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Most likely the ISPs drop/block the BGP routes, or just null route traffic for those blocks.
by kenshaw 10y ago
Most likely the ISPs drop/block the BGP routes, or just null route traffic for those blocks.
- dingo_bat 10y agoHere in India they just return NXDOMAIN for the name. So it is pretty easy to bypass using 8.8.8.8. Also, the guy who installed the router at my home changed the default DNS to 8.8.8.8. I think ISPs do this on purpose. They don't wanna block sites their customers wanna access. And the government is dumb enough to not understand the difference between a DNS block vs a real block.
- tommorris 10y agoDumb is often good enough for big companies and governments. (See: DRM.) If you are the sort of person who is able to change your DNS, you are also capable enough to use foreign VPNs etc.
- aianus 10y agoSo what happens if you're behind Cloudflare (or similar)? They block all of cloudflare? Cloudflare drops you as a customer?