On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 6:47 AM, Robert McKay <rob...@mckay.com> wrote:
> On 2017-02-10 04:18, Ken Chase wrote: > >> https://torrentfreak.com/internet-backbone-provider-cogent- >> blocks-pirate-bay-and-other-pirate-sites-170209/ >> >> /kc >> > > Strange indeed.. but they forgot to ban it on IPv6 - maybe they're trying > to push IPv6 adoption! > > ha, you are hilarious. > Banning any Cloudflare hosted sites by IP is particularly ineffective > because it doesn't really matter which cloudflare IP you connect to as long > as you present the right SNI name and HTTP Host header.. basically just add > www.thepiratebay.org to your hosts file and point it at any other > cloudflare IP.. like they banned 104.31.18.30 so change it to 104.31.18.31 > and ban evaded. > > isn't any 'copyright driven' censorship move really just a half-a$$ed move anyway? it's all about knocking out 90% of the users? ALL of these restrictions can be avoided if you can encap around, or fix-your-local-resolver, or ... which 90% of the people just won't do...
