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That's unfortunate. Any idea why it's blocked? Do they block by hostname, or ip? You can try http://ff.im/e/0268007b-db20-4e2c-822f-7028a98016e4/How-long-does-

by paul 18y ago

That's unfortunate. Any idea why it's blocked? Do they block by hostname, or ip? You can try http://ff.im/e/0268007b-db20-4e2c-822f-7028a98016e4/How-long-does-it-take-to-develop-a-good-product/ http://ff.im/e/0268007b-db20-4e2c-822f-7028a98016e4/How-long...

prakash 18y ago
sweet. thanks. The UAE and most other countries in the ME block websites and give this message when you try to visit them: "We apologize the site you are attempting to visit has been blocked due to its content being inconsistent with the religious, cultural, political and moral values of the United Arab Emirates." Twitter, Flickr are blocked as well. Generally the Internet in this neck of the woods is heavily policed.
- rms 18y ago
  Is circumventing the restrictions in the UAE something that can get you arrested by the internet police? I know that in China it can, in theory, if you're Chinese, but mostly they are looking for people spreading subversion rather than reading about subversion. I've heard in the Middle East it is more economic restriction than cultural restriction -- VoIP services are blocked so you have to use the phone company's long distance services. What's to stop you from running Tor all the time, or proxying through your VPS or someone else's VPS? (though I guess it would be annoying to have your connection always slowed down by tunneling it around the world) I used to have a webproxy running on my VPS, let me know if you want me to start it up again. And the google keyword "start using cgiproxy" is good if you're in a pinch.
  - prakash 18y ago
    When it comes to VOIP its more economic than cultural, not so for other services/websites. Speed/latency is the biggest challenge. That's really nice of you, thanks, I will let you know if I need it. Interestingly, the first 3-4 links for "start using cgiproxy" are blocked as well :-(

by paul 18y ago

prakash 18y ago

sweet. thanks. The UAE and most other countries in the ME block websites and give this message when you try to visit them: "We apologize the site you are attempting to visit has been blocked due to its content being inconsistent with the religious, cultural, political and moral values of the United Arab Emirates." Twitter, Flickr are blocked as well. Generally the Internet in this neck of the woods is heavily policed.

rms 18y ago
Is circumventing the restrictions in the UAE something that can get you arrested by the internet police? I know that in China it can, in theory, if you're Chinese, but mostly they are looking for people spreading subversion rather than reading about subversion. I've heard in the Middle East it is more economic restriction than cultural restriction -- VoIP services are blocked so you have to use the phone company's long distance services. What's to stop you from running Tor all the time, or proxying through your VPS or someone else's VPS? (though I guess it would be annoying to have your connection always slowed down by tunneling it around the world) I used to have a webproxy running on my VPS, let me know if you want me to start it up again. And the google keyword "start using cgiproxy" is good if you're in a pinch.
- prakash 18y ago
  When it comes to VOIP its more economic than cultural, not so for other services/websites. Speed/latency is the biggest challenge. That's really nice of you, thanks, I will let you know if I need it. Interestingly, the first 3-4 links for "start using cgiproxy" are blocked as well :-(