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Ah that explains it! Haven't been able to push to Github ever since stepping off the plane in Mumbai. Strange thing is that the website works off-and-on. Pushin

Ah that explains it! Haven't been able to push to Github ever since stepping off the plane in Mumbai. Strange thing is that the website works off-and-on. Pushing results in connection refused though. There's also been ZERO information/news provided by the ISP (MTNL) in this regard. Absolute shame that a blanket ban like this is applied. It has a profound effect on everyday activities unrelated to the original reason for banning. Even if there is content of a questionable nature, it's absolutely crazy to not expose this. Let people make up their own minds about what is right or wrong. A simple ban on these websites isn't going to stop those who mean harm from getting to their goal. All I can see that this results in is collateral damage, e.g., me not being able to push the latest commits for a research tool I'm building. I might be small fish, but that's the exact point; a ban like this necessary works like a cluster bomb.

aksx 12y ago
I also started having problems with github which reminded me to update my DNS settings setting to Google's, now everything works. Didn't even know till a few hours ago that thses sites were being blocked since they display a blank page.
mikeash 12y ago
It's crazy. They're substantially impacting their competitiveness in an important industry, just so they can make a futile attempt to silence something that hardly matters. You're small fish, but add up the impact on millions of similar small fish in India and it's a big problem.
ChristianBundy 12y ago
I'm sure you've already thought of this, but you can use a VPS as a proxy to circumvent the ban – I've had a great experience with DigitalOcean.
- kristopolous 12y ago
  Furthermore at the shell you can set environment variables such as "http_proxy" which many tools will observe. Search "http_proxy" with your favorite search engine for more info. It's pretty useful.

aksx 12y ago

I also started having problems with github which reminded me to update my DNS settings setting to Google's, now everything works. Didn't even know till a few hours ago that thses sites were being blocked since they display a blank page.

mikeash 12y ago

It's crazy. They're substantially impacting their competitiveness in an important industry, just so they can make a futile attempt to silence something that hardly matters. You're small fish, but add up the impact on millions of similar small fish in India and it's a big problem.

ChristianBundy 12y ago

I'm sure you've already thought of this, but you can use a VPS as a proxy to circumvent the ban – I've had a great experience with DigitalOcean.

kristopolous 12y ago
Furthermore at the shell you can set environment variables such as "http_proxy" which many tools will observe. Search "http_proxy" with your favorite search engine for more info. It's pretty useful.