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ISP blocking Chinese websites WTF!
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Monkeh:

--- Quote from: rhb on April 12, 2023, 12:21:59 am ---At this point I'm just going to get Starlink.  I don't see Musk blocking educational kit vendors.
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That depends whether they agree with his politics or dare to share a dissenting opinion.
rhb:
Two different supervisors at the ISP said it was deliberate blocking and there was no appeal from this policy.
ataradov:
How exactly would they block it if you don't use their DNS and use HTTPS?

And what ISP is that? How did you even manage to get to supervisors?
rhb:

To deliver a packet there must be an address which is readable by all the routers.   There is *NO* possible way to encrypt the IP addresses.  You can and should encrypt the contents, but encrypting the address is simply not possible.

Tor will obfuscate them, but with sufficient skill has been shown to be transparent if you have sufficient access and capacity to process all the intercepts.

Bottom line is I'm not giving Optimum (nee Suddenlink) any more money.  All call centers have "supervisors".  On rare occasions I've encountered people who understood the nuts and bolts of IP routing.  Maybe twice.
ataradov:
If they really block by IP, then VPN would work, no need for Tor. And if ISP is that stupid, then VPN is a must anyway. But the real long term solution is to switch ISPs, which in the US is a bit of a pain.

LOL, they also try to upsell you McAfee. Run, as fast as you can.

It looks like they are only available in the NY area. Never heard of them, hope to never hear of them again.
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