Re: [1/2 OFF] Varlena.com inaccessible from .br (Blocked?)

Brazil has been trying to get its ISPs to block access to a certain
video.  I wonder if too wide a net was cast in that effort.

http://www.slate.com/id/2157399/?nav=navoa

On 1/17/07, Jorge Godoy <jgodoy@gmail.com> wrote:
> Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to> writes:
>
> > Be sure you aren't blocking the return traffic. I did that once using a /8
>
> As I said, just if I did that on several Brazilian networks.  There's no
> blocking on any of these networks.
>
> > You might also check to see if the ip address on your end was recently
> > allocated. They might block unallocated IP space (which is not something I
> > recommend) and be behind on updating the list of unallocated IP addresses.
>
> None of these networks are recent.
>
> > wolff.to is on Speakeasy's network and you can try pinging it to see if it
>
> That website opens fine.
>
> > is a general block. If you use traceroute, tell it to use icmp, not udp as
> > wolff.to will drop udp packets that aren't destined for a public service
> > or part of an existing conversation.
>
> So, I believe that there might be something on Varlena's specific
> configuration.
>
>
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> Jorge Godoy      <jgodoy@gmail.com>
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