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Doesn't look like very sophisticated blocking, on MTS at least they seem to intercept DNS traffic and respond to www.bbc.com wtih their own If you ignore the c

Doesn't look like very sophisticated blocking, on MTS at least they seem to intercept DNS traffic and respond to www.bbc.com wtih their own If you ignore the certificate warning you get a redirect to http://blocked.mts.ru/?host=www.bbc.com http://blocked.mts.ru/?host=www.bbc.com Which states (in Russian): Access to the information resource is limited on the basis of the Federal Law of July 27, 2006 N 149-FZ "On Information, Information Technologies and Information Protection If you override the DNS entry, it loads fine, at least for me on my MTS circuit.

snthd 5y ago
So DNS over HTTPS should work? https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-dns-over-https#w_manually-enabling-and-disabling-dns-over-https https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-dns-over-https#... chrome://flags/#dns-over-https edge://flags#dns-over-https
- topranks 5y ago
  They could still block based on SNI. Tor ought to still work, or some other “full fat” VPN.
  - M2Ys4U 5y ago
    > They could still block based on SNI. I've heard from one target of blocking that this is how blocking is being done.
  - mrkwse 5y ago
    > Tor ought to still work The Tor Browser also has a dedicated BBC site, on this URL: https://www.bbcnewsd73hkzno2ini43t4gblxvycyac5aw4gnv7t2rccijh7745uqd.onion/ https://www.bbcnewsd73hkzno2ini43t4gblxvycyac5aw4gnv7t2rccij... Браузер Tor также имеет специальный сайт Би-би-си по этому URL-адресу: https://www.bbcnewsd73hkzno2ini43t4gblxvycyac5aw4gnv7t2rccijh7745uqd.onion/russian https://www.bbcnewsd73hkzno2ini43t4gblxvycyac5aw4gnv7t2rccij... Браузер Tor також має спеціальний сайт BBC за цією URL-адресою: https://www.bbcnewsd73hkzno2ini43t4gblxvycyac5aw4gnv7t2rccijh7745uqd.onion/ukrainian https://www.bbcnewsd73hkzno2ini43t4gblxvycyac5aw4gnv7t2rccij... All of the above via bbc press centre: https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/articles/2022/advice-on-accessing-bbc-news/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/articles/2022/advice-on-ac...

snthd 5y ago

So DNS over HTTPS should work? https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-dns-over-https#w_manually-enabling-and-disabling-dns-over-https https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-dns-over-https#... chrome://flags/#dns-over-https edge://flags#dns-over-https

topranks 5y ago
They could still block based on SNI. Tor ought to still work, or some other “full fat” VPN.
- M2Ys4U 5y ago
  > They could still block based on SNI. I've heard from one target of blocking that this is how blocking is being done.
- mrkwse 5y ago
  > Tor ought to still work The Tor Browser also has a dedicated BBC site, on this URL: https://www.bbcnewsd73hkzno2ini43t4gblxvycyac5aw4gnv7t2rccijh7745uqd.onion/ https://www.bbcnewsd73hkzno2ini43t4gblxvycyac5aw4gnv7t2rccij... Браузер Tor также имеет специальный сайт Би-би-си по этому URL-адресу: https://www.bbcnewsd73hkzno2ini43t4gblxvycyac5aw4gnv7t2rccijh7745uqd.onion/russian https://www.bbcnewsd73hkzno2ini43t4gblxvycyac5aw4gnv7t2rccij... Браузер Tor також має спеціальний сайт BBC за цією URL-адресою: https://www.bbcnewsd73hkzno2ini43t4gblxvycyac5aw4gnv7t2rccijh7745uqd.onion/ukrainian https://www.bbcnewsd73hkzno2ini43t4gblxvycyac5aw4gnv7t2rccij... All of the above via bbc press centre: https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/articles/2022/advice-on-accessing-bbc-news/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/articles/2022/advice-on-ac...