Hello Albert Solution 2 solved my problem but it is temporary, the replacement ip's also get banned after some time ..., so one should always look out for ip bans and find new ips to use
On Jan 9, 11:35 am, Albert <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Kaan! > > I'd like to know which solution solved your problem. Solution 1 (The > reverse proxy) or solution 2 (The A record/CNAME combination)? Thanks! > > On Jan 8, 9:51 am, Kaan Soral <[email protected]> wrote:> Thanks for the > help, it solves the problem > > > On Dec 19 2010, 1:49 am, Ufuk Kayserilioglu <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > Robert, > > > > You are right, and that is exactly the reason why GAE is blocked right > > > now. > > > I am afraid Kaan is a little behind the times with the YouTube ban, which > > > has since been lifted. The most recent ban, that also affects one of the > > > IP > > > addresses that ghs.google.com resolves to, is related to a copyright > > > violation by a site running on GAE or Blogger. For people who are > > > interested > > > (and can read Turkish), you can find a copy of the court order > > > here:http://imgur.com/gYzPl.jpg. The IP address 74.125.43.121 is clearly > > > visible. > > > > Kaan, > > > > Turkish authorities have reverted to blocking IP address for good now. I > > > don't think they will change that soon, since they have seen DNS blocking > > > does not work as they want (too easy to circumvent). About your > > > reachability > > > problem, I am afraid there is hardly anything Google can do about it. I > > > know > > > it is frustrating (I have an app or two on GAE as well) but as others have > > > said there are ways around it: > > > > 1. You can go the reverse proxy route. Others have suggested (I am > > > afraid > > > I don't remember who) on this very mailing list, to use a small Linux > > > VPS > > > instance on RackSpace to setup a reverse proxy for your site. It seems > > > the > > > ping times from there to GAE are very low and the cost is only around > > > $10 a > > > month. I already had some Windows services hosted on an EC2 instance > > > on AWS > > > and set up ARR on the IIS7 server to do the reverse proxy in about 10 > > > minutes, and haven't looked back. > > > 2. I came upon an alternative just the other day. It appears that if > > > you > > > set your DNS records to point to one of alternate the IP addresses of > > > ghs.google.com, you won't have any problems. (source: > > > > > > http://www.burcakcubukcu.com/2010/12/bloggerda-bulunan-alan-adl-sitem...) > > > Now, I haven't tried this myself, but I presume it would work for GAE > > > as > > > well. I suggest you setup an A record for yourself such as " > > > redirect.example.com" with the IP address contained in the linked > > > article > > > and CNAME you primary site (let's say "www.example.com" to " > > > redirect.example.com"). If, and, hopefully, when, the ban is lifted, > > > you > > > can change the "redirect.example.com" from an A record to a CNAME > > > record > > > that points to "ghs.google.com" and you will be all set. YMMV, though. > > > > Best, > > > > Ufuk > > > > On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 12:20 AM, Robert Kluin > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > So what happens when they find an app hosted on App Engine they don't > > > > like and block that? > > > > > On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 14:57, Kaan Soral <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Actually Turkey doesn't block google, they block Youtube IP's, so the > > > > > problem is probebly caused by shared IP's. > > > > > > So in my opinion the problem can be solved if Google uses seperate > > > > > IP's for components. > > > > > > And for government blocking, they normally block domain names rather > > > > > than IP's but for some reason they only block Youtube IP's because > > > > > people just enter the site using seperate DNS etc. > > > > > > On Dec 17, 2:29 am, Tim Hoffman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> Hi > > > > > >> I don't really believe it is solvable by google. > > > > > >> If they add a new pool of addresses for appengine, and some apps > > > > >> turn up > > > > on > > > > >> appengine that > > > > >> any particular government doesn't like, they will block access to > > > > >> that > > > > range > > > > >> and you are > > > > >> back in the same situation. > > > > > >> All anyone can do is educate and lobby their government. > > > > > >> Rgds > > > > > >> Tim Hoffman > > > > > > -- > > > > > 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%2Bunsubscrib > > > > [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%2Bunsubscrib > > > > [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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