Re: [tor-relays] BBC and UK Lottery blocking ip addresses running Tor

[Dan Hanley <hanley.dan@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Matt

I was in the unusual position where www.bbc.co.uk decided I was not UK resident (I am) and redirected me to www.bbc.com - where none of the links worked for me as that site decided I was UK resident.

The BBC did make it clear that they understand Tor relays should not be an issue for them, but that they consider exits to violate their terms of service. It would seem they have stopped discriminating against relays, I doubt they'll ever be exit friendly :-(

Dan

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From:ÂMatt Puckey <matt@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Date:ÂSat, 25 Oct 2014 18:19:21 +0000
Subject:ÂRe: [tor-relays] BBC and UK Lottery blocking ip addresses running Tor
Dan Hanley:
> Looks like the BBC have changed their rules. I am still running a relay,
> but can now access www.bbc.co.uk in a normal fashion.
>
> Still blocked by national lottery, but I'm hopeful that they both use the
> same third party ip checker, and that the next lottery update will fix the
> issue.

Progress!

I cried a little inside when I read, "We have asked our provider to give
us a way of differentiating Tor exit nodes from non-exit relays, to
allow us to block exit nodes only."

Ugh.

Did you have trouble reaching www.bbc.co.uk as well as iPlayer? That
would be strange. I haven't seen them block Tor relays & exits simply
getting to www.bbc.co.uk.

--Matt

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