Hi Tim, Thanks for this info. Many of us in town may end up
scrambling to do this... I'm wondering if there could be some kind of
short mini-workshop to talk folks thru setting up a VPN ; and wonder
if all devices used (say computer plus phone or ipad work all work
seamlessly with a vpn. Or is there a utube you could recommend ?
On Thursday 22/11/2018 at 11:58 am, Tim Gwinn wrote:
FYI -
One temporary workaround is to use a VPN (virtual private network) app on your device, which will create an encrypted "tunnel" connection between your device and a VPN server (which is not in the WBS IP range) somewhere else on the internet. In short, it gives your device an entirely non-WBS IP address on the internet, so that services that block or challenge you based on your IP address will see this non-WBS IP address and thus not block nor pester you with challenges.
There are many VPN services like this out there. Some are free, most have a monthly fee. I happen to use proXPN, which is around $7/mo. It supports Windows, Mac, Android.
https://secure.proxpn.com/index.php
Here is a very recent review comparison of VPNs by PC Mag:
https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2403388,00.asp
These apps run in the background of your device, so once it is set up and enabled, its transparent, and doesn't interfere with your normal activity. Issues that can occur are some restricted bandwidth (but generally, WBS bandwidth is the limiting facotr), and some services like Netflix may or may not allow connection over a VPN, since VPNs are sometimes used to get around region/country specific pricing or availability, and so services like Netflix may be wary of customers signing in via VPNs.
Regards,
Tim Gwinn
On Wed, Nov 21, 2018, at 10:42 PM, Mari Rovang wrote:
Jim,
We are having the same I’m not a robot phenomenon any time we try to access a website, or even use the online dictionary. Says it’s detecting unqualified activity. Doesn’t happen in other locations. Also, the photos are hazy and hard to interpret.
Mari
On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 7:34 PM Jim McRae <jimmcraejim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Yes Rick. I also don't know what my "credentials" are. Sorry to be so dense. I'm sure it's obvious to a whole lot of folks.
Also, several news locations ask me to confirm that I'm not a robot. That has come up so frequently lately that I don't trust anyone enough to click anything on command. What do folks know about that happening now. Any manipulative requests around this?
On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 5:21 PM David Young <coordinator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Warwick Broadband have an IP blacklist problem. We almost cured it last month and now it is very much back. We need everyone to change their email credentials and run antivirus protection.
We believe the blacklisting is caused by SPAM being sent from one or more subscriber computers. But, it may be IP spoofing, using our customer’s email credentials from a remote site. Fixing this requires running antivirus software on your computers and keeping the protection current.
If this is happening remotely (meaning: not on our network) the fix is for folks to change their email passwords. That way a remote server can’t successfully pretend to be one of us.
Studying this today added another element to ponder: are websites blocking our IPs because they see too many connections coming from it?
Options we are considering include implementation of carrier class network address translation where customers are assigned to a unique port range which means we can track down offenders with some snooping; using public IP4 addresses; or implementing public IP6 with support IP4). The advantage of the public IP address use will be that only the “offender” will be impacted by blacklisting.
David Young
Administrative Coordinator
Town of Warwick
978-729-3224 (mobile)
978-544-6315 (Selectboard office)
413-676-9544 (Broadband service)
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My incoming email has been blocked since October 27. Don’t know why. Trying to fix it.
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