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Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels
From: Donn Lasher via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 21:03:37 +0000
On 6/12/16, 8:10 PM, "NANOG on behalf of Seth Mattinen" <nanog-bounces () nanog org on behalf of sethm () rollernet us> wrote:
On 6/7/16 4:23 AM, Davide Davini wrote:Today I discovered Netflix flagged my IPv6 IP block as "proxy/VPN" and I can't use it if I don't disable the HE tunnel, which is the only way for me to have IPv6 at the moment.This is a rights management issue not a technical one. Netflix is not to blame, HE is not to blame. Hate on geolcaotion all you want, but that's what the content owners insist upon and Netflix has no choice but to disable access from sources that they can't geolocate well enough to make the content owners happy. ~Seth
As someone who has been trying to get solid, consistent IPv6 at home since 2010, I continue to resort back to my HE tunnels, which have been both useful and dependable. Given the data Netflix client has available to it (IPv4 address, IPv6 address, anything else exposed to android/IOS/windows/etc app) it’s surprising to me that missing/incorrect geolocation data on an IPv6 address is enough to block service. The end result is, yet again, making IPv6 adoption harder than it needs to be.
Current thread:
- Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels, (continued)
- Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels Owen DeLong (Jun 13)
- Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels Baldur Norddahl (Jun 13)
- Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels Owen DeLong (Jun 13)
- Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels Baldur Norddahl (Jun 13)
- Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels Seth Mattinen (Jun 13)
- Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels Michael Brown (Jun 07)
- RE: Netflix banning HE tunnels Chuck Church (Jun 08)
- Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels chris (Jun 12)
- Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels Seth Mattinen (Jun 12)
- Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels Donn Lasher via NANOG (Jun 15)
- RE: Netflix banning HE tunnels Chuck Church (Jun 10)
- Re: Netflix banning HE tunnels Randy Bush (Jun 10)