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In considering this, my first thought was it would block bona fide desktops running in AWS, especially for service offerings like Amazon Workspaces. However, it
by bdcravens 2y ago
In considering this, my first thought was it would block bona fide desktops running in AWS, especially for service offerings like Amazon Workspaces. However, it looks like the IP space for such services are publicly documented if the need arises to specifically whitelist those IPs.
All that said, it's trivial to use proxies or VPNs to bypass any blocks.
- Sammi 2y ago> All that said, it's trivial to use proxies or VPNs to bypass any blocks. Maybe for you sure. The large drove of people flocking to serverless these days suggests that even most technical people don't want anything to do with their own networking or infrastructure.
- immibis 2y agoProxy selling is a successful business (access on the order of 10 million residential IP addresses for on the order of $100 per month), and they don't say how they get access to those. Probably, the more people block access to non-residential IP addresses, the more money botnet vendors make.
- bdcravens 2y agoAt least among the "ethical" ones, my understanding is that it's freeware that has been packaged with proxy access (presumably disclosed to the end user, but that's a matter of interpretation)