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Re: Tell HN: Russia has started blocking OpenVPN/WireGuard connections

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Post by lobocinza »

shebnik wrote: post #187

What is interesting is that since 2022 a lot of sites and host services decided to ban access from Russia. Quite often to a very simple things - nothing related to technology. And I don't remember anybody outside Russia found it crazy. (I am too lazy for VPN and accessed through web.archive.org to the most of the stuff). So, when Russia closes some access it is an attack on the freedom. And when West blocks access fr…

> What is interesting is that since 2022 a lot of sites and host services decided to ban access from Russia.

Same from Brazil though probably way less. I blame Cloudflare, overzealous sysadmins and paranoid Wordpress security plugins.

Re: Tell HN: Russia has started blocking OpenVPN/WireGuard connections

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Post by Georgelemental »

d3vmax wrote: post #248
Georgelemental wrote: post #215

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Still, living conditions of people north of Kyiv, north of Kharkiv, or in Kherson is dramatically better than GP’s situation. They are also dramatically better in Moscow, St. Petersburg, or Vladivostok. Of course being far from the front lines is better than being near them. > GP can’t even freely talk to English-speaking stranger People in Ukrainian-controlled territory can't talk freely either, there have been ma…

Gonzalo Lira was Pro-Russia supporter during war time. See the way he spoke about women and what his real intentions were. More about the real Gonzalo, who was a paid russian shill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nyvrMYGEz4

It doesn't matter whether you, I, or the Ukrainian state agree with his views, he has a fundamental human right to express them.

Re: Tell HN: Russia has started blocking OpenVPN/WireGuard connections

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Post by jacquesm »

timka wrote: post #239
genman wrote: post #167

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was so hopeful in the beginning of 90s. There was sense of harmony all over the Northern hemisphere. But then Russia started to quickly become more and more aggressive, yes, first in the rhetoric, but then Putin came and the shit became real. Now I understand that the Russian society first had a kind of agreement with him - they don't mind the politics and Putin doesn't mind them. It looks like it has played out we…

I was a teenager during the 90s in Moscow and share none of your sentiment. Yes, we lost the Cold War. NATO won. Understood. We got child prostitution, heroine epidemics, kids inhaling acetone vapors from glue to get hi in basements, together with so called 'democracy'. Also lost significant part of science and industry, free education and health care. Something's terribly missing from you "harmony". Sorry, but this…

That's mostly because it never was a true democracy but something closer to a kleptocracy.

Poland went through roughly the same process but came out much better simply because the Polish people weren't the aggressor, Russia was. And that's why they felt liberated and motivated to make a change. But Russia wasn't liberated, it's just that you exchanged one batch of fat cats for another. Democracy had nothing to do with it, that's just a tool in the box.

Re: Tell HN: Russia has started blocking OpenVPN/WireGuard connections

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Post by jmnicolas »

cromka wrote: post #186
jmnicolas wrote: post #157

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Why do you host your VPN in "hostile" countries? Wouldn't it be better to host in Asia (Viet-Nam comes to mind) or Central / South America (Nicaragua etc)? Latency might suck but it would be better than no access.

Chances that “the baddies” have an informal Five Eyes alike agreement are pretty high, I’d say.

Better than a NATO country though.

As a French citizen I wouldn't host anything in Russia, not from a moral standpoint but because we're at war (it's a "soft" war for now, but who knows how it will evolve).

Re: Tell HN: Russia has started blocking OpenVPN/WireGuard connections

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Post by koonsolo »

Lendal wrote: post #210
askonomm wrote: post #161

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It's called sarcasm.

The circumstances suggest that it's probably just a simple error and not sarcasm. Not everyone in the world really loves sarcasm so much. People who use it frequently are usually trying to mask a poor imagination and small vocabulary. So I prefer to believe it's just a simple mistake. No big deal.

Sure, living under an autocratic invasion and having your internet access tightened is very "fortunate".

Ah sorry, maybe I should clarify: the above is sarcasm.

Re: Tell HN: Russia has started blocking OpenVPN/WireGuard connections

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Post by [deleted] »

koonsolo wrote: post #255
Lendal wrote: post #210

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The circumstances suggest that it's probably just a simple error and not sarcasm. Not everyone in the world really loves sarcasm so much. People who use it frequently are usually trying to mask a poor imagination and small vocabulary. So I prefer to believe it's just a simple mistake. No big deal.

Sure, living under an autocratic invasion and having your internet access tightened is very "fortunate". Ah sorry, maybe I should clarify: the above is sarcasm.

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Re: Tell HN: Russia has started blocking OpenVPN/WireGuard connections

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Post by tryauuum »

khzw8yyy wrote: post #192
shebnik wrote: post #187

What is interesting is that since 2022 a lot of sites and host services decided to ban access from Russia. Quite often to a very simple things - nothing related to technology. And I don't remember anybody outside Russia found it crazy. (I am too lazy for VPN and accessed through web.archive.org to the most of the stuff). So, when Russia closes some access it is an attack on the freedom. And when West blocks access fr…

"That's different" (tm) We are supposed to go overthrow Putin to get LinkedIn and Spotify back (or something).

LinkedIn is kind of a bad example, it was blocked by roskomnadzor

Re: Tell HN: Russia has started blocking OpenVPN/WireGuard connections

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Post by timka »

jacquesm wrote: post #253
timka wrote: post #239

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was a teenager during the 90s in Moscow and share none of your sentiment. Yes, we lost the Cold War. NATO won. Understood. We got child prostitution, heroine epidemics, kids inhaling acetone vapors from glue to get hi in basements, together with so called 'democracy'. Also lost significant part of science and industry, free education and health care. Something's terribly missing from you "harmony". Sorry, but this…

That's mostly because it never was a true democracy but something closer to a kleptocracy. Poland went through roughly the same process but came out much better simply because the Polish people weren't the aggressor, Russia was. And that's why they felt liberated and motivated to make a change. But Russia wasn't liberated, it's just that you exchanged one batch of fat cats for another. Democracy had nothing to do wit…

I'm familiar with this point of view. I think maybe a third of Polish people share it, another third don't give a damn about Russians, yet another third think that it's vital for Poland to have healthy relationship w/ Russia. Even fore purely economical pragmatic reasons.

After the destruction of the USSR Poland became sort of a showcase. As a limitrof sitting in between Russia and Europe Poland can't afford always being pro-European or pro-Russian. It's being pro-Polish which means finding the right balance at the moment. Simply put, as long as Bruxelles has resources to support Poland Poland stays pro-European.

Seems like this year may be quite interesting in this regard.

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