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Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels
From: Chris Knipe <savage () savage za org>
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2016 22:52:31 +0200
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. On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 10:26 PM, Matthew Huff <mhuff () ox com> wrote:
Yes we do. The is a document dump with the contract information between Netflix and the content providers. A link was sent in this email chain, or you can do a search for it. Neither side has been shy about what they are doing. They publically have stated they are blocking VPN access to NetFlix. ---- Matthew Huff | 1 Manhattanville Rd Director of Operations | Purchase, NY 10577 OTA Management LLC | Phone: 914-460-4039 aim: matthewbhuff | Fax: 914-694-5669 From: Spencer Ryan [mailto:sryan () arbor net] Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2016 4:02 PM To: Tony Hain <alh-ietf () tndh net> Cc: Matthew Huff <mhuff () ox com>; Laszlo Hanyecz <laszlo () heliacal net>; North American Network Operators' Group <nanog () nanog org> Subject: Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels We don't know, and will never know if the content providers went to Netflix and said "You need to ban based on IP range" speculation at this point isn't useful. Spencer Ryan | Senior Systems Administrator | sryan () arbor net<mailto: sryan () arbor net> Arbor Networks +1.734.794.5033 (d) | +1.734.846.2053 (m) www.arbornetworks.com<http://www.arbornetworks.com/> On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 4:00 PM, Tony Hain <alh-ietf () tndh net<mailto: alh-ietf () tndh net>> wrote: Matthew, I was not complaining about the business model, or the need to comply with content provider requirements. The issue is the pathetic implementation choice that Netflix made when a trivial alternative was available. I agree that setting up rwhois and trusting the 3rd party tunnel providers to provide valid information is substantially more effort than the ROI on this would justify, but a redirect to IPv4-only requires no additional 3rd party trust for geo-loc than an IPv4 connection to begin with, would still catch the bad actors, yet works correctly for those trying to move the Internet forward. Tony-----Original Message----- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces () nanog org<mailto:nanog-bounces () nanog org>] On Behalf Of MatthewHuff Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2016 12:45 PM To: Laszlo Hanyecz; nanog () nanog org<mailto:nanog () nanog org> Subject: RE: Netflix banning HE tunnels The content providers wouldn't care if it was a very small number ofpeopleevading their region restrictions, but it isn't a small number. Thoseavoidingit are already not in good faith. While I don't agree with the content providers business model, it's their content, their rules. If you don't think it's right that Netflix is blocking VPNs and tunnels,thenswitch to Hulu and/or Amazon, however it's just matter of time beforetheystart blocking VPNs and tunnels themselves. I agree that matching Geolocation with source IP addresses is a badidea, butuntil someone comes up with a better idea and gets it implemented ( one that can't be modified by the end user), people with a business modelthatdepends on it will continue to block based on IP. "Good faith" will be laughed at, and rightly so. ---- Matthew Huff | 1 Manhattanville Rd Director of Operations | Purchase, NY 10577 OTA Management LLC | Phone: 914-460-4039<tel:914-460-4039>aim: matthewbhuff | Fax: 914-694-5669<tel:914-694-5669>-----Original Message----- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces () nanog org<mailto:nanog-bounces () nanog org>] On Behalf Of LaszloHanyecz Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2016 3:34 PM To: nanog () nanog org<mailto:nanog () nanog org> Subject: Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels On 2016-06-08 18:57, Javier J wrote:Tony, I agree 100% with you. Unfortunately I need ipv6 on my mediasubnetbecause it's part of my lab. And now that my teenage daughter is complaining about Netflix not working g on her Chromebook I'mstarting tothink consumers should just start complaining to Netflix. Why shouldI haveto change my damn network to fix Netflix? In her eyes it's "daddy fix Netflix" but the heck with that. The manhoursof the consumers who are affected to work around this issue is lessthanthe man hours it would take for Netflix to redirect you with a 301 toanipv4 only endpont. If Netflix needs help with this point me in the right direction. I'llbehappy to fix it for them and send them a bill.They're doing the same thing with IPv4 (banning people based on the apparent IP address). Your IPv4 numbers may not be on their blacklist at the moment, and disabling IPv6 might work for you, but the underlying problem is the practice of GeoIP/VPN blocking, and the HE.net tunnels are just one example of the collateral damage. I don't know why Netflix and other GeoIP users can't just ask customers where they are located, instead of telling them. It is possible that some user might lie, but what about "assume good faith"? It shows how much they value you as a customer if they would rather dump you than trust you to tell them where you are located. -Laszlo
-- Regards, Chris Knipe
Current thread:
- Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels, (continued)
- Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels Alain Hebert (Jun 08)
- Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels Mark Felder (Jun 11)
- Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels Baldur Norddahl (Jun 11)
- RE: Netflix banning HE tunnels Tony Hain (Jun 08)
- RE: Netflix banning HE tunnels Javier J (Jun 08)
- Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels Laszlo Hanyecz (Jun 08)
- RE: Netflix banning HE tunnels Matthew Huff (Jun 08)
- RE: Netflix banning HE tunnels Tony Hain (Jun 08)
- Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels Spencer Ryan (Jun 08)
- RE: Netflix banning HE tunnels Matthew Huff (Jun 08)
- Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels Chris Knipe (Jun 08)
- Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels Andy Ringsmuth (Jun 08)
- Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels Chris Knipe (Jun 08)
- Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels Matthew Huff (Jun 08)
- Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels Ricky Beam (Jun 08)
- Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels Spencer Ryan (Jun 08)
- Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels james machado (Jun 08)
- Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels Eric Kuhnke (Jun 08)
- Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels John Lightfoot (Jun 09)
- Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels Michael Still (Jun 09)
- RE: Netflix banning HE tunnels Matthew Huff (Jun 09)