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OpenDNS blocking guardian.co.uk

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  • 16-11-2009 8:00pm
    #1
    Tillotson
    Registered Users Posts: 218 ✭✭


    Any ideas why this would be?

    I tried a few times and got redirected to
    http://block.opendns.com/?url=www.guardian.co.uk/

    Then I switched and flushed dns, works now.

    Anyone else experiencing similar problems?


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    #2
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,076 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Tillotson wrote: »
    Any ideas why this would be?

    I tried a few times and got redirected to
    http://block.opendns.com/?url=www.guardian.co.uk/

    Then I switched and flushed dns, works now.

    Anyone else experiencing similar problems?

    That URL doesn't actually look up whether something's blocked or not.

    http://block.opendns.com/?url=anysitehere.ie


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    #3
    Tillotson
    Registered Users Posts: 218 ✭✭Tillotson


    Huh??

    I'm didn't say that that URL checked if a website was
    blocked or not. I got redirected to that address when
    trying to access guardian.co.uk


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    #4
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,076 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Tillotson wrote: »
    Huh??

    I'm didn't say that that URL checked if a website was
    blocked or not. I got redirected to that address when
    trying to access guardian.co.uk

    Your URL doesn't show anything.

    Checking this one shows someone tagged it as pornographic,

    http://domain.opendns.com/www.guardian.co.uk


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    #5
    Tillotson
    Registered Users Posts: 218 ✭✭Tillotson


    I didn't know openDNS worked like that.

    It's amazing people can tag news sites as
    pornographic and get them blocked like that.

    Thanks for the info


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    #6
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,076 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Tillotson wrote: »
    I didn't know openDNS worked like that.

    It's amazing people can tag news sites as
    pornographic and get them blocked like that.

    Thanks for the info

    The tagging is based on votes, so you can register an account and vote against the tagging and hopefully correct this.

    OpenDNS provide options in your account on whether or not to block based on certain categories, you may want to check that if you've regged with them.


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    #7
    Tillotson
    Registered Users Posts: 218 ✭✭Tillotson


    I just used them as reliable alternatives if BT's DNS wasn't
    working properly. Never registered.

    Good to know. Thanks.


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