[governance] DNS filtration activated for gambling websites in Bulgaria

[Chaitanya Dhareshwar]

If google DNS resolves correctly, the blocking is a moot point isnt it. I
mean fair few techies use 8.8.8.8, some organizations admins I know set it
as the default DNS too.

-C


On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 8:45 PM, <iliya.bazlyankov at uninet.bg> wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> Today a DNS filtration was activated for a list of gambling related
> websites in Bulgaria. This is because of a new law that requires gambling
> websites to have license in order to be active.
>
> All ISPs have complied with the law, and now the domains from the list
> resolve to 127.0.0.1
> Most of the websites are not even hosted in Bulgaria.
> An example site is *http://www.bet365.com* <http://www.bet365.com/>
>
> If Google DNS and other providers are used, the websites are accessible.
>
> Here is the court order ,sent to all ISPs: *
> http://www.dkh.minfin.bg/bg/pubs/2/548*<http://www.dkh.minfin.bg/bg/pubs/2/548> (in
> Bulgarian, but you see the list there)
>
> Kind regards,
> Iliya Bazlyankov
>
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