[aklug] Re: Alaska peering

On Tue, 8 Jun 2010, Bruce Hill wrote:

> The tunnel is from China to Virginia. Then the traffic from Virginia must
> validate (or whatever the word) the java and flash back on the originating
> box (which is in China). Google then rejects the request from China. If
> one does not use java and flash (from anywhere), you don't get the YouTube
> from Google.
>
> Apologies if I'm not explaining this correctly. I know what happens, even
> if I don't use the correct terminology. With a VPN on the same server in
> Virginia, the YouTubes can be viewed in China.
>
> www.cotse.net is the service in Virginia

FYI: some proxies may report the originating client IP address as an HTTP
header. X-Forwarded-For is one such header that can be used for this.

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Received on Tue Jun 8 14:40:40 2010