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Since I have a bunch of EC2 nodes anyway, I route my own traffic through one of them when I want a VPN (mostly for a little extra safety on untrusted wifi). It
by ef4 14y ago
Since I have a bunch of EC2 nodes anyway, I route my own traffic through one of them when I want a VPN (mostly for a little extra safety on untrusted wifi).
It works great until you realize how much of the web blocks access from EC2.
- bengl3rt 14y agoOne reason I hope Amazon Silk takes off is so that sites can no longer afford to do that, lest they incur a support nightmare.
- tocomment 14y agoWhy would websites block access from ec2?
- burgerbrain 14y agoNo idea. Last time I bothered trying Stack Overflow did though. (That was a while ago, when it was still called that.)
- simonbrown 14y agoIt's still called stackoverflow (?).
- burgerbrain 14y agoOh. I thought they switched to stackexchange or something stupid like that. Whichever, I don't use the site much.
- ef4 14y agoYeah, the whole Stack Overflow family of websites blocks EC2. Other examples include Yelp and Bank of America.
- codexon 14y agoBecause you can spin up a new ip for a couple of cents to avoid bans.
- jacquesm 14y ago- 0 sales - lots of headaches - badly behaved bots - griefers - ban avoiders - wanna-be hackers aka script kiddies Why would one not want to block access to a website from ec2?