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Often the filtering happens through your ISP's domain server rather than at a IP level.

The server might have e.g. *.thepiratebay.se forced to return an IP address then showing the blocking page.

The workaround is to use a DNS server outside of your ISP -- e.g. Google's 8.8.8.8 nameserver, or alternatively adding the known IPs to /etc/hosts (which might take precedence over a nameserver response depending on your configuration).



Unfortunately, they are filtering traffic to The Pirate Bay's IP adresses as well. This was part of the verdict, they have to filter the list of IP addresses (hosting TPB) that Brein provides.

Edit: I, as most other people here, are perfectly capable of setting up a tunnel. Most people outside these small confines aren't.


Most people outside these small confines aren't.

Not yet. That will change as soon as they deem it necessary. A lot of technical people are willing to explain to less technical people, and there are suddenly a lot of easy tutorials on how to circumvent the blocks.

Just like previous tries by Brein, the effectiveness of this won't last a day.





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