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Ask HN: What to do when CloudFlare is on an Adult block list

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Re: Ask HN: What to do when CloudFlare is on an Adult block list

#11
You can get the client to disable this via the My Sky page here: https://secure.sky.com/mysky-homepage/indexb

This is opt-in so they clicked a button somewhere when Sky asked them if they wanted adult content blocking.

If anyone opts in to blocking; it's their funeral. It doesn't work. Sky's blocking even kills ThinkPad wiki.

Re: Ask HN: What to do when CloudFlare is on an Adult block list

#12

Collateral damage from David Cameron putting pressure on ISPs to block inappropriate content.

Actually this is likely Sky's opt-in adult content filtering. It really isn't mandatory.

Any content blocking is prone to false positives and people will learn that eventually.

Re: Ask HN: What to do when CloudFlare is on an Adult block list

#13

You can get the client to disable this via the My Sky page here: https://secure.sky.com/mysky-homepage/indexb This is opt-in so they clicked a button somewhere when Sky asked them if they wanted adult content blocking. If anyone opts in to blocking; it's their funeral. It doesn't work. Sky's blocking even kills ThinkPad wiki.

It seems that for the three people I have contacted, they have no recollection of being opted in to this adult blocking service

Re: Ask HN: What to do when CloudFlare is on an Adult block list

#14

You can get the client to disable this via the My Sky page here: https://secure.sky.com/mysky-homepage/indexb This is opt-in so they clicked a button somewhere when Sky asked them if they wanted adult content blocking. If anyone opts in to blocking; it's their funeral. It doesn't work. Sky's blocking even kills ThinkPad wiki.

It seems that for the three people I have contacted, they have no recollection of being opted in to this adult blocking service

It asks you when you first connect the router. I suspect most people you have contacted are likely to have subconciously (or thoughtlessly) opted in.

If you let me know the URL, I can test from here as I'm on the end of a Sky connection without the opt in blocking so that would confirm if it is that or not.

Re: Ask HN: What to do when CloudFlare is on an Adult block list

#15

You can get the client to disable this via the My Sky page here: https://secure.sky.com/mysky-homepage/indexb This is opt-in so they clicked a button somewhere when Sky asked them if they wanted adult content blocking. If anyone opts in to blocking; it's their funeral. It doesn't work. Sky's blocking even kills ThinkPad wiki.

It seems that for the three people I have contacted, they have no recollection of being opted in to this adult blocking service

If you have an engineer set up the router, they may just click though the screen as part of the set up, or bypass the traditional set up to save time.

Re: Ask HN: What to do when CloudFlare is on an Adult block list

#16

You can get the client to disable this via the My Sky page here: https://secure.sky.com/mysky-homepage/indexb This is opt-in so they clicked a button somewhere when Sky asked them if they wanted adult content blocking. If anyone opts in to blocking; it's their funeral. It doesn't work. Sky's blocking even kills ThinkPad wiki.

Sky announced a couple of weeks ago that they intended to turn on their filtering by default. Maybe that's now happened.

Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30896813

Re: Ask HN: What to do when CloudFlare is on an Adult block list

#17

You can get the client to disable this via the My Sky page here: https://secure.sky.com/mysky-homepage/indexb This is opt-in so they clicked a button somewhere when Sky asked them if they wanted adult content blocking. If anyone opts in to blocking; it's their funeral. It doesn't work. Sky's blocking even kills ThinkPad wiki.

It seems that for the three people I have contacted, they have no recollection of being opted in to this adult blocking service

Probably because the government told ISPs that opt-in should be the default.

Re: Ask HN: What to do when CloudFlare is on an Adult block list

#18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It seems that for the three people I have contacted, they have no recollection of being opted in to this adult blocking service

It asks you when you first connect the router. I suspect most people you have contacted are likely to have subconciously (or thoughtlessly) opted in. If you let me know the URL, I can test from here as I'm on the end of a Sky connection without the opt in blocking so that would confirm if it is that or not.

I can't let you know the URL, but http://medfirstalert.com/ is one of the other seemingly okay domains on this IP

Re: Ask HN: What to do when CloudFlare is on an Adult block list

#19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It asks you when you first connect the router. I suspect most people you have contacted are likely to have subconciously (or thoughtlessly) opted in. If you let me know the URL, I can test from here as I'm on the end of a Sky connection without the opt in blocking so that would confirm if it is that or not.

I can't let you know the URL, but http://medfirstalert.com/ is one of the other seemingly okay domains on this IP

That's fair.

The domain above resolves fine with and without the block: http://i.imgur.com/AIqtrxF.png

DNS cache was flushed between each hit.

Re: Ask HN: What to do when CloudFlare is on an Adult block list

#20
Shared SSL certificates from CloudFlare are also loaded with porn sites. For https://www.binarysludge.com

SANs: sni29282.cloudflaressl.com, .askporno.com, .binarysludge.com, .dzej.eu, .grem.eu, .hmtransportation.com, .joowaal.com, .kuwaitinfo.info, .le-foie-gras.eu, .mnmjewellery.com, .mobxnxx.com, .philippines2050.com, .pornfax.com, .pornhideaway.com, .pornmovies101.com, .shokweb.com, .tennistemptation.lt, .tennistt.lt, .the-porn-videos.com, .timenewroman.com, .tutoringunlimited.com, askporno.com, binarysludge.com, dzej.eu, grem.eu, hmtransportation.com, joowaal.com, kuwaitinfo.info, le-foie-gras.eu, mnmjewellery.com, mobxnxx.com, philippines2050.com, pornfax.com, pornhideaway.com, pornmovies101.com, shokweb.com, tennistemptation.lt, tennistt.lt, the-porn-videos.com, timenewroman.com, tutoringunlimited.com

https://www.sslshopper.com/ssl-checker.html#hostname=https:/...

Time to finally get that StartSSL cert I've been talking about...

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