Re: [LINUX.ORG.MT] GO.COM is blocking torrents - by sabotaging DNS

[Paul Morley]

Ramon, I think you will find that 'thepiratebay.org' site is down. But you can use 'tracker.thepiratebay.se' if you want to check what the IP address you get. Paul On 05/23/2012 07:37 AM, Ramon Casha wrote: A very simple test is to try to get the IP address of one of the blocked servers. One example is tracker.thepiratebay.org. It will give you the address 127.0.0.1 - which is a false IP address that points to localhost. host tracker.thepiratebay.org If you try to set your DNS server to any other address it will be ignored because all use of port 53 is being trapped and forced through GO's servers. host tracker.thepiratebay.org 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8 is Google's free DNS service) The article on The Times mentions DNSCrypt, which is software that can be used to bypass GO, but this should not even be necessary. Besides, apart from hijacking the DNS requests, many of the servers are being blocked by IP address as well. Can anyone perform similar tests on Melita to see if this also happens on their internet service? If not, then I'm probably switching over - and if I do I'll switch everything including TV etc. On a related note, this is what happens when the authorities allow one ISP to buy up its own competitors - waldonet, keyworld, nextgen all bought by GO, along with datastream, creating a monopoly by elimination of the competition. So much for competition laws. Ramon Casha On 23 May 2012 07:19, James Azzopardi <ja...@a6it.com> wrote: What are the tests to confirm it? JAmes On 23/05/2012 07:14, Ramon Casha wrote: Yes but this goes several steps further. They are actively sabotaging your DNS queries, blocking you from using any DNS server other than theirs, and actively blocking the IP addresses of many trackers. I've just written to ask them about their policy and will today ask the same of the other ISPs. Essentially, GO have decided to work for IP rights holders behind the users' backs by blocking the use of bittorrent altogether - and unless people protest this will only be the first step. It's like GO has decided to adopt ACTA tactics voluntarily and secretly. Ramon Casha On 23 May 2012 06:27, Daniel <dan...@onvol.net <mailto:dan...@onvol.net>> wrote:     From my experience with Melita....I send some particular emails    with attachments and they finish somewhere in cyperspace....there    is NO acknowledgement that the email has been withheld (for any    medieval reason maybe!!) for the sender and neither to the receiver!!!    On 23/05/12 06:03, Ramon Casha wrote:    http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120521/letters/Internet-privacy.420660    Ramon Casha    _______________________________________________    MLUG-list mailing list    MLUG-list@linux.org.mt  <mailto:MLUG-list@linux.org.mt>    http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list    --    _______________________________________________    MLUG-list mailing list    MLUG-list@linux.org.mt <mailto:MLUG-list@linux.org.mt>    http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list _______________________________________________ MLUG-list mailing list MLUG-list@linux.org.mt http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list _______________________________________________ MLUG-list mailing list MLUG-list@linux.org.mt http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list _______________________________________________ MLUG-list mailing list MLUG-list@linux.org.mt http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list --

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