Business Geektimes comments on blocking IP addresses
Roskomnadzor continues to block the IP addresses used by Telegram, although the messenger in some cases continues to work without VPN. On April 22, a list of more than 90 blocked Google IPs was published on the Roskomsvoboda website, some of which are available to users in Russia with varying success. A total of ILV blocked about 18 million IP addresses, including the Amazon subnet . The chairman of the HRC, Mikhail Fedotov, has already advised Roskomnadzor to clarify exactly how to block Telegram without violating the rights of third parties.
While Roskomnadzor talks about Telegram degradation of 30%, and Pavel Durov writes about paying grants for the development of VPN and Proxy, Russian business is experiencing problems due to the rolling-off of IP addresses. Geektimes contacted representatives of the Russian services and asked how they coped with the difficulties.
On April 16, 2018, Roskomnadzor began blocking the Telegram messenger on the territory of the Russian Federation pursuant to a court decision . This led to an increase in the awareness of citizens of the country about ways to bypass blockages: even saleswomen in food stores help retirement-age customers set up proxies in Telegram so that they can use store bots. RuTracker's blocking led to similar results in 2016, a year after which the number of downloaded files did not change. ')
Due to fan block addresses, Russian companies are experiencing difficulty. Service Director Kupibilet Dmitry Sviridov told Geektimes about the problems caused by Telegram blocking. According to him, among the millions of blocked IP addresses there were subnets that both the company and its partners used, which made it impossible to conduct queries from Kupibilet’s servers to ticket booking systems. The problem was solved by raising the VPN. Services were unavailable to the client for two hours. “We suffer inconvenience, we try to respond as quickly as possible, but we treat what is happening with understanding,” said Dmitry.
The flower shop giveme.ru did not work for two days due to the blocking of Amazon’s IP addresses by Roskomnadzor. Pavel Gross Dnepnov, the founder of Domeny.ru, the spouse of the owner of the site giveme.ru, said that the turnover is 40 - 60 thousand rubles per day. He considers going to court to be meaningless, since the court, in his opinion, will side with Roskomnadzor.
Anatoly Vorontsov, a serial entrepreneur, founder of Ruvod.com , spoke about negotiations with Roskomvoboda on legal support. He noted that he could not leave a complaint on the Roskomnadzor website due to the inoperability when filling out the questionnaire.
Samsung spoke about the problems of users when connecting to Samsung Smart Hub: “The company's specialists are informed about this incident and are actively investigating the causes of the incident. Samsung apologizes to users for the inconvenience and will make every effort to solve the problem soon. ”
Meanwhile, Mikhail Fedotov, chairman of the Russian Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights, asked Roskomnadzor to ask the court how to execute the decision to block the messenger without violating the rights of others: “If the court finds it difficult, the court may The Constitutional Court on the verification of the constitutionality of a federal law, on the basis of which the court made its decision. ” In an interview with RBC, Fedotov noted that a reasonable judge would not make an impracticable decision, and could subsequently clarify the decision or suspend its implementation.
Pavel Durov in his Instagram told his favorite film - "300 Spartans": "The history of 300 Spartans who fight to protect the freedom of their fellow citizens will always inspire people through the millennia."
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