Netflix banning HE tunnels

Matthew Huff mhuff at ox.com
Wed Jun 8 21:24:48 UTC 2016


What does https://www.maxmind.com/en/geoip-demo show for your IPv6 prefix? If it is incorrect, try https://support.maxmind.com/geoip-data-correction-request/

On Jun 8, 2016, at 5:08 PM, Chris Knipe <savage at savage.za.org> wrote:
> 
> Exactly.
> 
> So what precisely are the metrics they use to block?  I'm not using a proxy
> at all, its my own ASN...
> 
> On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 11:06 PM, Andy Ringsmuth <andy at newslink.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>>> On Jun 8, 2016, at 3:52 PM, Chris Knipe <savage at savage.za.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Bwahaha
>>> 
>>> Ok - that's me, never ever will I look at NexFlix again.
>>> 
>>> I have my own /48, registered in my own name, my own company, my own
>>> peering links, and my own transit links.  Signup, no problems.  As soon
>> as
>>> I started watching a stream...
>>> 
>>> Wham, blocked.  Proxy Detected.
>>> 
>>> It's clear NetFlix has something against IPv6, not tunnels.
>> 
>> I disagree.
>> 
>> I’ve got IPv6 at work, nothing elaborate, just a /48 given to us by our
>> ISP.
>> 
>> I ran a test on an IPv6-only connection, no IPv4 addressing whatsoever,
>> and a few random Netflix shows played perfectly fine.
>> 
>> 
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>> Andy Ringsmuth
>> andy at newslink.com
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>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Regards,
> Chris Knipe
https://www.maxmind.com/en/geoip-demo


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