Mullvad blocks a certain website
from Dr_Vindaloo@lemmy.ml to privacy@lemmy.ml on 19 Oct 03:49
https://lemmy.ml/post/37738281

I just realized that RT (dot com) is inaccessible when Mullvad is enabled, even with all content blockers turned off. It says the DNS lookup failed. I tried from various countries too.

This post is not about endorsing or condemning any particular site, I just want to know if anyone knows whether there could be a technical reason for this? Or are we just banning sites we don’t like now?

Edit: Solved. RT is blocking some Mullvad nodes, not the other way around. Works with a random Albania server and I assume some others.

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PiraHxCx@lemmy.ml on 19 Oct 04:04 next collapse

You mean the VPN? Changing server doesn’t fix it?

ISOmorph@feddit.org on 19 Oct 04:24 collapse

I assume he’s talking about the DNS resolver within the app. Mullvad has a couple options: mullvad.net/en/…/dns-over-https-and-dns-over-tls

It works just fine for me btw, even when blocking ads and trackers

irmadlad@lemmy.world on 19 Oct 04:26 next collapse

I do not use Mullvad, however, I have had the same issue with sites, not rt(.com) in particular, but others. All I do is switch locales and usually the problem clears up. I haven’t figured out exactly why. A lot of VPN IPs have a tendency to be abused and so a certain website may have blacklisted your IP number of the VPN locale you were/are using. Could be some scenario such as this.

ki9@lemmy.gf4.pw on 19 Oct 04:56 next collapse

It’s because your vpn exit node was blocked by RT. You share IPs with other mullvad customers. Could be becaue someome was hacking or just hitting a rate limit. Try again later or use another exit node.

Jabril@hexbear.net on 19 Oct 06:17 next collapse

Did you try a different VPN? Many websites block VPNs from viewing their website, this is more likely the issue.

Edit: I have mullvad, RT works if you connect via Albania, I tried a few others and it didn’t work but there are probably other countries which work too

Dr_Vindaloo@lemmy.ml on 19 Oct 08:50 collapse

Yep, Albania works (3 other random countries I tried didn’t). I guess this is a block on the RT side, not Mullvad. Thanks.

Jabril@hexbear.net on 19 Oct 10:17 collapse

It could be each government’s regulation as well, perhaps they are blocking RT at the national level

xot@someone.elses.computer on 19 Oct 09:04 next collapse

@Dr_Vindaloo Mullvad did not. The website blocked Mullvad.

Sxan@piefed.zip on 19 Oct 13:23 collapse

Also, if you use Mullvad’s DNS servers, some level-1 DNS providers block Mullvad’s level-2 servers, which means you can’t even look up some sites. My solution was to use a web DNS lookup tool and add blocked resolves to my router’s dnsmasq table. It’s a shitty solution, but it works.