.
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<figure style={{"text-align": "center"}}>
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<img src="/img/mirrors/overview.png" style={{"max-width": "100%", "max-height": "500px"}} />
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<figcaption style={{"font-weight": "bold"}}>
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The jasima.app portal overview for web mirrors
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</figcaption>
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</figure> |