sky blocking websites

[barrabbas 0]

since yesterday sky has started blocking some sites. demonoid for example. i thought a vpn was supposed to get around this?

im in the uk. everything was fine before?

 

can anyone help?

 

thank you.

[Zaroad 26]

Hi, what error did you get?

It could be that somehow you are still using Sky's DNS servers. Test it out on ipleak.net on the DNS Adress detection.

[OpenSourcerer 1410]

Your post doesn't make much sense.

If you are connected to a VPN like AirVPN, your traffic is rerouted through the server you are connected to. Sky has nothing to do with it. If you wanted to say that you cannot access Sky while being connected, it's most probably Sky themselves blocking the server's IP. Happens quite often with many other websites and services, the reasons are not always clear.

[barrabbas 0]

when i click on torrent search for demonoid browser page changes to...

 

Access Blocked

Sorry, the web site www.demonoid.ph is not available through Sky.

Sky has been ordered by the High Court to block access to this website.

... when using chrome browser and...

Secure Connection Failed

The connection to www.demonoid.pw was interrupted while the page was loading.

    The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified.
    Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem.

Learn more…

Report errors like this to help Mozilla identify and block malicious s

when using firefox browser

[zhang888 1066]

What DNS servers are you using? You have to set them to Air's (10.4.0.1) in order to avoid this block.

[barrabbas 0]

i followed the advice of zaroad (thank you) and went to ipleak.net which said i had a WebRTC leak. followed their instructions on how to fix it for both firefox and chrome. now the sky warning page has been replaced with a

This site can’t be reached

www.demonoid.pw unexpectedly closed the connection.

ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSED

page.

under the stats tab on airvpn it reads vpn dns 10.4.0.1

thank you.

[SumRndmDude 22]

Ok, but on IPleak, what DNS server does it say you're using? It should match the IP address of the server you're connecting to. Also, run the DNS checker here and see how many servers it gives you. That will help to figure out if and possibly where you're leaking DNS requests, which is exactly what this sounds like.

[barrabbas 0]

ipeak is giving dns server as

Netherlands 

Global Layer B.V. - AirVPN Server (Exit)

 

i tried the dns checker link you posted sumrndmdude but just got a No nameservers were found message. the same result after i turned off ublock/abp blocker add ons.

thank you

 

[Khariz 109]

As you can see here, every airvpn server can successfully route to demonoid.pw:  https://airvpn.org/routes/?q=www.demonoid.pw

 

So it's definitely something on your end.  "ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSED" is a different issue than your basic DNS lookup.  

 

Two questions to help with troubleshooting:

 

1.  Are you using Google Chrome as your web browser?

 

2.  Are you attempting to connect to the HTTPS version of demonoid.pw?  Usually this only happens with botched SSL connections.  Obviously you want to use HTTPS though.  

 

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[barrabbas 0]

thank you for replying khariz.

 

firefox is my main browser. i use chrome as a backup.

 

yes the demonoid web address starts https://www

 

ive just tried using ie browser and got the sky blocked page with the message-

 

Access Blocked

Sorry, the web site www.demonoid.pw is not available through Sky.

Sky has been ordered by the High Court to block access to this website.

[Khariz 109]

Okay, well, if you seeing anything about Sky at all, you don't have AirVPN configured correctly.

 

You need to make sure you do these three things:

 

1. Turn of any location services your device or browser may be using.

 

2. Plug that WebRTC leak.

 

3. Plug any DNS leaks.

 

You had made progress when your error was ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSED but now you appear back to square one.

 

For location services:

In the URL bar, type about:config

Type geo.enabled

Double click on the geo.enabled preference

Location-Aware Browsing is now disabled

 

For WebRTC, make sure you do this:

Enter "about:config" in the address bar and press enter

Press the button "I'll be careful, I promise!"

Type in "media.peerconnection.enabled" in the search bar (there should be only one entry)

Right-click the entry choose "Toggle", the column "Value" should now be "false"

 

For DNS leak protection, you need to either make sure the DNS options of eddie are enabled, use network lock, and ensure that the TAP adapter's DNS server is set to 10.4.0.1.

[barrabbas 0]

thank you khariz for that helpful response.

when i activated the network lock i was able to get on the demonoid website again.

have never had to use the lock before. i wonder what changed?

 

many thanks for the help everyone

[zhang888 1066]

You have your traffic/DNS going outside of the tunnel for some reason.

Try the standard troubleshooting, such as Khariz mentioned before, as well as disabling IPv6.