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The linked-to Reddit post, http://www.reddit.com/r/netflix/comments/2qevqt/meta_netflix_is_starting_to_crack_down_on_dns_vpn/ http://www.reddit.com/r/netflix/co
by timdierks 12y ago
The linked-to Reddit post, http://www.reddit.com/r/netflix/comments/2qevqt/meta_netflix_is_starting_to_crack_down_on_dns_vpn/ http://www.reddit.com/r/netflix/comments/2qevqt/meta_netflix..., makes it clear that it's not a VPN restriction: people are configuring DNS servers to resolve Netflix names with US geographic resolution, but the new Netflix app is no longer using system DNS settings, it has Google DNS hardcoded in. Nothing about VPNs, per se.
- crocowhile 12y agoGood news then. It means all it takes to bypass this is an iptables rule on a openwrt router.
- ghuntley 12y agoCorrect. Either create a firewall rule or if your parents router isn't good enough create a null static route of 8.8.8.8/255.255.255.255 and 8.8.4.4/255.255.255.255 to the routers IP address with a metric of 2 and you'll achieve the same affect as a iptables/pf rule.
- JosephRedfern 12y agoIt's thought that Netflix are blocking the IP ranges of VPN providers, though: http://www.cnet.com/news/netflix-vpn-access-lock-down-overseas-users-geoblock/ http://www.cnet.com/news/netflix-vpn-access-lock-down-overse.... Seems like it might end up being a game of cat-and-mouse. Perhaps someone could set up "FliXchange", a service where people can VPN through your home internet connection in return to VPN access through their foreign home connection ;)