[tor-relays] BBC iPlayer blocked for UK middle relay operators?

[Paul Blakeman]

Hi all

Matthew’s advice is correct.
Switching to “modem only” DOES achieve getting a dynamic IP assigned.
Not too sure why the normal WAN connection is not like this… (even though assigned via DHCP)

Chris - I have “harassed” the BBC 3 times but had NOTHING back from them…

I’m going to ditch Virgin Media…

Paul


On 28 Jun 2014, at 15:46, Chris Whittleston <csw34 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:

> Paul,
> 
> I'm also with Virgin Media and have had a similar tech support conversation. I didn't mention I was running a Tor relay to them at the time (do you know anything about their policy regards Tor?), but they checked through all my 'Super Hub' settings including the port forwarding I have set up so I imagine they noticed. They couldn't explain it at all, and because it seems like a completely device agnostic issue (phones etc also don't work) - it is probably on the iPlayer provider's end. I also noticed that I was getting 'Forbidden' errors from the nhs.uk site a while ago and posted about it here - but right now I seem to be able to access everything there just fine so maybe they have reviewed their policy on Tor nodes.
> 
> Matthew - that's an interesting point about switching out the router MAC address. I'm not currently using a separate router, but might consider it in the future. I guess though that if this is the result of a provider blacklisting all Tor relay IPs, the new IP will just get added to the list as soon as it's published and it'll be blocked again. 
> 
> I think I'm going to continue to harass BBC support about this under I get a response other than 'have you tried turning your router off and on' or 'check your IP is registered in the UK with your ISP' - ugh...
> 
> Thanks for the info all
> 
> 
> On 28 June 2014 13:23, Paul Blakeman <blakeyman at mac.com> wrote:
> Chris
> 
> I have had several issues that appeared whilst running a Tor network.
> This has happened to me too even though I switched mine (relay) off several weeks ago…
> I have notified BBC (via supplied contact forms 3 times) and have had no resolve
> Other services affected have been nhs.uk & lovefilm.com although since switching my relay off these now work again.
> 
> My supplier is Virgin Media and I have spent *hours* on tech help support.
> Nobody can answer this.
> My dynamic WAN IP (assigned via DHCP) never changes and I’ve been told it "can’t & won’t ever change…”.
> It’s been the same IP address for years...
> Therefore if anybody wants to monitor or divert my traffic they can.
> 
> Who provides your service?
> 
> Thanks,
> Paul
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 28 Jun 2014, at 12:52, Chris Whittleston <csw34 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> > Is anyone else running a relay in the UK having issues accessing BBC iPlayer from the same connection? For the last 6 weeks or so now I've been getting messages telling me I'm 'outside the UK' when I'm in London, and my IP address clearly resolves to show that.
> >
> > Just wondering if the provider BBC use for iPlayer might have started just blocking all Tor IPs recently - including middle relays.
> >
> > Chris
> >
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