As usual, TMnet, who apparently serves the government and not it's customers who pay for non-biased service has blocked access to Malaysia Today. The domain name - http://www.malaysia-today.net - has been unaccessible to TMnet subscribers since yesterday evening as a result of the blockage - known technically as 'DNS blackhole list'.
Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) chief operating officer Mohamed Sharil Tarmizi confirmed with Malaysiakini that the block was ordered by the commission because they found some of the comments on the website as being insensitive, bordering on incitement.
Enough with all that crap. Here are some alternatives to get connected to Malaysia Today through alternate servers and URLs :
For those connected to TM and /or Celcom 2 ways to overcome their blocks :
A. TM uses a simple IP block. To access http://www.malaysia-today.netchange the DNS lookup to OpenDNS.
Those using XP :
Click Start -> Connect To* Right
Click network connection you are using.
* Select Properties* Click on Network Tab
* Highlight “Internet Protocol”
* Click on Properties at bottom right*
Click “Use the Following DNS server addresses:
Preferred DNS Server : 208.67.222.222
Alternate DNS server : 208.67.220.220
Click OK all the way. close connection and start again.
If you type http://www.malaysia-today.net you will arrive at the site.
B. change URL to mt.harapanmalaysia.com/2008. I hope TMNet don’t block OpenDNS. TMNet’s own DNS server sucks.
C. Malaysia today can also be accessed via IP address http://202.75.62.114/2008/
I always use proxy servers or browsers to access blocked or firewalled sites. Just Google the word "proxy" and type http://www.malaysia-today.net/ at any of the thousands of free proxy sites & you will get connected.
Cheers
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In the event that MCMC decides to further implement a full blocking of websites or blogs not friendly to UMNO/BN, the followings can be used as an effective way to circumvent internet censorship:
1. Accessing a mirror site
2. Using a non-censoring DNS-server
3. Using a non-censoring proxy server
1. Access a mirror site
For instance, Malaysia Today can still be accessed at this moment at http://mt.harapanmalaysia.com . Using mirror sites may not be effective as they may start blocking these sites too.
2. Using a non-censoring DNS-server
Change your DNS to OpenDNS server 208.67.222.222 or 208.67.220.220 .
Click http://www.opendns.com for more info on how to set DNS.
3. Using a non-censoring proxy server
(i) Proxy Sites
More effectively, this blocking can be circumvented by surfing through a proxy sites, such as:
http://proxychina.org
http://proxy4china.com
There are many proxy sites available, just google for them.
(ii) Proxy Tunnelling Software
Another better and most effective way to circumvent internet censor is by using Ultrasurf. It is developed by the people against internet censorship in China. It enables users inside countries with heavy Internet censorship to visit any public web sites in the world safely and freely while it automatically searches the highest speed proxy servers in the background.
Download Ultrasurf software from:
http://www.ultrareach.com
http://www.wujie.net/downloads/ultrasurf/u.zip
Then extract the file and run, that's it.
If you are using browser other than IE, then you have to manually change your proxy IP address to 127.0.0.1 with port :9666 .
(iii) TOR and TOR based browsers
For those who are more IT savvy, they can try TOR. TOR based browsers are also available, such as xb Browser and OperaTor. But TOR solution tends to give slower internet surfing experience.
Say NO to internet censorship.
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