[126185] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Thailand Internet firewall?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Bush)
Wed May 5 05:25:49 2010
Date: Wed, 05 May 2010 11:25:06 +0200
From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
To: Drew Weaver <drew.weaver@thenap.com>
In-Reply-To: <F3318834F1F89D46857972DD4B411D70018FD0CA52@EXCHANGE.thenap.com>
Cc: "'nanog@nanog.org'" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> Is anyone aware whether or not Thailand has a centralized firewall on
> Internet access?
think of it as more like a monopoly telco with ties to the government
> We've had reports from several folks in Thailand that they are unable
> to get to some IP addresses in our network (this problem is
> reproducible on the traceroute.org Thailand sites as well).
yes, sites are being blocked.
> It seems to only be from Thailand, and only certain IPs on our network
yes, it is by specific ip addresses
> Does anyone know how to contact whoever is responsible for this
> firewall system to find out at the very least why this block is in
> place?
read your newspaper
randy