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Post by part15engineer on Feb 13, 2017 13:45:27 GMT
and how could he possibly ban a VPN via the SMF Forums interface?
apparently he has somehow figured out how to ban a vpn off his forums, i don't know how. i have tried several vpn connections and all of them get error 352.
and he has banned my T-Mobile Android phone as well as most of comast wifi hotspots and my primary connection.
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Post by End80 on Feb 13, 2017 14:06:12 GMT
I'm not well versed on vpn's but I think your mistaken that their use can't be banned from accessing a site that's been configured not to accept them.. but I only have the vaguest of knowledge about such things.
But out of curiosity, why are you so obsessed about sneaking in there? I notice you frequently mention your methods. There's really nothing there that you can't also find here or at part15.us, and both those sites welcome you with open arms. Why incessantly try to force yourself in where you not - for whatever the reason might be - not wanted?
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Post by End80 on Feb 13, 2017 14:14:54 GMT
This is what Wikipedia says en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VPN_blockingVPN blocking is a technique used to block the encrypted protocol tunneling communications methods used by virtual private network (VPN) systems. Often used by large organizations such as national governments or corporations, it can act as a tool for computer security or Internet censorship by preventing the use of VPNs to bypass network firewall systems...... |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2017 14:26:33 GMT
'Sneak' into a public website. How dare you do that?
It's actually pretty easy to ban VPN's in general. It doesn't demonstrate any particular computer skills (which HB doesn't have in any event). There are ways around it, but why bother? From what I've seen recently, other sites are far more vibrant & interesting.
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Post by End80 on Feb 13, 2017 14:48:19 GMT
Well.. the site and forum is public, so sneak in was probably the wrong word to describe.. I think only the posted links are what is not accessible, and then there's a members only section where post undergo an incubation period, but eventually do get moved into the public area.
These methods were employed because there was an apparent problem with non-participants who never or rarely post there visiting the site and lifting the content to immediately post at other part 15 forums.
I also know it works both ways.. The same type thing is really a common occurrence on the internet, people, are going to discuss things in within the particular groups they favor, but often the topics at hand actually originated from somewhere else.
That's the nature of the internet.
Which comes back to the point.. why burden both yourself and that site to gain access where you're blocked, when the same info is accessible at the places that you can go?
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Post by mark on Feb 13, 2017 16:36:03 GMT
I can't join because of my email address...ha ha! but I can still go to the site and see the forums.
Maybe you could get to view this if you do it from another computer at another location.
Mark
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2017 19:36:46 GMT
If HB spent as much time on the Part 15 pursuits as they apparently do on site security (and for a Part 15 website it is most certainly overkill), then maybe upcoming transmitter reviews would take somewhat less than months or even years to produce. The AMT5000 was over a year in the making from announcement to actuality (and even then there was no new information from the Transmitter Shootout). The EDM is still awaiting completion, months after the announcement, while Tim Bovey went ahead and produced a comprehensive review in a couple of weeks, from start to finish, including the acquisition of the transmitter.
Mark, HB blocks the IP addresses of those who have offended their sensibilities in some fashion. Although the techniques are well known, I don't know exactly how he does it. The most efficient is blocking a standard IP or range of IP's at your router, so your computers never see the traffic.
VPN's and TOR are most easily blocked with software. The IP addresses of commonly used VPN services are available on various websites, and software exists that allows you to check the IP address of incoming traffic against those lists. That checking can be rather slow (unless you store the lists on your own computers, and then there's the problem of list maintenance, as VPN's are added and deleted all the time), and I suspect that is the reason for the relatively slow performance of the HB Forums while pulling up threads (I've had delays of 5 seconds & more).
TOR is an anonymizing network, but you still need to exit TOR before hitting HB; like VPN's, the IP addresses of TOR exit nodes are in various lists, which can be checked with software tools.
If you really must check in on HB, the easiest way is to attempt to access the site while traveling on a device such as a smartphone. Unless you are willing to block all IP's from all ISP's in a wide geographic area, which kind of defeats the purpose of a 'public' website, it's highly likely you'll get in at some point.
From my own point of view, the only thing I'm interested in over there are the reviews. And even then, it's mostly a passing interest - as far as I'm concerned, the reviews being conducted over at Part15.us are far more comprehensive (and far less biased).
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Post by End80 on Feb 13, 2017 20:36:51 GMT
Contemplating a passing thought; Perhaps his extreme methods stems from a force of habit, dealing with the mayhem associated to controlling the student body and their highjinx at high schools. I've noted that peoples position of employment and those responsibilities tend to carry over in their personal and social lives, and made evident by their actions and reactions in situations not actually related to it.
It's mostly noticed with military or civil servants, they can't help but to bring their work home, so to speak, because it has actually become a part of them, and not just their job. This can become annoying to those who have to deal with them from the outside.
I don't know, just a thought.
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