VPN and PPRuNe
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VPN and PPRuNe
I’ve recently joined the 21st century and installed a VPN. Whenever the VPN is active on my mobile device and I try to access pprune I get the following.
The owner of this website (www.pprune.org) has banned the autonomous system number (ASN) your IP address is in (212238) from accessing this website.
whats going on hive mind
The owner of this website (www.pprune.org) has banned the autonomous system number (ASN) your IP address is in (212238) from accessing this website.
whats going on hive mind
I’ve recently joined the 21st century and installed a VPN. Whenever the VPN is active on my mobile device and I try to access pprune I get the following.
The owner of this website (www.pprune.org) has banned the autonomous system number (ASN) your IP address is in (212238) from accessing this website.
whats going on hive mind
The owner of this website (www.pprune.org) has banned the autonomous system number (ASN) your IP address is in (212238) from accessing this website.
whats going on hive mind
If they recognise an incoming IP address as belonging to a VPN provider they may block access - as appears to have happened to you.
You could try switching to a different VPN server... I understand some companies offer that option. No guarantees though.
Don't know if a VPN is typically 21st century. It offers a more secure connection between you and the site/service you're trying to access so that important data isn't intercepted, but how important is that on PPRuNe?
Don't know if a VPN is typically 21st century. It offers a more secure connection between you and the site/service you're trying to access so that important data isn't intercepted, but how important is that on PPRuNe?
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You could try switching to a different VPN server... I understand some companies offer that option. No guarantees though.
Don't know if a VPN is typically 21st century. It offers a more secure connection between you and the site/service you're trying to access so that important data isn't intercepted, but how important is that on PPRuNe?
Don't know if a VPN is typically 21st century. It offers a more secure connection between you and the site/service you're trying to access so that important data isn't intercepted, but how important is that on PPRuNe?
Spoon PPRuNerist & Mad Inistrator
It offers a more secure connection between you and the site/service you're trying to access so that important data isn't intercepted
However, the actual data in transit between the VPN exit point and the destination (PPRuNe in this case) has exactly the same security (or lack thereof) as if it was sent from the true source and since virtually all web traffic is secured (HTTPS) anyway, there is no additional encryption benefit in using a VPN.
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[Drift]No probs with PPRuNe but can't access the WIX site via my BT Broadband on phone or laptop - DNS error, and now cannot download the latest WhatsApp for Windows from the Microsoft Store - access the site ok, just not download the file or updates...
Apparently changing the DNS numbers in my Broadband connection/security settings may solve the first problem but bit nervous about changing settings just in case! Using Wetherspoons WiFi or my O2 account I can access WIX no problem on phone. Online advice is either confusing or doesn't work... Will get back to it but... [/rant!]
Apparently changing the DNS numbers in my Broadband connection/security settings may solve the first problem but bit nervous about changing settings just in case! Using Wetherspoons WiFi or my O2 account I can access WIX no problem on phone. Online advice is either confusing or doesn't work... Will get back to it but... [/rant!]
I think I was trying to say that using a VPN full time on a device may be superfluous for many of us.
Spoon PPRuNerist & Mad Inistrator
An AS is a collection of networks (IP v4 or v6) that is managed by a single entity, usually an ISP. They have a common routing policy to connect those networks to and from the rest of the internet, peering with one or more other ASs.
It is unusual to block an entire AS, which may represent dozens of IP networks (rather than just blocking a specific IP network or address), but if it is associated with TOR networks (or other potentially malicious traffic), or has a significant number of blacklisted network addresses (e.g. NK, China, Russia), it's possible that the entire AS is blocked. Bear in mind that PPRuNe is protected by Cloudflare, which gathers such threat information and acts accordingly.
Can you tell us what the VPN IP address you get on your mobile is? You can use a what's my IP website to get that, if you can't see in in the device settings. It would be interesting to see what country & network that egress point is in. Perhaps you need to choose your exit point more carefully!
It is unusual to block an entire AS, which may represent dozens of IP networks (rather than just blocking a specific IP network or address), but if it is associated with TOR networks (or other potentially malicious traffic), or has a significant number of blacklisted network addresses (e.g. NK, China, Russia), it's possible that the entire AS is blocked. Bear in mind that PPRuNe is protected by Cloudflare, which gathers such threat information and acts accordingly.
Can you tell us what the VPN IP address you get on your mobile is? You can use a what's my IP website to get that, if you can't see in in the device settings. It would be interesting to see what country & network that egress point is in. Perhaps you need to choose your exit point more carefully!
I’ve recently joined the 21st century and installed a VPN. Whenever the VPN is active on my mobile device and I try to access pprune I get the following.
The owner of this website (www.pprune.org) has banned the autonomous system number (ASN) your IP address is in (212238) from accessing this website.
whats going on hive mind
The owner of this website (www.pprune.org) has banned the autonomous system number (ASN) your IP address is in (212238) from accessing this website.
whats going on hive mind
VPN is interfering (or downright killing) their ad supported business model. Would be willing to pay for an add-less version of the site.
Thread Starter
An AS is a collection of networks (IP v4 or v6) that is managed by a single entity, usually an ISP. They have a common routing policy to connect those networks to and from the rest of the internet, peering with one or more other ASs.
It is unusual to block an entire AS, which may represent dozens of IP networks (rather than just blocking a specific IP network or address), but if it is associated with TOR networks (or other potentially malicious traffic), or has a significant number of blacklisted network addresses (e.g. NK, China, Russia), it's possible that the entire AS is blocked. Bear in mind that PPRuNe is protected by Cloudflare, which gathers such threat information and acts accordingly.
Can you tell us what the VPN IP address you get on your mobile is? You can use a what's my IP website to get that, if you can't see in in the device settings. It would be interesting to see what country & network that egress point is in. Perhaps you need to choose your exit point more carefully!
It is unusual to block an entire AS, which may represent dozens of IP networks (rather than just blocking a specific IP network or address), but if it is associated with TOR networks (or other potentially malicious traffic), or has a significant number of blacklisted network addresses (e.g. NK, China, Russia), it's possible that the entire AS is blocked. Bear in mind that PPRuNe is protected by Cloudflare, which gathers such threat information and acts accordingly.
Can you tell us what the VPN IP address you get on your mobile is? You can use a what's my IP website to get that, if you can't see in in the device settings. It would be interesting to see what country & network that egress point is in. Perhaps you need to choose your exit point more carefully!
the vpn is Surfshark. And funnily enough at the moment it’s working.
Spoon PPRuNerist & Mad Inistrator
That IP is in AS25369, which is obviously not blocked - as I say, you need to choose your exit point carefully - which of the 4 UK Surfshark locations are you using?
https://www.iplocationtools.com/217.146.82.188
https://bgp.he.net/AS25369#_graph4
https://www.iplocationtools.com/217.146.82.188
https://bgp.he.net/AS25369#_graph4
Some of the IP ranges used by an exit node may have been used for nefarious purposes once upon a time. pprune probably just buys a blocking list from someone. I get similar blocking occasionally when I use my mobile hotspot.
I always change my DNS away from my broadband provider. Just seems more reliable. On Windows you can set more than one on an interface. My router is unusually restrictive and I can;t change it there. I have DHCP address but static DNS.
Choose your poison:-
Google 8.8.8.8 +others
Some other one 9.9.9.9
OpenDNS
I am using right now
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 8.8.8.8
9.9.9.9
Choose your poison:-
Google 8.8.8.8 +others
Some other one 9.9.9.9
OpenDNS
- 208.67.222.222.
- 208.67.220.220.
I am using right now
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 8.8.8.8
9.9.9.9