Netflix banning HE tunnels

Wed Jun 8 21:06:28 UTC 2016

> 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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