Jeff, can you point me to a more detailed explanation of reverse proxy and its setup?
Thanks, Will On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Jeff Schnitzer <[email protected]> wrote: > The solution to this sort of thing is really remarkably simple... set > up a reverse proxy on any of the zillions of other cloud providers. A > 256MB rackspace cloud instance costs $11/mo, runs apache/mod_proxy > just fine, and is 12ms to ghs.google.com. > > That IP address gets banned? Set up a new instance. Keep getting > banned? Automate the process. > > Jeff > > On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 7:43 PM, Will <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not hypothetical at all. People using GAE in China have been fighting for > > their rights almost since day 1 of GAE, first yourdomain.com is blocked, > now > > appspot.com has fallen... > > > > Will > > > > On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 6:36 AM, nickmilon <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> It seems the question is not hypothetical any more and a new > >> government request is coming soon: > >> > >> "The Tunisian government, known for its restriction on freedom of > >> expression, rapidly blocked the access to Tunileaks. They first > >> blocked http://tunileaks.appspot.com/ ( without the https). One day > >> later, they blocked Google App Engine’s IP address (209.85.229.141) in > >> order to block Tunileaks under https, making appspot.com partially > >> unavailable in the country . > >> ( > >> > http://elitestv.com/pub/2010/12/tunisia-censorship-continues-as-wikileaks-cables-make-the-rounds > >> ) > >> > >> > >> > >> On Dec 6, 10:10 pm, "Ikai Lan (Google)" > >> <[email protected]<ikai.l%[email protected]> > > > >> wrote: > >> > I don't have anything to add to this discussion except that we're > >> > always thinking of our users first. We recently published something > >> > called the "Transparency Report" which shows which governments ask us > >> > to take things down: > >> > > >> > http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/governmentrequests > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Ikai Lan > >> > Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine > >> > Blogger: http://googleappengine.blogspot.com > >> > Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/appengine > >> > Twitter: http://twitter.com/app_engine > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 6:30 AM, Jeff Schwartz < > [email protected]> > >> > wrote: > >> > > Freedom of speech is always a worthwhile subject and its defense is > >> > > the > >> > > ethical and moral obligation of every freedom loving individual but > >> > > perhaps > >> > > this is best discussed in a dedicated blog on the subject. > >> > > >> > > On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 9:11 AM, nickmilon <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > > >> > >> Philip +1 > >> > >> Still I am not sure that G would surrender so easily as Amazon did, > >> > >> there is a precedence: G vs Lieberman story: > >> > > >> > > >> > >> >> > http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2008/05/dialogue-with-sen-lieb... > >> > >> when G stood to its values. > >> > > >> > >> By the way ... > >> > >>http://wikileaks.org/support.html doesn't work for me > >> > > >> > >>http://213.251.145.96/support.html is working (for the time been) > >> > > >> > >> On Dec 4, 3:15 pm, Philip <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > It's sad that Amazon does not support customers that exercise the > >> > >> > right of free speech. But I'd also assume that Google would not > >> > >> > stand > >> > >> > up against the us government for offending the first amendment. > :-( > >> > > >> > >> > However, I will still donate to Wikileaks and I would suggest > >> > >> > anyone > >> > >> > else to do the same:http://wikileaks.org/support.html > >> > > >> > >> > "Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot > >> > >> > be > >> > >> > limited without being lost." > >> > >> > Thomas Jefferson > >> > > >> > >> > "If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we > may > >> > >> > be > >> > >> > led, like sheep to the slaughter." > >> > >> > George Washington > >> > > >> > >> > On Dec 4, 1:34 am, supercobra <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> > >> > > Amazon and Google have been long-time partisans of freedom of > >> > >> > > speech. > >> > > >> > >> > > However in this case, the pressure coming from the government > >> > >> > > must be > >> > >> > > incredible. Amazon is not the only victim of these > intimidations. > >> > >> > > US > >> > >> > > government employees have been forbidden to visit Wikileaks > sites > >> > >> > > and > >> > >> > > to discuss these matters on Facebook. At least one US > university > >> > >> > > has > >> > >> > > been 'persuaded' to ask their students not to reference any > >> > >> > > Wikileaks > >> > >> > > documents in their research papers... (how is that for doing > >> > >> > > thorough > >> > >> > > research!). > >> > > >> > >> > > Even crounties bend under US pressure. We have seen it to be > the > >> > >> > > case > >> > >> > > with Spain & Germany which dropped their lawsuits, > investigations > >> > >> > > and > >> > >> > > enforcement of arrest warrants for torture and kidnappings > >> > >> > > (renditions) after the US pressured them (source Wikileaks > >> > >> > > cables). > >> > > >> > >> > > So I would assume that Google or any organization would > probably > >> > >> > > comply as well. > >> > > >> > >> > > To ensure free speech can not be prevented by taking down web > >> > >> > > sites, > >> > >> > > we need to create a totally distributed website hosting > >> > >> > > technology > >> > >> > > based on BitTorrent or something similar. > >> > > >> > >> > > Happy coding. ;-) > >> > > >> > >> > > Daniel Guermeur > >> > > >> > >> > > -- [email protected] > >> > > >> > >> > > Co-author of App Engine Java and GWT > >> > >> > > Development:http://bit.ly/hdTHyB > >> > >> > > Blog:http://supercobrablogger.blogspot.com/ > >> > > >> > >> > > On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 5:18 PM, nickmilon <[email protected] > > > >> > >> > > wrote: > >> > >> > > > There is a lot of talk and flame wars going on "AWS vs GAE" > >> > >> > > > topic, > >> > >> > > > up > >> > >> > > > to now all this talk was concentrated on technical and > economic > >> > >> > > > issues. > >> > >> > > > News of Amazon throwing away the WikiLeaks website has > raised > >> > >> > > > new > >> > >> > > > arguments on the cloud battlefront. > >> > >> > > > So I want to raise here the hypothetical question what would > be > >> > >> > > > the > >> > >> > > > fate of WikiLeaks if it was hosted on App Engine ? > >> > >> > > > (For obvious reasons I do not expect a definite yes/no answer > >> > >> > > > from > >> > >> > > > Google's team, but may be I am wrong) > >> > > >> > >> > > > Happy coding:-) > >> > > >> > >> > > > Nick > >> > > >> > >> > > > -- > >> > >> > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > >> > >> > > > Google > >> > >> > > > Groups "Google App Engine" group. > >> > >> > > > To post to this group, send email to > >> > >> > > > [email protected]. > >> > >> > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> > >> > > > [email protected]<google-appengine%[email protected]> > . > >> > >> > > > For more options, visit this group > >> > >> > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > >> > > >> > >> -- > >> > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> > >> Groups > >> > >> "Google App Engine" group. > >> > >> To post to this group, send email to > >> > >> [email protected]. > >> > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> > >> [email protected]<google-appengine%[email protected]> > . > >> > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> > >>http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > >> > > >> > > -- > >> > > Jeff Schwartz > >> > > >> > > -- > >> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> > > Groups > >> > > "Google App Engine" group. > >> > > To post to this group, send email to > >> > > [email protected]. > >> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> > > [email protected]<google-appengine%[email protected]> > . > >> > > For more options, visit this group at > >> > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > >> "Google App Engine" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]<google-appengine%[email protected]> > . > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > >> > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Google App Engine" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<google-appengine%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-appengine%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. 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