[liberationtech] Website censorship in the US

2013-12-18 Thread Maxim Kammerer
The server farm where Liberté Linux site is hosted is apparently blocked by ATT in the USA. Isn't this unusual? I was under impression that ISP censorship in the USA is limited to SMTP ports and such. “We have recently received numerous reports from att users regarding connection problems. It

Re: [liberationtech] Website censorship in the US

2013-12-18 Thread Tom Ritter
I just had the guy next to me with a ATT phone try to access it and indeed he was unable. It is unusual. If I was a betting man, I would put my money on them mislabeling your server or server farm as a spam/malware serving site. I don't know for sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if they did block

Re: [liberationtech] Website censorship in the US

2013-12-18 Thread Kyle Maxwell
Confirming that the IP address where dee\.su is hosted has shown up on some lists of suspicious address. Example (not exclusive): see https://www.virustotal.com/en/ip-address/31.170.163.154/information/ On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 11:08 AM, Brian Conley bri...@smallworldnews.tv wrote: Have you

Re: [liberationtech] Website censorship in the US

2013-12-18 Thread Maxim Kammerer
On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Steve Weis stevew...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Maxim. As another data point, the site works in the US via T-Mobile 4G. However, I get a certificate warning on your forum link. Yes, it's due to a CNAME — I would need to pay to Zoho to add forum.dee.su to the list of

Re: [liberationtech] Website censorship in the US

2013-12-18 Thread Griffin Boyce
Maxim Kammerer wrote: The server farm where Liberté Linux site is hosted is apparently blocked by ATT in the USA. Isn't this unusual? Are websites being censored in the US? Yes. Is yours? Unlikely -- looks like it was lumped in with servers flagged for spam/malware activity. Improper

Re: [liberationtech] Website censorship in the US

2013-12-18 Thread Brian Conley
Sure, it's clear you're not looking for a constructive outcome, just crying foul. I get that. In my experience contacting service providers works wonders. But you have to actually be motivated. I understand now that you mean it is technically censored, ie blocked on some devices. I'm more

Re: [liberationtech] Website censorship in the US

2013-12-18 Thread Maxim Kammerer
On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Brian Conley bri...@smallworldnews.tv wrote: Sure, it's clear you're not looking for a constructive outcome, just crying foul. I get that. No, I was trying to figure out whether blocking by IP at ISP level is par the course in the USA now. In my experience

Re: [liberationtech] Website censorship in the US

2013-12-18 Thread Maxim Kammerer
On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 9:28 PM, Brian Conley bri...@smallworldnews.tv wrote: As far as I can understand, of course ISPs block IP addresses they deem malicious, I'm not sure why that's bad practice? ISPs usually block their clients' IPs due to malware, although apparently it has become more

Re: [liberationtech] Website censorship in the US

2013-12-18 Thread Steve Weis
On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Maxim Kammerer m...@dee.su wrote: I doubt very much it's due to my site — it's a free hosting, and there is probably some malware on one of the virtual hosts on one of the IPs in the block. I think you answered your own question. You might have a bad neighbor