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This doesn't block any site using AWS, only sites which are fronted by a server hosted within AWS.
by whinehands 7y ago
This doesn't block any site using AWS, only sites which are fronted by a server hosted within AWS.
- elevation 7y agoI've toyed with the idea of setting up a no-FAANG VPN that implements these restrictions based on the ip networks advertised by the relevant ASNs. This would provide more complete coverage, and be useful as a testing tool, allowing you to verify that your own web properties still function without assets being loaded from a global active adversary.
- rootsudo 7y agoThat actually is a great idea.
- morpheuskafka 7y agoIt still doesn't actually block everything on those clouds. I can go get my own ASN, run my own edge server (or use a small CDN company not on your list) and use whatever I want on the back end for database, queue, backup, storage, compute, etc. All you'll know my IP is where the edge node is.
- elevation 7y agoA VPN would still be effective at suppressing the tracking effects of all the "like buttons" while also revealing issues such as jquery being loaded off a CDN that also directly hosts content for 40% of the web. For users wanting to thwart pervasive CDNs from receiving packets every time they visit almost any site on the web, it's matters less if a service they visit is using an amazon resource on the back end; as long as all services aren't using the same database backend, this puts e.g. AWS back in the position of only having a little of your consumer/browsing information instead of nearly all of it.
- maximente 7y agoi would be willing to throw up to $50 for this
- googlemike 7y agoSomeone didn't get an offer!
- maxk42 7y agoPlease ping me if you ever get this set up.
- whinehands 7y agoIt still wouldn’t stop an application where some back end or data store is using AWS.