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Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels


From: Andy Ringsmuth <andy () newslink com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2016 16:06:28 -0500


On Jun 8, 2016, at 3:52 PM, Chris Knipe <savage () savage za org> wrote:

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.

I disagree.

I’ve got IPv6 at work, nothing elaborate, just a /48 given to us by our ISP.

I ran a test on an IPv6-only connection, no IPv4 addressing whatsoever, and a few random Netflix shows played perfectly 
fine.


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