Tech question

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If your provider ban a particular site denying you to reach it, can you reach the site if you use a proxy server? ( using the same provider ).

Thanks.

[Bill Dozer]

Good question. I know if the site is blocking your IP, the proxy will let you in but not sure if the ISP can see what you are doing.

I was wondering the same thing. If Italians are looking at the net through AOL's browser (different IP), will they have the same abilities as the AOL users in rest of the world?

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Good question. I know if the site is blocking your IP, the proxy will let you in but not sure if the ISP can see what you are doing.

I was wondering the same thing. If Italians are looking at the net through AOL's browser (different IP), will they have the same abilities as the AOL users in rest of the world?

Hey Bill,

A couple of guys at other forums just told me that it is possibile ...


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Originally Posted by sinnedsoul
yes.. the proxy would just have to be outside the network with the restrictions (offshore, canada, etc).. i use an identical technique at the office so that all internet traffic off my laptop goes over an encrypted socket to another server, where traffic is proxied out (web, msn, email, etc).



Very good news. Here is the problem ...

Effective February 24th Midnight all Italian Internet Service Providers will be subject to significant fines and arrest if they will fail to comply with article 1, chapters 535, 536, 537 and 538 of the new Financial Law of 2006. The new rule obliges all ISPs to block Italian internet users to access all the domains listed by the Italian Legislator (read list here). This is not the first time a European Country obliges ISPs to block access to online gaming sites. The Netherlands ruled something similar 3 years ago. While it is impossible to determine whether the new law will be applied to the letter, this drastic measure represents the fiercest attack ever brought to online gaming.
Insiders and observes tend to believe that the Italian Government is ready to begin selling licenses to authorized operators. Industry operators also believe that the new rule sets the grounds for the Italian government to raise funds through issuance of online gaming licenses. Some operators confide having had their "geeks" work on solutions and workarounds to enable their Italian customers to continue to access their gaming portals.


I asked a couple of techs here in ITA, one told me that is possibile, another was not sure. Also they both told me that a proxy lower your connection speed.

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