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Why is TPB/KAT accessible from https but not http?

  • 11-03-2015 02:31PM
    #1
    ALiasEX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 535 ✭✭✭


    On 3 if I try to go to KAT or TPB they are blocked. If i replace http with https they are not blocked. Why would there be a difference?


Comments

  • #2
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 26,945 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Depends on how they're blocking it. If they're not just blocking at the DNS level, they could be doing some kind of HTTP header inspection, which they're not doing on HTTPS.


  • #3
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,022 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    ALiasEX wrote: »
    On 3 if I try to go to KAT or TPB they are blocked. If i replace http with https they are not blocked. Why would there be a difference?

    Because the people who put the block in specified HTTP, not HTTPS.


  • #4
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,977 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    hehehehehe ..... I had to 'google' for the meaning of KAT :D:D


  • #5
    RikuoAmero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,135 ✭✭✭RikuoAmero


    Not only is it because the court order blocking TPB specified http and didn't mention anything about https, it's also because TPB is now using Cloudflare, a content delivery network. They have their own range of IP addresses that they rotate around for websites. A court order that tries to block TPB now would without a doubt have collateral damage, in that innocent IP addresses would be blocked, even when they no longer point to TPB.


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