The whois information on the HE IPv6 address, does give the location. At least, it does on mine.
On Mon, 6 Jun 2016 11:03:16 -0400 Spencer Ryan <sr...@arbor.net> wrote: > As an addendum to this and what someone said earlier about the > tunnels not being anonymous: From Netflix's perspective they are. Yes > HE knows who controls which tunnel, but if Netflix went to HE and > said "Tell me what user has xxxxx/48" HE would say "No". Thus, making > them an effective anonymous VPN service from Netflix's perspective. > > > *Spencer Ryan* | Senior Systems Administrator | sr...@arbor.net > *Arbor Networks* > +1.734.794.5033 (d) | +1.734.846.2053 (m) > www.arbornetworks.com > > On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 10:59 AM, Matthew Huff <mh...@ox.com> wrote: > > > Netflix IS acting in their user's best interest. In order to provide > > content that the user's want, the content providers have mandated > > that they do their due diligence to block out of region users > > including VPN and open tunnel access. As Hulu and Amazon prime > > become more popular and their contracts with the content provides > > come due, they will have to also. > > > > You can argue about the content provides business model all you > > want, but Netflix has to do what they are doing. They aren't > > blocking IPv6 users, they are blocking users that are using VPNs > > and/or tunnels since their currently is no practical way of > > providing GEOIP information about that users that the content > > providers require. > > > > > > ---- > > Matthew Huff | 1 Manhattanville Rd > > Director of Operations | Purchase, NY 10577 > > OTA Management LLC | Phone: 914-460-4039 > > aim: matthewbhuff | Fax: 914-694-5669 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Scott > > > Morizot Sent: Monday, June 6, 2016 10:50 AM > > > To: Mark Tinka <mark.ti...@seacom.mu> > > > Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org> > > > Subject: Re: Netflix VPN detection - actual engineer needed > > > > > > I have Hulu Plus and Amazon Prime. The only thing I would miss > > > from Netflix > > > is their Marvel original series. And I can live with that. I > > > can't live without my IPv6 enabled home network and Internet > > > connection since that's > > > an essential part of my job. (I'm the IPv6 transition technical > > > lead for a > > > large organization.) While I actually manage my home internet > > > gateway through a linux server and have fine-grained control over > > > the firewall rules, I'm still debating whether I care enough > > > about a handful of series > > > to continue paying a company that is deliberately acting against > > > its users' > > > interests. Right now I'm leaning toward no. But I'll discuss it > > > with my wife before making a final decision. > > > > > > Scott > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 8:03 AM, Mark Tinka <mark.ti...@seacom.mu> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 6/Jun/16 01:45, Damian Menscher wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Who are these non-technical Netflix users who accidentally > > > > > stumbled > > > into > > > > > having a HE tunnel broker connection without their > > > > > knowledge? I > > > wasn't > > > > > aware this sort of thing could happen without user consent, > > > > > and > > > would > > > > like > > > > > to know if I'm wrong. Only thing I can imagine is if ISPs are > > > using HE > > > > as > > > > > a form of CGN. > > > > > > > > There are several networks around the world that rely on 6-in-4 > > > because > > > > their local provider does not offer IPv6. > > > > > > > > Mark. > > > > > >
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