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I was hoping, from the title ("Geo-Unblocked") that this would be about arranging an IP address block that wasn't associated with the UK, rather than just selec
by JoshTriplett 11mo ago
I was hoping, from the title ("Geo-Unblocked") that this would be about arranging an IP address block that wasn't associated with the UK, rather than just selectively running some traffic through a VPN.
- ToucanLoucan 11mo agoI don't think that would work though. If you changed your WAN address it wouldn't be dissimilar from changing your IP to a different schema on a machine in a given network, no? It just wouldn't work at all.
- HotGarbage 11mo agoIf you're your own ISP you can be wherever you want to be https://blog.lyc8503.net/en/post/asn-5-worldwide-servers/ https://blog.lyc8503.net/en/post/asn-5-worldwide-servers/
- immibis 11mo agoSometimes. You can publish whatever geolocation data file you want, but others aren't required to respect that file. It's known that geolocation providers run pings and traceroutes from different locations as well as looking at BGP data.
- mx7zysuj4xew 11mo agoI guess maybe we should start some kind of initiative to detect these geolocation providers so we can blacklist them. Maybe it can be some kind of database that is used to null-route all traffic coming from their network /s
- immibis 11mo agoWould be an interesting idea in 2004, but now they have access to all the same evasion techniques as everyone else.