https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16569





--- Comment #11 from Gurch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  2008-12-06 01:43:24 UTC ---
From en.wikipedia administrators' noticeboard:

Actually, this is where UK users of certain ISPs (at least UK Online) get
proxied trough when a site has been flagged by the UK Internet Watch Foundation
http://www.iwf.org.uk At least, i think so, I googled a bit for the IP and
found the following postings
http://bbs.adslguide.org.uk/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Board=ukonline&Number=3474948&page=0&view=expanded&sb=5&o=0
http://bbs.adslguide.org.uk/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=ukonline&Number=3462429&page=0&view=expanded&sb=5&o=0&fpart=all&vc=1(BIG).
It seems wikipedia got flagged for childpornography. The other IP addresses
might be the filters of other ISPs. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 00:31, 6
December 2008 (UTC)


This explains a lot if true; we seem to have multiple providers all
simultaneously setting up a transparent proxy on Wikimedia, and only Wikimedia.
In a way I hope it's not true because it means a media shitstorm, but... meh.
Someone ought to contact, er, whoever the relevant authorities are.


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