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Old 07-25-2021, 04:13 AM   #1
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Blocked from Nyaa.si

Nyaa and Mangadex are blocked for me on my VPN, but not on my cellular service. I did some research and Verizon is blocking both websites:

https://torrentfreak.com/why-is-veri...ngadex-210608/

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The blocked sites we know of have things in common in that they’re all pirate sites. Some operate in the anime/manga niches, but others such as vojvodinanet.com are inaccessible too. In addition, all sites use the same CDN and DDoS protection service, DDoS-Guard.

DDoS-Guard is a Russian CDN provider that’s considered a safe haven for pirate sites. A few months ago the company was reported to the US Government by Hollywood’s MPA, which said that DDoS-Guard is not responsive to takedown requests.

In addition to pirate sites, scammers, spammers, and other types of abuse also take place through DDoS-Guard. We don’t know if this is more prevalent than on comparable services, but it’s an important element to keep in mind.
All the websites mentioned are blocked for me, suggesting that my cloud host (?) is doing the same thing as Verizon. But is this common practice, for a cloud provider to restrict access to websites?

And, is my VPN blocking DDoS-Guard, or is DDoS-Guard blocking me? I can access their website just fine:

https://ddos-guard.net/

Nyaa isn't the end of the world. I can whitelist Nyaa.si's domain name to go through cellular, while the torrents themselves still route through my VPN. Yet, the fear that ISPs will block these websites does scare me.
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Old 07-29-2021, 03:17 PM   #2
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I use Verizon and I noticed this a few months ago. It sucks dick and there's nothing you can do about it but use a VPN.

The fact that they just silently did this is a load of shit.
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Old 07-30-2021, 01:21 AM   #3
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But the problem is my VPN is the one blocking it. I don't want to pay for another host right now since I use the VPN for bonding. I push about 4 TB per month over it so I'm more or less stuck with this host unless I want to pay $50/mo for hosting.
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