Re: [MacGroup] Netflix and VPN

[Ed Wiser]

Unlocator 
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__unlocator.com_=DwIFaQ=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs=UPGlKn4BAXIoS7ZjiMYEzrZGSxkl-f9KW9ecOojPDwU=iphuELbVKDbrywFip9tAuWSWIXR9gGtAL2JhB0XFUXc=

You change the DNS settings on your router. 
I like it in that I don’t have to deal with speed issues and every device uses 
it.  Example I have iPlayer the BBC app on my AppleTv. I just use it like any 
other app on the tv. It’s great. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 1, 2018, at 12:17 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer  wrote:
> 
> Thanks Lee.
> 
> I did change my exit node to one in the U.S. and it still wouldn’t let me 
> stream.
> 
> I’ll try it again.
> 
>> On Jan 1, 2018, at 12:11 PM, Lee Larson  wrote:
>> 
>> On Jan 1, 2018, at 11:20 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer  wrote:
>> 
>>> So what is an exit node and how do I use it? And Ed, what is unlocator and 
>>> how do you use it?
>> 
>> When you connect to a VPN, all your outbound traffic is encrypted on your 
>> computer and sent to a computer operated by the VPN company. The VPN company 
>> decrypts your traffic and sends it out through one of their computers. The 
>> computer it uses to send it out is the exit node. Anyone you talk to on the 
>> Internet thinks you are coming from the exit node rather than from your own 
>> computer. Replies to your traffic are sent to the exit node where the VPN 
>> service encrypts the traffic and sends it on to you where it is decrypted 
>> and dealt with.
>> 
>> The VPN service is just a middle man used to hide your location.
>> 
>> If you’re still using PIA, it’s the  list of connections you see on a Mac 
>> under the menu bar robot-man thingie. If you just choose “Connect” it will 
>> pick a good exit node based on where you are and how busy the nodes are. 
>> But, you can choose any one of several dozen nodes scattered around the 
>> universe just by scrolling down the list.
>> 
>> It’s interesting to pick a node like Seoul, Melbourne or Helsinki, just to 
>> see the strange ads that sometimes appear when you’re Web surfing.
>> 
>> HNY,
>> 
>> L^2
>> 
>> PS/ Unlocator is a Danish company that uses a smart DNS proxy to mask your 
>> location. This is a technique to play a trick on the global DNS system to 
>> spoof your location.
>> 
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Re: [MacGroup] Netflix and VPN

[Harry Jacobson-Beyer]

Thanks Lee.

I did change my exit node to one in the U.S. and it still wouldn’t let me 
stream.

I’ll try it again.

> On Jan 1, 2018, at 12:11 PM, Lee Larson  wrote:
> 
> On Jan 1, 2018, at 11:20 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer  wrote:
> 
>> So what is an exit node and how do I use it? And Ed, what is unlocator and 
>> how do you use it?
> 
> When you connect to a VPN, all your outbound traffic is encrypted on your 
> computer and sent to a computer operated by the VPN company. The VPN company 
> decrypts your traffic and sends it out through one of their computers. The 
> computer it uses to send it out is the exit node. Anyone you talk to on the 
> Internet thinks you are coming from the exit node rather than from your own 
> computer. Replies to your traffic are sent to the exit node where the VPN 
> service encrypts the traffic and sends it on to you where it is decrypted and 
> dealt with.
> 
> The VPN service is just a middle man used to hide your location.
> 
> If you’re still using PIA, it’s the  list of connections you see on a Mac 
> under the menu bar robot-man thingie. If you just choose “Connect” it will 
> pick a good exit node based on where you are and how busy the nodes are. But, 
> you can choose any one of several dozen nodes scattered around the universe 
> just by scrolling down the list.
> 
> It’s interesting to pick a node like Seoul, Melbourne or Helsinki, just to 
> see the strange ads that sometimes appear when you’re Web surfing.
> 
> HNY,
> 
> L^2
> 
> PS/ Unlocator is a Danish company that uses a smart DNS proxy to mask your 
> location. This is a technique to play a trick on the global DNS system to 
> spoof your location.
> 
> ---
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> ‌leelar...@me.com‌
> 
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> sad that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days. ‌— Garrison Keillor
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Re: [MacGroup] Netflix and VPN

[Lee Larson]

On Jan 1, 2018, at 11:20 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer > wrote:

> So what is an exit node and how do I use it? And Ed, what is unlocator and 
> how do you use it?

When you connect to a VPN, all your outbound traffic is encrypted on your 
computer and sent to a computer operated by the VPN company. The VPN company 
decrypts your traffic and sends it out through one of their computers. The 
computer it uses to send it out is the exit node. Anyone you talk to on the 
Internet thinks you are coming from the exit node rather than from your own 
computer. Replies to your traffic are sent to the exit node where the VPN 
service encrypts the traffic and sends it on to you where it is decrypted and 
dealt with.

The VPN service is just a middle man used to hide your location.

If you’re still using PIA, it’s the  list of connections you see on a Mac under 
the menu bar robot-man thingie. If you just choose “Connect” it will pick a 
good exit node based on where you are and how busy the nodes are. But, you can 
choose any one of several dozen nodes scattered around the universe just by 
scrolling down the list.

It’s interesting to pick a node like Seoul, Melbourne or Helsinki, just to see 
the strange ads that sometimes appear when you’re Web surfing.

HNY,

L^2

PS/ Unlocator is a Danish company that uses a smart DNS proxy to mask your 
location. This is a technique to play a trick on the global DNS system to spoof 
your location.

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‌leelar...@me.com ‌

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that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days. ‌— Garrison Keillor
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Re: [MacGroup] Netflix and VPN

[Harry Jacobson-Beyer]

So what is an exit node and how do I use it? And Ed, what is unlocator and how 
do you use it?


> On Jan 1, 2018, at 11:13 AM, Lee Larson  wrote:
> 
> On Dec 31, 2017, at 10:08 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer  wrote:
> 
>> Netflix knows I have VPN turned on on my iPad and won’t let me stream videos 
>> while it’s turned on.
>> 
>> I thought VPN was supposed to be private - how do they know I am connecting 
>> through VPN?
>> 
>> Is there anyway to prevent Netflix from knowing I have VPN turned on?
> 
> It doesn’t know where you enter the VPN, but it can recognize the VPN usage 
> from the IP address of the exit node. You can try using different exit nodes. 
> Netflix, in particular, is sensitive about foreign exit nodes because of 
> geographical limitations on some of their streaming contracts.
> 
> HNY,
> 
> L^2
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Re: [MacGroup] Netflix and VPN

[Lee Larson]

On Dec 31, 2017, at 10:08 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer > wrote:

> Netflix knows I have VPN turned on on my iPad and won’t let me stream videos 
> while it’s turned on.
> 
> I thought VPN was supposed to be private - how do they know I am connecting 
> through VPN?
> 
> Is there anyway to prevent Netflix from knowing I have VPN turned on?

It doesn’t know where you enter the VPN, but it can recognize the VPN usage 
from the IP address of the exit node. You can try using different exit nodes. 
Netflix, in particular, is sensitive about foreign exit nodes because of 
geographical limitations on some of their streaming contracts.

HNY,

L^2



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Re: [MacGroup] Netflix and VPN

[Ed Wiser]

That’s it David. You see people in other countries want to access Netflix in 
the US as there are shows in the US Netflix that they want to watch. Just as 
overseas Netflix has the new Star Trek series and people want to watch that 
instead of paying for CBS all access. They just started doing this a year and a 
half ago.  As you use to be able log into the British Netflix and watch show 
from there. 
I use unlocator which a DNS. Server now as everyone is using VPN’s now to watch 
my BBC ITV An Channel 4 shows. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 1, 2018, at 2:47 AM, David Harker  wrote:
> 
> It is not so much that they know you are using a VPN connection, as it it the 
> IP address that the VPN server has that makes the connection to Netflix.  Not 
> knowing which country/server IP is, it could be that Netflix only allows 
> "known IPs" for the connection.  Just a thought.
> 
>> On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 5:08 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer  wrote:
>> Netflix knows I have VPN turned on on my iPad and won’t let me stream videos 
>> while it’s turned on.
>> 
>> I thought VPN was supposed to be private - how do they know I am connecting 
>> through VPN?
>> 
>> Is there anyway to prevent Netflix from knowing I have VPN turned on?
>> 
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