Blacklists and inaccessible URLs

[Matthew Carpenter]

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Define "locally"  Is that the same building, city, or country?
Websites don't do "blacklists" per se.  They can be firewalled, however.
More than likely, "local" issues are due to routing and ip
address/netmask issues.  Try to find the commonality among the working
machines that allows them to connect.  Once you have figured out some of
their similarities (please don't say "IE version 6.0.2341"), contact the
webmaster.

To be suspected of hacking is not the worst thing in the world.
webmasters must deal with that suspicion while keeping their sites
accessible.

Chong Yu Meng wrote:
| Hi All,
|
| I've got a rather strange problem for which I need to provide some
| proof. There is a particular website that is inaccessible to all but a
| few people locally, but anyone who tries to connect to it from an
| overseas location is able to see it.
|
| I believe that either :
| 1. the web administrator has a blacklist of IP addresses that drops
| connections from everyone except a few authorized people
| 2. the firewall is configured to accept connections from only a few
| authorized hosts.
|
| Short of calling the web administrator (who may not entertain my
| enquiries or may report me as a suspected hacker), is there a way for me
| to find out, or prove that this is the case?
|
| Thanks in advance!
|
| --
| ~ --------------------------------------
| ~ Pascal Chong
|
| ~ Visit me at : http://cymulacrum.net
|
| ~ He asked me if I knew what time it was -- I said yes, but not right now.
| ~                -- Steven Wright
|
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