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Curiously, this website seems to be blocked in Spain for whatever reason, and the website's certificate is served by `allot.com/emailAddress=info@allot.com` whi

Curiously, this website seems to be blocked in Spain for whatever reason, and the website's certificate is served by `allot.com/emailAddress=info@allot.com` which obviously fails... Anyone happen to know why? Is this website by any change sharing information on safe medical abortions or women's rights, something which has gotten websites blocked here before?

amarcheschi 1y ago
That website is used to share everything including pirated things, so that's the reason maybe
Fornax96 1y ago
Creator of pixeldrain here. I have no idea why my site is blocked in Spain, but it's a long running issue. I actually never discovered who was responsible for the blockade, until I read this comment. I'm going to look into Allot and send them an email. EDIT: Also, your DNS provider is censoring (and probably monitoring) your internet traffic. I would switch to a different provider.
- zozbot234 1y ago
  Could it be that some site in your network neighborhood was illegally streaming soccer matches?
  - Fornax96 1y ago
    I have my own dedicated IP range. And they specifically blocked my domain name, not the addresses. I don't know what the reason is. I have been trying to find out since the start of this year.
- embedding-shape 1y ago
  > EDIT: Also, your DNS provider is censoring (and probably monitoring) your internet traffic. I would switch to a different provider. Yeah, that was via my ISPs DNS resolver (Vodafone), switching the resolver works :) The responsible party is ultimately our government who've decided it's legal to block a wide range of servers and websites because some people like to watch illegal football streams. I think Allot is just the provider of the technology.
  - Fornax96 1y ago
    My site has nothing to do with football though. And Allot seems to be running the DNS server that your ISP uses so they are directly responsible for the block.
    - simtel20 1y ago
      La Liga (the football company) likes to send out takedown notices to anyone who may host anything that looks like a football to protect their precious games, no matter the collateral damage or the lack of any requirements to show damage. They have the right to block anything in Spain at their discretion either by DNS or IP. They do seem to work in good faith if you talk to them, though, and if you can either remove sites or content when they ask.
    - HDThoreaun 1y ago
      The Spanish courts have allowed la Liga to completely ban every website served by cloudflare during days where there are matches. All Spanish ISPs have to do dns blocking to comply.
miqazza 1y ago
do you know about the cloudflare and laliga issues? might be that
- embedding-shape 1y ago
  Was my first instinct, went looking if there was any games being played today but seems not, so unlikely to be the cause.
tngranados 1y ago
It works fine for me using Movistar
grodriguez100 1y ago
Is it possible to file a complaint with the ISP or directly with Allot ?
- Fornax96 1y ago
  That might help.
rsanek 1y ago
loads fine on Vodafone for me

amarcheschi 1y ago

That website is used to share everything including pirated things, so that's the reason maybe

Fornax96 1y ago

Creator of pixeldrain here. I have no idea why my site is blocked in Spain, but it's a long running issue. I actually never discovered who was responsible for the blockade, until I read this comment. I'm going to look into Allot and send them an email. EDIT: Also, your DNS provider is censoring (and probably monitoring) your internet traffic. I would switch to a different provider.

zozbot234 1y ago
Could it be that some site in your network neighborhood was illegally streaming soccer matches?
- Fornax96 1y ago
  I have my own dedicated IP range. And they specifically blocked my domain name, not the addresses. I don't know what the reason is. I have been trying to find out since the start of this year.
embedding-shape 1y ago
> EDIT: Also, your DNS provider is censoring (and probably monitoring) your internet traffic. I would switch to a different provider. Yeah, that was via my ISPs DNS resolver (Vodafone), switching the resolver works :) The responsible party is ultimately our government who've decided it's legal to block a wide range of servers and websites because some people like to watch illegal football streams. I think Allot is just the provider of the technology.
- Fornax96 1y ago
  My site has nothing to do with football though. And Allot seems to be running the DNS server that your ISP uses so they are directly responsible for the block.
  - simtel20 1y ago
    La Liga (the football company) likes to send out takedown notices to anyone who may host anything that looks like a football to protect their precious games, no matter the collateral damage or the lack of any requirements to show damage. They have the right to block anything in Spain at their discretion either by DNS or IP. They do seem to work in good faith if you talk to them, though, and if you can either remove sites or content when they ask.
  - HDThoreaun 1y ago
    The Spanish courts have allowed la Liga to completely ban every website served by cloudflare during days where there are matches. All Spanish ISPs have to do dns blocking to comply.

miqazza 1y ago

do you know about the cloudflare and laliga issues? might be that

embedding-shape 1y ago
Was my first instinct, went looking if there was any games being played today but seems not, so unlikely to be the cause.

tngranados 1y ago

It works fine for me using Movistar

grodriguez100 1y ago

Is it possible to file a complaint with the ISP or directly with Allot ?

Fornax96 1y ago
That might help.

rsanek 1y ago

loads fine on Vodafone for me