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Re: Netflix VPN detection - actual engineer needed
From: Laszlo Hanyecz <laszlo () heliacal net>
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2016 00:15:51 +0000
On 2016-06-05 23:45, Damian Menscher wrote:
Who are these non-technical Netflix users who accidentally stumbled into having a HE tunnel broker connection without their knowledge? I wasn't aware this sort of thing could happen without user consent, and would like to know if I'm wrong. Only thing I can imagine is if ISPs are using HE as a form of CGN.Another question: what benefit does one get from having a HE tunnel broker connection? Is it just geek points, or is there a practical benefit too?Damian
Well, you could use the HE.net tunnels to work around the problem if their GeoIP checks block you in the first place. HE.net tunnelbroker is commonly used by home users on ISPs which don't provide v6 on their own, like Verizon's fios. Home routers generally have support for this built in and it doesn't take someone with a lot of technical knowledge to set it up.
You can also set up BGP with HE and they will give you free transit on the free tunnel and accept your announcements. Personally I have set it up with and without BGP at small office locations as a way to provide IPv6 to the office workers, when only v4 was available. You just click to get a HE.net /48.
For P2P stuff it's a way to get around NAT - you can get inbound torrent connections or host a shooting game match on your desktop behind the NAT router.
-Laszlo
Current thread:
- Re: Netflix VPN detection - actual engineer needed, (continued)
- Re: Netflix VPN detection - actual engineer needed Damian Menscher (Jun 05)
- Re: Netflix VPN detection - actual engineer needed Christopher Morrow (Jun 05)
- Re: Netflix VPN detection - actual engineer needed Livingood, Jason (Jun 06)
- Re: Netflix VPN detection - actual engineer needed Chris Baker (Jun 06)
- Re: Netflix VPN detection - actual engineer needed Laszlo Hanyecz (Jun 05)
- Re: Netflix VPN detection - actual engineer needed Spencer Ryan (Jun 05)
- Re: Netflix VPN detection - actual engineer needed Mark Andrews (Jun 05)
- Re: Netflix VPN detection - actual engineer needed Damian Menscher (Jun 05)
- Re: Netflix VPN detection - actual engineer needed Spencer Ryan (Jun 05)
- Re: Netflix VPN detection - actual engineer needed Mark Andrews (Jun 05)
- Re: Netflix VPN detection - actual engineer needed Laszlo Hanyecz (Jun 05)
- Re: Netflix VPN detection - actual engineer needed Christopher Morrow (Jun 05)
- Re: HE tunnels, was Netflix VPN detection - actual engineer needed John Levine (Jun 05)
- Re: Netflix VPN detection - actual engineer needed Mark Tinka (Jun 06)
- Re: Netflix VPN detection - actual engineer needed Scott Morizot (Jun 06)
- RE: Netflix VPN detection - actual engineer needed Matthew Huff (Jun 06)
- Re: Netflix VPN detection - actual engineer needed Spencer Ryan (Jun 06)
- Re: Netflix VPN detection - actual engineer needed John Peach (Jun 06)
- Re: Netflix VPN detection - actual engineer needed Mark Felder (Jun 06)
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