Netflix cracks down on proxy/VPN users.

Bluce Ree

Bluce Ree

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Well, I just started seeing the dreaded "Whoops!" message while testing with PIA. VPNs cannot be detected, so, I did a little research and it looks like I was right. There is a concerted effort to catalog all popular VPN IP ranges, made available via a large database.

However, it seems this can be defeated as well. :D

Using Smart DNS, they're able to confuse the other end. This service offers VPN with the a Smart DNS option. Just testing it now and, so far, 100% success.

https://www.expressvpn.com/
 
Overmind One

Overmind One

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Bluce Ree said:
Ahh, good question. I haven't tried it in Windows, to be honest. I've only booted into the Windows partition maybe 5 times since I got this Yoga 3. :icon_lol:
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It does not show in Services
 
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Tripler

Tripler

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I will keep trying . Thanks for the tips and tricks ...
I only am using windoz because of my Racing Game Addiction .

Haha ,,, I am fastest in the gokarts on every track but one lol . Who knew !!!

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Tripler

Tripler

Well Known GateFan
Bluce Ree said:
Well, I just started seeing the dreaded "Whoops!" message while testing with PIA. VPNs cannot be detected, so, I did a little research and it looks like I was right. There is a concerted effort to catalog all popular VPN IP ranges, made available via a large database.

However, it seems this can be defeated as well. :D

Using Smart DNS, they're able to confuse the other end. This service offers VPN with the a Smart DNS option. Just testing it now and, so far, 100% success.



https://www.expressvpn.com/
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Ouch . That's the price of Netflix lol ...
 
Tripler

Tripler

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So I am going to try express vpn . If this works I should not have to use PIA anymore right ? or do I still keep PIA .
Thanks

;) ;) ;)
 
Tripler

Tripler

Well Known GateFan
Installed express vpn but I still am getting the whoops and cannot watch netflix with vpn on ...
 
Bluce Ree

Bluce Ree

Tech Admin / Council Member
Tripler said:
So I am going to try express vpn . If this works I should not have to use PIA anymore right ? or do I still keep PIA .
Thanks

;) ;) ;)
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You won't need PIA anymore if ExpressVPN works. :)
 
Bluce Ree

Bluce Ree

Tech Admin / Council Member
I've got another sure-fire way of getting around this, if ever all of them get blocked. Get yourself a Linux VM (Digital Ocean's smallest instance starts at $5/month), set up a VPN on it and you're done. Since the IP doesn't belong to any commercial VPN service, it will not appear on any blacklist.
 
Overmind One

Overmind One

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Staff member
Bluce Ree said:
I've got another sure-fire way of getting around this, if ever all of them get blocked. Get yourself a Linux VM (Digital Ocean's smallest instance starts at $5/month), set up a VPN on it and you're done. Since the IP doesn't belong to any commercial VPN service, it will not appear on any blacklist.
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OMG that is brilliant!!!! I never thought of that before. How to pass http(s) requests through that VPN if it is hosted?
 
Bluce Ree

Bluce Ree

Tech Admin / Council Member
Overmind One said:
OMG that is brilliant!!!! I never thought of that before. How to pass http(s) requests through that VPN if it is hosted?
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A VPN redirects all your data traffic through the tunnel. It doesn't matter what format that data takes.
 
Bluce Ree

Bluce Ree

Tech Admin / Council Member
There are a couple ways.

If you're strictly using your browser, you could set up a simple SSH tunnel and redirect your browser traffic through that. In your browser, you would set up a SOCKS proxy to the localhost and SSH port you selected.

If you want to redirect all traffic, set up OpenVPN on Linux.

Digital Ocean has a nice, neat how-to:

https://www.digitalocean.com/commun...p-and-configure-an-openvpn-server-on-centos-6
 
Tripler

Tripler

Well Known GateFan
Sent an email to express vpn . Also I cannot access the options menu or speed test ... It is grayed out ... Just going through the truoble shooting guide in the mean time ...
 
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