ISP's Blocking Blogspot subdomains

Ya Blogspot blocked, can't acess from even my BSNL dialup, Whats the hell is wrong. Why have they blocked some site like that. Tomorrow we can see even Google Blocked simply because it can search something about terrorists Etc
 
Ah, so thats why I couldnt open it on my mtnl triband connection...sucks...Did they have the brainwave for geocities too? Cos I'm having problems accessing geocities also.

havent had an official reply yet ... govt officials teling us to buzz off
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Did you get in touch with someone? Just curious, how you are involved?
 
I can't access the sites using my Airtel connection.

And ssslayer, I completely agree. Down with the dictatorship and censorship!
 
ssslayer said:
VIVA LA RESISTANCE!!!

But how should we implement it?
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Maybe some hackers here can "improve" some Indian government websites, with some anti-censorship slogans....

Any good hackers here?

Just joking here.... Actually, half-joking.:cool2:
 
DoT gag order outrages blogosphere
By Yatish Suvarna/TNN

Mumbai: Indian bloggers are screaming murder and online discussion boards are falling apart at the seams with anti-government vitriol. The catalyst? A post-Mumbai blasts circular from the department of telecommunications (DoT) asking internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to a few blogs. In all their wisdom though, many ISPs simply banned access to the most popular blogs. A case of throwing the baby out with the bathwater, bloggers think.
Not the kind to keep quiet, many are banding together to file a petition under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. They want to know who decides what to ban. Says Dilip D’Souza, a blogger spearheading the move, “Incredulity was my first reaction. Ours is the largest democracy in the world. How can they arbitrarily block blogs or anything at all?” And how does filing a petition under the RTI help? “The details that emerge will eventually help build a mechanism to prevent such arbitrary bans in the future,” he reasons.
Adds Shyam Vij, another prominent member of the Indian blogosphere, “There is no information on why the blogs were blocked. We don’t know what the problem is. This lack of communication is causing more frustration.”
And when Kiran Karnik, the Nasscom president, called the ban “neither desirable nor feasible”, it came as a shot in the arm for the community looking for mainstream solace. “Any attempt to block out some websites is not desirable,” he added. “If you stop the media, rumours float very fast.” As if this wasn’t enough, the international blogging community has turned its unflattering attention on the country.
BEAT THE SYSTEM No way you can block blogs!
By Kiran Jonalagadda/TNN

Bangalore: Internet users woke up to an unusual Monday: Their favourite blogs were not available.
What happened to the blogs? Slowly came the realisation that government had banned them. Banned everything! Or ha-d they really?
By Tuesday, it became clear that the government had in fact asked for all of Blogspot to be blocked. As things turned out, it was an obscure blog on the Blogspot network that government was targeting as part of its regular drive at censoring unpleasant voices. Internet Service Providers who received the directive, though, simply banned the entire network.
Fortunately, technology can circumvent censorship. The methods fall into two categories. One, if your ISP blocked the wrong site and you want is to step around the block, the simplest way is with Torpark, a project that combines the Firefox browser and the Tor a n o ny m o u s proxy service into a single point-and-click install for Windows users. Get it at ttp://torpark.nfshost.com.
Torpark behaves exactly like the Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers you are familiar with, but is unaffected by censorship.
Tor operates a series of proxy routers around the world that pass your pages through at least three random routers before delivering them to you.
This ensures that your service provider does not know what sites you are accessing, and hence cannot block them. You can read more about Tor at Tor: An anonymous Internet communication system.
Two, if you are stuck behind a corporate firewall that is restricted (very few are), the Tor and Coral networks may themselves be unreachable. In this case, you’ll have to settle for a simpler proxy. One such is shysurfer. Go to http://www.shysurfer.com, type in the address of the site you want to access, and hit Browse. ShySurfer will load the page for you. This isn’t an exhaustive list of circumventing censorship. We have only covered the simplest ways of getting around your ISP. Should you be interested in other methods, check out Bypassing The Ban - Censorship.
(Kiran Jonalagadda is a Bangalore-based blogger)
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Source: TOI
 
Damn..I can not open blogspot.com from BSNL dataone connection..I can open or edit my Blog but can not see it..may be the reason is blogger.com and blogspot.com.
 
i saw a report on BBC tonight on this topic and they said that india govt has blocked these because they think this can be anti social.
 
hi all,

the best way would be doing 'secure anonymous surfing' how to go about it. On quite a few servers you can use the https:// secure protocol & then surf

https://proxify.com just as an example. There are atleast 2 sites which use this method & both are free :-

1. Proxify

2. Anonymizer

There are quite a lot more. In fact use the above given as keywords & u'll find there would be more results then one can handle. Enjoy :)
 
guys according to this rediff article, the ISP association of india has announced that the blockade will be removed within 48 hours :) hope they really do it and govt pressure doesnt bog them down
 
idiot politicans need to buy some brains...though hathway is on the list........can still access blogspot.........also if it doesnt...proxies r always handy...........
 
Some good posts about the same at Varnam & teacup
Paul is sad because he didn't make the cut .
Again this has not an isolated incident. It has been happening for a long time Desipundit had the whole IIPM incident against one of the bloggers & then the follow-up, also the Times of India not liking mediaaah stuff . One very good post on the same issue here . [OT]In fact hoot is a pretty good site on the state of media businesses & what they're doing

There 've been many more incidents, this is just one more in the long list. It seems we're going the same way as the chinese also with the recent Broadcast Bill episode which I've discussed somewhat here.

Of course would be putting all my rants here rather than there. Would like to keep the Net neutrality issue pure & not fork or dilute it any way.
 
Oh man, dont even get me started on the indian institute of ponytail management:bleh:
heck, eye eye pee yem is a four letter word in pagalguy...:hap2:
 
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