• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.430-439
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• 2020

The government of the Republic of Korea has introduced SNI blocking method since February 2019 to block illegal sites. Currently, this policy has been considered as a controversial policy in South Korea therefore, about 270,000 South Koreans have been calmed down by and the presidential office petition because people believe that blocking https by SNI would invasion of privacy and freedom of use of the Internet. As soon as the SNI blocking method was used, the bypass method was opened to the Internet, causing side effects. In this study, identifies the development of Internet blocking technology and the development of new technology that bypasses the technology. It also examines Internet censorship in other countries and identifies problems in blocking technology. Through this study would present policy suggestions and technical methodologies for sound Internet use.