Information about the blocking of websites by Roskomnadzor has long ceased to be out of the ordinary. When employees of this department discover resources with content of a truly extremist nature or propagating pedophilia and other similar heresy, news feeds trumpet about it. But the much more voluminous side of the matter, when ordinary users become victims, can be found only in the blogosphere or on the sites of the relevant Internet communities. Their representatives and participants are de facto guilty without guilt, and de jure - in the eyes of the supervisory authority - are almost the main distributors of destructive ideas and pillars of the porn industry.
Experience shows that in this case it is not necessary to appeal to the objectivity of the chief domestic overseer of legality in the network. He has one comb for all. And if you have already fallen into the distribution or want to avoid it, this article is for you. Why and how sites are blocked, how the created restrictions are circumvented - we will try to objectively answer these and other questions.
Grounds for blocking
The Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media can roll your resource into a cake for a huge list of reasons. Just a hint of their presence is enough. Moreover, she is not alone in her activities. The Prosecutor General's Office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Rospotrebnadzor, the Federal Tax Service, and even district prosecutors and courts of general jurisdiction successfully “bring shells” to the execution of a particular site. Here we can also single out a completely separate category - "woodpeckers" -competitors or simply disgruntled users who can stupidly and sometimes unreasonably trick you into Roskomnadzor. The result will be the same - blocking... but back to the question of its justification... Even following the list listed above, the corresponding stop list is easily determined:
- Extremist materials or calls, including invitations to unauthorized rallies and other public events.
- Pornography in all its forms, especially for children, intimate services.
- Promotion of drugs, methods of their manufacture, purchase, use, etc.
- Provoking suicide, a description of its methods.
- The widest range of pirated products (movies, music, books, etc.).
- Dissemination of knowingly defamatory information.
- Use of offensive language on the resource.
- Illegal commerce: attempts to sell cigarettes, alcoholic beverages, medicines, diplomas, certificates, forms, certificates, etc.
Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that one "fine" day you may suddenly find that your site is blocked. Without warning! And this is only due to the fact that you decided to meet with your former classmates at the monument to Pushkin and placed an ad on your page. In the same Prosecutor General's Office, at the request of which Roskomnadzor conducts instant blocking, in such an ad may be seen as a call for an unauthorized mass event. And it's not a fact that the Prosecutor General's Office will be the initiator. It may be the same “woodpecker” -competitor who will prepare his statement in thick colors and with scary pictures. By the way, in this unattractive perspective, from the submission of all the same competitors, the harmless and humorous post "Author, kill yourself with a run!" Can be regarded. Isn't it forced to commit suicide? Absurd, you say, and we will agree with you, but still we will give each site owner a recommendation-aphorism from Kozma Prutkov - "Bdi!"
Technical blockade methods from Roskomnadzor
It all starts with filing a lawsuit. The corresponding "cart" with the requirement to limit the possibilities of this or that resource by virtue of the materials posted on it comes from one of the above departments or "interested" users. The court considers the application and, in the event of a positive verdict, Roskomnadzor notifies the hosting provider of the need to eliminate illegal content. The provider accordingly addresses the owner of the site and, if the content continues to hang at the end of the allotted period, then the resource is blocked. Today there are two methods of blocking:
- Block access to the domain.
- Disable IP the address of the server hosting the resource.
The second option is used less and less, since this practice is quite pernicious and in fact limits the rights of other users who have nothing to do with breaking the law. In this case, their fault lies only in the fact that their domains are located on the sameIP- address as the site of the offender, which means it is also blocked. And there can be up to 1000 such domains! Such an accidental obstruction was, for example, in 2013 the domain of the Yandex company, and a year later -Gazeta. ru. As it turned out, they just ended up in bad company.
The first option is more popular today. Roskomnadzor has established interaction with the largest domestic hosting and Internet providerswho actively cooperate with Roskomnadzor and promptly block access to prohibited sites.
How to find out why the site was blocked?
This is easy to do. If you have patience. First of all, send your virtual stops to the registry of banned domain names - blocklist.rkn.gov.ru. Here it is enough to enter the address of the resource, after which you will immediately be given the date and reason for blocking. But prepare yourself for a lengthy answer, which will only contain information about how many pages with illegal information were found on your site.
Where to write if blocked by Roskomnadzor
The fact is that they will not immediately provide you with data about what specific information is being discussed and on which of the pages it is posted. You will receive this information by sending an appropriate letter toThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ... The answer will take about a week. After reviewing it, as well as removing suspicious content, send a notification to the same address, and in a couple of days you are at work and outside the register of prohibited sites!
Feedback is also provided on the Roskomnadzor resource. True, the scheme is somewhat veiled here. Going to the site rkn.gov.ru, you will not find the link you need. To do this, you need to click on the "Main page", which will transfer to rkn.gov.ru/news/rsoc/ and only here you can find the link "Generate an appeal", by clicking on which you will finally see the form to fill out.
What to write in case of blocking? (example letter)
Hello.
The page of my site http://site.ru was entered in the register of prohibited sites. I inform you that I have eliminated the reason for entering the site into the register, all links to prohibited sites (poker rooms, casinos and bookmakers) have been removed. In this regard, I ask you to remove the page http://site.ru from this register.
Yours faithfully,
Ivanov Ivan Ivanovich.
How do website owners get around blocking?
It is said that there is no reception against a scrap if there is no other scrap. So the site owners have replenished the arsenal of confronting Roskomnadzor with several tools popular in the virtual world. The latter, although they are not in the full sense an analogue of scrap, are no less effective. Let's consider some of them - those that have been adopted by the owners of gambling sites.
Fun blocking
Roskomnadzor sometimes finds itself in curious situations. There have been such things. In their unbridled zeal to prohibit anything and everything, which sometimes resembles almost blind fanaticism, Roskomnadzor's "experts" last year entered the IP-address on which the domain of the supervisory agency itself was located in the banned register. Thus, the guys disconnected themselves from the Internet.
The Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media was driven into a similar situation by its “masters” even when they “declared war” on the software manufacturer Comodo Group, whose services the department actively used. Another trip to yourself! Moreover, Comodo Internet Security has been used by many government departments and other organizations, not to mention private users.
Another interesting incident occurred when Roskomnadzor blocked the sites YouPorn and PornHub. The unlocking conditions are the same - the elimination of illegal content. True, the department did not clarify anything, as there was no specifics in the corresponding court decision. In response, PornHub made Roskomnadzor an offer to provide a premium account in exchange for unblocking.
The data and facts presented in our review speaks for one thing. Nobody disputes the fact that it is necessary to fight against grudge and terrorism not only in reality, but also in the Internet space. However, this should be done a little more deliberately, and the principles and methods of work should not always be developed according to a single template. We are not talking about selectivity, but rather about the correct definition of goals and means to achieve them. Until a coherent and objective strategy for the work of Roskomnadzor is built on the Internet, an increasing number of ordinary Russians will fall under the roller of involuntary repression, for whom the World Wide Web has become not so much a space of entertainment as a platform for work and earnings.
Telecom operators block not only websites prohibited in Russia, but also completely legal resources of banks and retailers, Roskomnadzor found out. Experts note that companies are thus insured against penalties
Photo: Markku Ulander / Lehtikuva / TASS
Roskomnadzor discovered cases of excessive blocking of sites on the Internet by telecom operators in various regions of Russia. This is stated in letters sent at the end of January to operators of Roskomnadzor departments in the Tyumen region, Khanty-Mansi and Yamalo-Nenets autonomous districts, as well as the Murmansk region. Copies of the documents are at the disposal of RBC, their authenticity was confirmed by employees of two regional Internet providers.
According to the documents, during a random check, Roskomnadzor discovered that the official websites of the M.Video retailer, Alfa Bank and the Pandora jewelry store did not open on the network of one of the telecom operators, although these resources were not included in the Unified Register of Prohibited Information and were blocked shouldn't have. In this regard, the Main Radio Frequency Center, subordinate to Roskomnadzor, conducts an unscheduled check of operators in order to find out which companies excessively block resources on the Internet, according to the letters of Roskomnadzor.
A spokesman for the Roskomnadzor press service confirmed that the agency periodically sends such letters "as part of preventive work" to draw operators' attention to the need for correct work with registers of prohibited information, and also conducts "preventive explanatory conversations." Cases of unauthorized blocking, he said, were identified in a number of regions of the country, including complaints from site administrators.
Revision of the "Inspector"
A unified register of prohibited information, which includes sites with child pornography, propaganda of extremism, drug use, suicide and other illegal content, has been maintained in Russia since November 2012. When a site with such information is found, Roskomnadzor determines the hosting provider that has this resource and sends it a notification about the need to remove illegal content. If the owner of the site or the hosting provider does not delete the information within three days, the site is entered by the department into the register, after which telecom operators must restrict users' access to it within 24 hours.
At the moment, there are more than 100 thousand entries in the Unified Register of Prohibited Information.
Since December 2015, Roskomnadzor began to require telecom operators to implement the "Inspector" system - a software and hardware complex that automatically checks whether the operator blocks sites from the register of prohibited information. According to Art. 13.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, the fine for legal entities for failure to fulfill the obligation to block prohibited sites is up to 100 thousand rubles. According to RBC, from June 2016, when the first court decision was made in the case of violation of the blocking rules by the operator, to August 2017 inclusive, 836 court decisions were made in such cases. Almost half of the courts ended with the issuance of warnings for the operators, 28% of cases - with fines, in the rest of the cases the claims were rejected on formal grounds.
As follows from the latest letters from Roskomnadzor, it was the “Inspector” system that helped to identify excessive blocking of sites not included in the register. At the same time, according to the documents, some telecom operators "deliberately interfere with the regular operation" of the system.
For a free Runet
Operators sometimes do excessive blocking of resources on the Internet. “To prevent the risks of receiving fines from Roskomnadzor, some operators create systems that knowingly process or even completely block entire blocks of IP addresses, and not a specific address from the register. This is due to the fact that the sites included in the registry often change their IP address in order to avoid blocking, ”says Philip Kulin, CEO of Diphost.
He also notes that if a site is removed from the register of prohibited information, its unblocking in operators' networks may be delayed. In addition, according to Kulin, the problem of the so-called DNS attack has not been resolved - in the course of it, an attacker who has gained access to managing a domain entered in the register of prohibited information can assign him any IP address and ultimately block any website in this way. In June 2017, due to the massive exploitation of this vulnerability, users for some time had problems accessing the websites of the largest Russian banks. In addition, according to Philip Kulin, some operators, in order not to receive a fine, make a special separate segment of the network with stricter filtering, where they install the Auditor system, which allows them to create the appearance of fulfilling the requirements of the regulator.
A representative of the Komkor company (part of the Akado group) said that although the company did not receive notifications from Roskomnadzor, excessive blocking of sites is “theoretically possible”. “This may be due to technical problems, but in our practice there were no such cases. Also, excessive blocking occurs when the operator must close access to some page via the https protocol - it does not allow blocking a separate page that is entered in the register, all pages of the site are blocked, ”said a company representative.
Such incidents did happen. In June 2016, there was a popular cloud service Amazon S3 in Russia, although at the request of the Federal Tax Service, only the page of the 888poker poker room located on its platform was entered into the register. The blocking of the entire resource was due precisely to the fact that Amazon S3 uses the secure https protocol, which does not allow blocking individual pages. Only after Amazon itself deleted the page to which the Russian authorities had a claim, the resource was removed from the register.
“In general, the smaller the operator, the less resources he has to deal with registry errors, purchase systems that are used to filter network traffic. And, frankly, it's hard to blame these operators. There is a lot of confusion in the work of the register of prohibited information and the "Inspector" system, "says Karen Ghazaryan, a leading analyst at the Russian Association for Electronic Communications. He notes that “a lot of unnecessary things are added to the register - different technical addresses like CDN CloudFlare (content delivery system. - RBK), as a result of which other resources "or IP-addresses" suffer, "on which not only the site with illegal content is located, but also many others." “At the same time, the“ Inspector ”system does not work perfectly either,” Ghazaryan emphasizes.
And poker players increasingly need to look for various methods of access to "prohibited" sites. Today we will analyze in detail the maximum number of blocking bypass methods, talk about the reaction of poker rooms to the inability to enter the lobby and much more interesting. After our step-by-step instructions with examples, you will receive a comprehensive answer to the question of how how to bypass the blocking of sites you need.
Browser capabilities
Turbo mode
Opera and Yandex browser have a "Turbo" mode, which allows you to visit sites that are prohibited. In the first of the browsers, you can enable it directly at the bottom of the tab or through "Settings", "Quick Settings" and tick the "Enable Opera Turbo" checkbox:
With Yandex, everything is a little more complicated, because by default this mode is turned on automatically when the download speed is less than 128 Kbps. If it is increased to 512 Kbps, it is disabled again. But, of course, you can change the settings and thus forcibly turn on the turbo mode. Step-by-step instruction:
- Enter the Settings menu.
- Find the Turbo section at the bottom of the window.
- Select the "Always on" option (it should be noted that with a high connection speed to the Internet and a constantly active mode, pages may, on the contrary, load slower):
Why does this allow you to bypass the blocking of Roskomnadzor? In turbo mode, the browser functions like a proxy: the requested data is transmitted through a proxy server from Opera / Yandex, which compress traffic. Thus, we not only get the desired effect, but also, as a rule, increase the speed of loading sites.
Supplements
Are you using Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome and are also wondering how to bypass Roskomnadzor? Excellent! There are tons of plugins on the net that allow you to surf anonymously, forgetting about any prohibitions. So, for example, for Mozilla there is Hide My Ass! Web Proxy. For Chrome, you can use a similar plugin.
Frigate is a quality universal supplement. It differs from the previous ones, as it makes it possible to do the so-called "smart proxying". In a nutshell: this plugin does not pass 100% of your traffic through the proxy server, but only what belongs to a resource that is blocked in Russia or has been blocked by your provider specifically.
Chrome users will also love ZenMate, an add-on that encrypts and sends your traffic through staging servers in other countries. This approach allows you to bypass all local bans on site browsing. You can download the free version of the program on the main page of the official website, in the "Start Free Premium Trial" header.
Tor Browser
Well, this is no longer a plugin, but a whole browser. And in our case, another excellent option for bypassing the blocking of Roskomnadzor. The Tor Browser Bundle includes the Firefox Portable browser, the Vidalia control panel, and the Tor module itself. The combination of all these components allows you to create anonymous queries when surfing. Here's a small instruction:
- Download the archive from the torproject.org website using our link.
- After extracting the contents, we will have a Portable version of the program, which consists of several folders and the "Start Tor Browser" file. We launch it and soon a control panel appears in front of us.
- Firefox also starts at this point. This is a familiar browser, which differs only in the presence of the Tor module we need so much.
- After starting the browser, go to its settings and select the "Network" tab. We make the necessary changes and surf without any problems.
"Connected to the Tor network!" - status informing about the correct launch of the program. It should be noted that there have been many complaints about this method lately. In particular, users have reported doubts about complete anonymity when using it. However, the alternative is quite good.
Public proxy addresses
Google kindly provides public proxy servers that allow you to surf the Internet securely and, most importantly, anonymously. Basically, this is one of the simplest and most convenient methods of gaining access to prohibited sites. It will help even when the official site of the room is blocked, so use it to your health.
Google Public DNS:
- 8.8.8.8.
- 8.8.8.4.
IPv6 addresses:
- 2001:4860:4860::8888.
- 2001:4860:4860::8844.
Proxy setup instructions
You must clear the cookie before configuring the proxy!
Opera
- We select "General settings" in the settings.
- At the top in the tabs, click on "Advanced" and select the "Network" section.
- In the menu that appears, click on "Proxy servers":
- Open the menu in the browser toolbar.
- Select "Settings" and click "Show advanced settings".
- Scroll down to the "Network" section and click the "Change proxy settings" button.
- You will see a dialog box with Internet Options. In it you need to open the "Connections" tab.
- In the section "Configuring local network parameters" click on the "Network settings" button.
- In the window that opens, uncheck the automatic settings and, conversely, put them next to "Use a proxy server for local connections" and "Do not use a proxy server for local addresses". Enter the proxy address and port. Here's an example:
Mozilla Firefox
- Go to "Settings", then "Advanced".
- Select the "Network" tab and in the "Connection" section click on the "Configure" button.
- If you know that the proxy supports all protocols, select "Manual configuration", enter the required data and check the box next to "Use this proxy server for all protocols":
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
VPN is a technology that provides one or more network connections over a separate network. Take the VPN Tunnel service as an example. Instructions:
- Go to the service website and click on "Order Now".
- Several tariffs will appear in front of you. The difference between them is that Premium allows you to use the service both from a mobile device and from a PC. If you intend to use VPN exclusively on PC, go for the simple package. If VPN is needed for mobile devices too - Premium.
- Next, you need to choose the term for ordering the service. In principle, it is best to order for a month and, if everything goes well, next time buy for a longer period.
- We enter all the necessary data and pay using PayPal.
- You will receive a VPN login and password to your mail, which must be entered when entering your personal account on the VPN Tunnel website.
- On the site you will find instructions for installing the client and a client for connecting. Users of this service recommend taking OpenVPN, since it allows you to switch to PPTP for free, while the return switch is paid.
- Download the application and enjoy your health!
Anonymizers and more
Finally, we note that there are a huge number of anonymizers and web proxies on the network that allow you to enter prohibited sites without installing any software.
Poker room comments
Recently, many Russian-speaking players have begun to often complain that providers have blocked the ability to enter poker rooms and, accordingly, grind. Over and over again, topics about the so-called Russian "Black Friday" began to appear on poker forums. Many players immediately wrote letters to the support service of their rooms in order to find out how the blocking of Roskomnadzor could affect the game and, in general, what's what. One of the first responses from PokerStars to appear on the network was
« We are aware of the situation in Russia. At the moment, we do not believe this will affect our ability to serve Russian players. In this regard, we continue to work as usual».
It is owned and operated by a legal entity located in the Isle of Man (Crown of the United Kingdom). The company's activities are carried out in accordance with the laws and licenses of the Isle of Man, and only this legislation the company is guided by.
« We will certainly inform our players if changes occur in any jurisdiction that directly affect the players. We can assure you that your funds are always completely safe and that they will always be available to you for withdrawal if you so wish.
Our License Agreement clearly states that our services must not be used in jurisdictions where it is contrary to local laws. However, the measures taken by Roskomnadzor, and the subsequent inclusion of our site in the Unified Register of Banned Sites, do not affect the game in our poker room. We hope that this information will be useful to you.».
In turn, the support service said that they do not yet see ways to solve this problem. According to them, all questions should be asked to the provider. One of the users of the poker room did so, as a result of which he learned that access to the poker room was blocked by a court decision and nothing could be changed. The game room support, in turn, recommended to wait for official information on this matter.
What to do if the poker room is blocked?
Unfortunately, so far there is not a single working and at the same time 100% legal method of bypassing Roskomnadzor. There are only workers. This is a VPN that really allows you to bypass the grind ban. But can you use it and not be afraid to get banned from the poker room? You need to ask the support again. PokerStars responded as follows:
« We can confirm that PokerStars does not currently have a ban against players physically located in Russia and using an online service like the one you have described. Obviously this may change as we cannot guarantee future legal agreements or future changes to our rules.
However, to avoid any possible doubt, let us confirm that playing for real money in some countries (even if you use the service to try to hide your true location) * is * in violation of our rules.
Any attempt to circumvent the game restrictions by persons in a prohibited or limited jurisdiction is a violation of our rules. A circumvention attempt includes, but is not limited to, manipulating information used by PokerStars to locate your location and providing PokerStars with false or misleading information about your location or residence. To summarize, we inform you that you can use such a service only to enter the client program, but you cannot play the game».
It turns out that you cannot grind, but you can go in and withdraw your bankroll.
888 Poker Support:
« We would like to inform you that in accordance with our terms and conditions, we do not recommend using bypass programs. Please note that if you use such programs, you accept responsibility for your actions, and there is a possibility that your account will be blocked».
Finally, we note that using a VPN or other services that hide your real location can lead to the blocking of your account in a particular poker room, so do everything in moderation and wisely. Good luck!
Yesterday I was asked by several users how to bypass the blocking of Roskomnadzor websites, but today it prompted me to write a whole article on blocking. Roskomnadzor is warming up on sites with "propaganda" of suicides and drugs in order to close any sites and have centralized control over the Runet. Sometimes useful resources fall under the distribution. Roskomnadzor tends to block entire domains for one page, the innocent suffer, and now it has come down to movie sites. Even if site owners have removed suspicious content and Roskomnadzor removed them from the list, this does not mean that your provider will immediately do the same.
I think that among our readers there are many people who are not tech-savvy, but want to know how to get around the prohibitions in a simple way. Here's a simple guide with pictures. Any site will be taken as an example of prohibited sites. If you do not resort to tricks, then when you try to open the pages, the provider demonstrates something like the following:
Here are perhaps the simplest solutions:
1. Enable Turbo mode (Opera and Yandex Browser)
2. In order to enter the site through a proxy server without making any system settings. Ask Google to translate your site content.
3. Changing the DNS server - Some providers do not block the IPs of the listed sites, so it is enough to change the settings of your network connection, putting Google's example instead of the provider's DNS server.
Another way to customize without installing any software or extensions.
In Opera go to "Settings" - "General Settings" (CTRL + F12).
"Websites" - "Network" - "Change proxy settings"Next, a window with settings will open, where you need to go to the tab" Network configuration"Check the checkboxes: "Automatic parameter detection". "Use automatic configuration script". Well, we complete the address in the window: we enter the following: http://vulticulus.ignorelist.com/proxy.pac
OK -OK apply all parameters. On Mac OS X, click Apply first.
4. Ultrasurf - The program was developed by the Chinese to protect against the Great Chinese Firewall, which does not allow receiving information that differs from the party line. Now it can serve you too. Download the program here - http://ultrasurf.us/, install it. When launched, it automatically opens Internet Explorer configured for work, where you can enter the desired address and get the result. Those who are disgusted with IE can tune their browser to work with ultrasurf. To do this, open your browser settings and specify the following as a proxy server:
5. Tor - The possibilities of the Tor network are great, and the good thing is that anyone can “feel like a hacker”. I'll just show you how you can use Tor to open prohibited sites. For simplicity, I'll assume you're using Windows. People using Linux don't need these instructions. I emphasize that installation does not require any special knowledge. You can be a girl in pink who turns green at the word "IP" - this does not hurt at all to open websites prohibited by Roskomnadzor!
Download the Tor Browser Bundle from http://www.torproject.org. The end link may change over time, but by going to torproject.org you will find where to download it. Run it and unpack it into a folder where you can then find it. Launch the "onion". After a while, you see this window:
Next, a specially configured Firefox browser opens and congratulates you. Hooray, you can open prohibited sites with cats in an additional browser and enjoy.
6. JAP - I've been a JAP fan since the old days for many reasons, even using its paid version. It makes it possible to connect to the network through a cascade of foreign proxy servers, so it is more suitable for anonymization (you will have the IP address of a European country)
You can download the program from here: http://anon.inf.tu-dresden.de/win/download_en.html
To set up, you will have to strain a little, but everyone can master the simple chain of actions. After starting the program, check the options and enable "Anonymity":
Your internet browser should redirect its requests to this port. To do this, open the connection settings of your browser (here Opera is used for example):
After that, all connections from your browser will be redirected to JAP. Type the address in the browser bar as usual. All forbidden pages are creaky but will open. The free version is slow, but it gives you access to places where you are prohibited from entering with a Russian IP, and also shows sites closed by Roskomnadzor. When you get bored, remove the proxy in your browser settings:
7. Online service - ProxFree Complete free anonymous proxy service ProxFree provides access to all types of blocked sites. In addition, it has specialized versions for Facebook, YouTube and adult sites.
On the ProxFree website, you can select the country where the server is located and the IP address, enter a link to the required page and open it as if you were in the Netherlands, France or the USA. Several settings are available, including disabling cookies and deleting downloaded scripts and objects; IPv6 is fully supported.
ProxFree is one of the best free services that allow you to open almost any page on the Internet, including those listed in the "Registry of Prohibited Sites". An alternative option is the Stealthy online service and plugin for Chrome and Firefox browsers, which also works flawlessly with almost any blocked resources.
8. Online services for torrent trackers - Especially for accessing torrent trackers blocked in certain countries, there are special lists of specialized proxy servers. For example, proxies for most popular international trackers (say Pirate Bay or isoHunt) are listed at TorrentProxies.
On the same page, you can also find a list of "regular" anonymous web proxies that you can use to visit any pages you have blocked. For all servers, their status is shown - online or offline.
To gain access to blocked torrent trackers, you can also configure your browser to use a special PAC file (proxy auto-config), which contains a list of "banned" web addresses. If one of these addresses is entered, the browser automatically sends traffic through one of the proxy servers specified in it. Requests to other addresses are processed in the usual way.
For example, you can use the PAC file of the free Immunicity service, the list of which already includes the most popular Russian trackers rutracker.org and rutor.org. The creators of the service specifically stipulate that they guarantee that only addresses included in the list pass through their proxy in order to avoid increased load.
9. FriGate plugin for any site. The friGate plugin for the Chrome browser was apparently written by Russian programmers: both its website and the description in the Chrome Web Store are available only in Russian.
FriGate works in a similar way to the Immunicity service: it passes through its own proxy servers all requests to addresses included in a special list. Unfortunately, it is impossible to know which resources are included in this list and which are not, but, apparently, it will eventually include almost all domestic sites with multimedia content, which will be recognized as “pirated” in accordance with the new law.
10. Hola plugin for sites with media content. A free plug-in for Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox browsers, as well as the Android mobile operating system, not only allows you to access media services that are not available in your country, but also speeds up the loading of pages and other content (does not work on Mac OS X). This acceleration is carried out due to the scheme of Hola's work: data during viewing is cached on peer machines with the plugin installed, which, when requested, transmit them to the nearest machine on the network. The more Hola users in your area, the faster the pages load.
Hola Unblocker is a free VPN service with several pre-installed scripts for video streaming sites. By examining the attached documentation, you can write a script for almost any website. In addition, Facebook has
The current trends in the legislation of the Russian Federation sadden a large number of Internet users. The number of sites banned by Roskomnadzor is growing every day, and many users simply do not know how to bypass such locks.
Fortunately, there are many clever ways and workarounds that make it easy to curb any blocked Internet resource.
What is the role of Roskomnadzor in the network?
The World Wide Web is declared to be a completely free web. But now a large list of censorship bans has appeared - and Roskomnadzor itself easily blocks any suspicious site. In addition, a caught resource can "drag" an entire domain with it! What's the result? Absolute blocking of sites that promote violence (or, for example, pornographic bias). In addition, even completely harmless and inconspicuous (in terms of violations) sites take a blow. Every day Roskomnadzor becomes a morose punisher, rather than a good servant of the law.
Complete list of prohibited sites, or "global" registry
The entire list of banned, "black" sites can be seen on the "antizapret" portal (https://antizapret.info/). In addition, the site provides a bypass option by spoofing the connection (namely, using a VPN connection). Of course, this service is paid. Also a notable method is setting up and using the TOR browser.
These methods are not suitable for every network user. VPN connection is a paid service, and competent browser configuration is not an easy task. In addition, TOR can seem inconvenient, slow, and not very functional.
Bypassing blocking sites prohibited by Roskomnadzor
The methods provided below require some effort and time. Anyone can cope with them: from a beginner to an experienced Internet user.
Opera browser settings
Obviously, you won't be able to go anywhere in the usual ways through this browser. But Opera has a unique option - "Turbo" mode, which can be turned on with just one click. The option is located in the browser menu itself.
The essence of this method is that Opera creates a kind of "tunnel" between the user and its own servers.
Plugins in Chrome Browser: FriGate
You can download this extension for free in the official Chrome web store. There should be no problems with translation: the functionality is completely in Russian.
The basic principle of this service is to redirect the received traffic to its own servers. The developers promised to soon add to the list absolutely all sites blocked by the Registry (with multimedia content).
HideMyAss! Web Proxy
A universal extension that suits both Chrome and Firefox users. The bottom line is simple: traffic goes to the developer's personal servers. But there is also a disadvantage of this plugin: not all blocked sites can be opened.
Betternet VPN Proxy
A time-tested extension and free. There is a large list of "available" sites, so this plugin is worth taking a closer look at.
A compact and free plug-in that allows you to safely log into sites blocked by Roskomnadzor.
A feature is that after passing the verification (e-mail), the user receives an already generated, unique password (which can be easily changed in the future).
The essence of the plugin is that all traffic goes through an encrypted tunnel. It is important that the user can safely maintain his anonymity on the Web.
A very common extension that can hide the traffic and make the user completely anonymous. It is a simple and reliable option.
Not a bad addition that you can customize for yourself. It makes it possible to bypass many existing locks. An important plus is that it works on all kinds of browsers.
Public DNS networks as a way to bypass blocking
It is not uncommon for people to get to prohibited sites by spoofing their IP addresses. It is quite simple to do this - select the IP address we need from the list (https://hidester.com/en/public-proxy-ip-list/)
It's quite easy to customize everything for yourself. First, go to the Control Panel, then - Network Connections. After the above steps, you need to go to the TCP-IP connection point, where we substitute the values \u200b\u200bwe need.
The method is situational: if the computer is at your work and is connected to the same network, nothing will work (since it is connected between other PCs through a proxy). But as an alternative and original option, it is quite good, because you do not need to install any additional software, which is a big plus.
Using an anonymizer
The issue of bypassing bans immediately disappears if you use an anonymizer. The method is very simple and does not require much effort. It is enough to copy the link we need into the address bar of the anonymizer itself and voila - in a few seconds, the portal recently closed for us is in front of our eyes.
A good and popular version of the anonymizer is this portal: https://www.hidemyass.com/ru/ (by the way, it is located outside of Russia itself).
The outcome, or the easiest way to get around the ban of the Registry
If you process all of the above information, it might seem that the method using an anonymizer is the simplest. But far from it! There are no easy ways, and so in this case. In practice, using a VPN competently with a browser plugin is much better. Maybe the user will have to try a little with the choice of a more suitable program, but it is worth it, because soon the user will simply forget about this problem forever.