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I doubt that'll work - the PirateBay is currently blocked in the UK. If you change your DNS settings to use a non-UK server, it still returns the filtered IP ad

by tehmaco 13y ago

I doubt that'll work - the PirateBay is currently blocked in the UK. If you change your DNS settings to use a non-UK server, it still returns the filtered IP address as they're silently intercepting lookups for banned domains and returning a non-authoritative answer. All they'd need to do is add in the 'adult' domains and that'd block the simplest workaround. You could still set up a non-UK VPN and bypass it entirely though ;)

workbench 13y ago
The Pirate Bay blocks actually use CleanFeed IIRC, which is the system originally put in place under the premise to block known child pornography domains. I consider this an abuse of the CleanFeed system.
dspillett 13y ago
> I doubt that'll work - the PirateBay is currently blocked in the UK. If you change your DNS settings to use a non-UK server, it still returns the filtered IP address as they're silently intercepting lookups for banned domains and returning a non-authoritative answer. Not on my ISP (A&A), though that may be the case for the big six. As you say, the VPN option is an easy way around. <hat material="tinfoil">Until the government mandate that ISPs should block anything like that unless you have a license for encrypted traffic, of course.</hat>