Codeberg blocked in Saudi Arabia #812

sewn commented 2022年11月25日 18:33:22 +01:00

I'm not sure if this is the correct repository.

The Saudi Arabian government filtering service has blocked all Codeberg IPv4 addresses - one of them being 217.197.91.145, which makes Codeberg unaccessible for people living in saudi arabia such as myself. I am only able to access this site through IPv6.

The image attached wih this issue is what will appear when someone tries to visit this site explicitly with the IPv4 address, normal means gets a connection reset; which is normal with blocked sites in Saudi Arabia.

I'm sure that this is short, I have submitted a ticket to filter.sa for an unblock, as this site does not break any rules or regulations; not that i know of. Maybe ridiculing the dictators or breaking certain 'forbidden' things on Codeberg that it embraces?

It has been a week since i submitted a ticket, it is possible for Codeberg as a company, to request an unblock.

I do not know of anyone who uses this site other than me.

I'm not sure if this is the correct repository. The Saudi Arabian government filtering service has blocked all Codeberg IPv4 addresses - one of them being 217.197.91.145, which makes Codeberg unaccessible for people living in saudi arabia such as myself. I am only able to access this site through IPv6. The image attached wih this issue is what will appear when someone tries to visit this site explicitly with the IPv4 address, normal means gets a connection reset; which is normal with blocked sites in Saudi Arabia. I'm sure that this is short, I have submitted a ticket to filter.sa for an unblock, as this site does not break any rules or regulations; not that i know of. Maybe ridiculing the dictators or breaking certain 'forbidden' things on Codeberg that it embraces? It has been a week since i submitted a ticket, it is possible for Codeberg as a company, to request an unblock. I do not know of anyone who uses this site other than me.

fnetX commented 2022年11月25日 21:28:13 +01:00

Hello, can you link us to further resources on how to request the unblock as an organization?

It's sad to hear this, but without knowing more precisely what leads to these blocks and eventually considering this in our moderation, we cannot do much about this. If requesting unblocks involves more effort, I suppose that we're not really capable of doing this, but let's at least try.

Hello, can you link us to further resources on how to request the unblock as an organization? It's sad to hear this, but without knowing more precisely what leads to these blocks and eventually considering this in our moderation, we cannot do much about this. If requesting unblocks involves more effort, I suppose that we're not really capable of doing this, but let's at least try.

sewn commented 2022年11月26日 07:50:47 +01:00

https://filter.sa/en/

https://filter.sa/en/

sewn commented 2022年11月26日 07:56:25 +01:00

> What documents are required to allow reachability to a site I own?
Please send us a message via email at filter@citc.gov.sa

``` > What documents are required to allow reachability to a site I own? Please send us a message via email at filter@citc.gov.sa ```

fnetX commented 2022年11月26日 21:18:05 +01:00

I sent them an email earlier today.

I sent them an email earlier today.

captainepoch commented 2023年04月19日 16:28:25 +02:00

Do you have any news about this, @fnetX?

Do you have any news about this, @fnetX?

fnetX commented 2023年04月19日 23:58:02 +02:00

I haven't received a response IIRC. Is this still a problem?

I haven't received a response IIRC. Is this still a problem?

sewn commented 2023年04月20日 00:26:44 +02:00

Codeberg is blocked on IPv4, and blocked straight up on certain ISPs, for example I can only access Codeberg in my home.

Codeberg is blocked on IPv4, and blocked straight up on certain ISPs, for example I can only access Codeberg in my home.

n0toose commented 2023年04月20日 00:51:07 +02:00

Related issue: #50

Related issue: https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/Community/issues/50

sewn commented 2023年04月20日 01:00:34 +02:00

Tor is blocked here..

Tor is blocked here..

n0toose commented 2023年04月20日 01:04:26 +02:00

Tor is blocked here..

Yeah, but very popular circumvention methods for that problem do exist. Anyways, not the problem at hand right now.

> Tor is blocked here.. Yeah, but *very* popular circumvention methods for that problem do exist. Anyways, not the problem at hand right now.

fnetX commented 2023年04月23日 15:28:12 +02:00

I don't know if there's much we can do. If the unblock request was unanswered, and there are no resources available to identify the cause of the problem (at least I haven't found any indication), I lack the idea what else we could do (apart from switching IPv4 addresses).

I don't know if there's much we can do. If the unblock request was unanswered, and there are no resources available to identify the cause of the problem (at least I haven't found any indication), I lack the idea what else we could do (apart from switching IPv4 addresses).

JonnyTech commented 2023年05月31日 01:54:53 +02:00

Just to update - I am currently in Saudi and codeberg.org is still blocked - I am having to post this while using Tor... :(

$ ping codeberg.org
PING codeberg.org (217.197.91.145) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from codeberg.in-berlin.de (217.197.91.145): icmp_seq=1 ttl=57 time=116 ms
64 bytes from codeberg.in-berlin.de (217.197.91.145): icmp_seq=2 ttl=57 time=101 ms
64 bytes from codeberg.in-berlin.de (217.197.91.145): icmp_seq=3 ttl=57 time=123 ms
$ traceroute codeberg.org
traceroute to codeberg.org (217.197.91.145), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
 1 _gateway (10.93.0.1) 23.345 ms 27.450 ms 29.127 ms
 2 93.112.41.201 (93.112.41.201) 11.875 ms 149.118 ms 468.244 ms
 3 10.188.193.46 (10.188.193.46) 210.033 ms 478.871 ms 10.188.193.24 (10.188.193.24) 544.004 ms
 4 10.188.193.43 (10.188.193.43) 558.590 ms 572.108 ms 621.905 ms
 5 10.188.199.40 (10.188.199.40) 825.186 ms 778.514 ms 647.772 ms
 6 ae0-107.cr10.ams01.lwlcom.net (80.249.212.10) 1199.471 ms 1308.484 ms 643.449 ms
 7 ae0-20.cr10.ham01.lwlcom.net (185.146.230.132) 103.724 ms 491.390 ms 511.336 ms
 8 ae3-100.cr10.ber01.lwlcom.net (185.146.230.193) 544.316 ms 589.512 ms 827.832 ms
 9 gw-ak-2.in-berlin.a36.community-ix.de (185.1.74.4) 416.832 ms 327.648 ms 314.402 ms
10 codeberg.in-berlin.de (217.197.91.145) 120.177 ms 129.645 ms 145.599 ms
user@WOPR:~

Just to update - I am currently in Saudi and codeberg.org is still blocked - I am having to post this while using Tor... :( ``` $ ping codeberg.org PING codeberg.org (217.197.91.145) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from codeberg.in-berlin.de (217.197.91.145): icmp_seq=1 ttl=57 time=116 ms 64 bytes from codeberg.in-berlin.de (217.197.91.145): icmp_seq=2 ttl=57 time=101 ms 64 bytes from codeberg.in-berlin.de (217.197.91.145): icmp_seq=3 ttl=57 time=123 ms $ traceroute codeberg.org traceroute to codeberg.org (217.197.91.145), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets 1 _gateway (10.93.0.1) 23.345 ms 27.450 ms 29.127 ms 2 93.112.41.201 (93.112.41.201) 11.875 ms 149.118 ms 468.244 ms 3 10.188.193.46 (10.188.193.46) 210.033 ms 478.871 ms 10.188.193.24 (10.188.193.24) 544.004 ms 4 10.188.193.43 (10.188.193.43) 558.590 ms 572.108 ms 621.905 ms 5 10.188.199.40 (10.188.199.40) 825.186 ms 778.514 ms 647.772 ms 6 ae0-107.cr10.ams01.lwlcom.net (80.249.212.10) 1199.471 ms 1308.484 ms 643.449 ms 7 ae0-20.cr10.ham01.lwlcom.net (185.146.230.132) 103.724 ms 491.390 ms 511.336 ms 8 ae3-100.cr10.ber01.lwlcom.net (185.146.230.193) 544.316 ms 589.512 ms 827.832 ms 9 gw-ak-2.in-berlin.a36.community-ix.de (185.1.74.4) 416.832 ms 327.648 ms 314.402 ms 10 codeberg.in-berlin.de (217.197.91.145) 120.177 ms 129.645 ms 145.599 ms user@WOPR:~ ```

sewn commented 2023年05月31日 05:01:27 +02:00

are you unable ot access codeberg with IPv6?

are you unable ot access codeberg with IPv6?

JonnyTech commented 2023年06月06日 00:19:43 +02:00

@sewn I do not think that I have IPv6 available, I just have IPv4 addresses, how can I check that on Linux?

Now I am in Dubai (UAE) and codeberg.org is also blocked here - yet another post via Tor.

Please let me know whatever test that I can do or logs that I can provide.

@sewn I do not think that I have IPv6 available, I just have IPv4 addresses, how can I check that on Linux? Now I am in Dubai (UAE) and codeberg.org is also blocked here - yet another post via Tor. Please let me know whatever test that I can do or logs that I can provide.

n0toose commented 2023年06月06日 00:30:41 +02:00

Now I am in Dubai (UAE) and codeberg.org is also blocked here - yet another post via Tor.

oh for god's sake

> Now I am in Dubai (UAE) and codeberg.org is also blocked here - yet another post via Tor. oh for god's sake

n0toose commented 2023年06月06日 00:32:25 +02:00

Dubai Unblock Form: https://www.du.ae/surfsafely

Dubai Unblock Form: https://www.du.ae/surfsafely

JonnyTech commented 2023年06月06日 00:40:40 +02:00

@n0toose already done so. It is funny, they give reasons to block but not no unblock...

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@n0toose already done so. It is funny, they give reasons to block but not no unblock... 

n0toose commented 2023年07月24日 18:14:35 +02:00

Additional report about a Belarus block, a confirmation would be appreciated: #1110

Additional report about a Belarus block, a confirmation would be appreciated: https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/Community/issues/1110

captainepoch commented 2023年11月02日 15:14:04 +01:00

I have an user of Husky telling me that (s)he cannot access Codeberg from Belarus. Does anybody know if there was any advance on this topic?

I have an user of Husky telling me that (s)he cannot access Codeberg from Belarus. Does anybody know if there was any advance on this topic?

fnetX commented 2023年11月02日 16:25:03 +01:00

if there was any advance on this topic?

I am not sure what you want to know.

> if there was any advance on this topic? I am not sure what you want to know.

captainepoch commented 2023年11月02日 16:26:46 +01:00

I am not sure what you want to know.

If you managed to unblock Codeberg in Saudi Arabia. It could be the same for Belarus.

> I am not sure what you want to know. If you managed to unblock Codeberg in Saudi Arabia. It could be the same for Belarus.

fnetX commented 2023年11月02日 16:36:17 +01:00

We have never received any response after reaching out via online forms. I really suppose that there is very low interest in unblocking, unless there is actually a large amount of people in the country itself affected by the ban and criticizing it.

At the moment, we have no strategies how to deal with this. Submitting the form more often and / or sending more messages is likely pointless.

We have never received any response after reaching out via online forms. I really suppose that there is very low interest in unblocking, unless there is actually a large amount of people in the country itself affected by the ban and criticizing it. At the moment, we have no strategies how to deal with this. Submitting the form more often and / or sending more messages is likely pointless.

sewn commented 2024年01月07日 13:38:06 +01:00

codeberg.pages has been blocked, and i am unable to access any site under it.

i can still access codeberg.org somewhat.

`codeberg.pages` has been blocked, and i am unable to access any site under it. i can still access `codeberg.org` somewhat.

sewn commented 2024年04月08日 00:56:23 +02:00

codeberg.org and codeberg.page has been blocked. Both IPv6 and IPv4 are inaccessible. I guess I have to pack my bags now.

`codeberg.org` and `codeberg.page` has been blocked. Both IPv6 and IPv4 are inaccessible. I guess I have to pack my bags now.

oVerde commented 2025年01月03日 03:06:11 +01:00

Sorry to revive this, but it is blocked in Brazil (VIVO/Telesp) and this is affecting me to build ghostty

Sorry to revive this, but it is blocked in Brazil (VIVO/Telesp) and this is affecting me to build ghostty

Debug_Bugs commented 2025年01月03日 15:43:30 +01:00

If by figuring out which VPN's are allowed in Brazil, pick and choose a VPN that the Brasilian government allows/legalises. Then through that VPN, access the codeberg.org website no? Just curious, how did you manage to post a comment in this very discussion?

If by figuring out which VPN's are allowed in Brazil, pick and choose a VPN that the Brasilian government allows/legalises. Then through that VPN, access the codeberg.org website no? Just curious, how did you manage to post a comment in this very discussion?

fnetX commented 2025年01月03日 15:49:50 +01:00

@oVerde do you know of any way to request an unban? Is it banned on a company or state level? Any information is appreciated.

@oVerde do you know of any way to request an unban? Is it banned on a company or state level? Any information is appreciated.

Bad3r commented 2025年05月25日 17:22:04 +02:00

@fnetX, @Debug_Bugs, @sewn, @JonnyTech, @captainepoch

I am happy to inform you that after years of effort and many requests for CodeBurg to be unbanned; they finally listened!

After >3 years this issue can finally be considered closed.

@fnetX, @Debug_Bugs, @sewn, @JonnyTech, @captainepoch I am happy to inform you that after years of effort and many requests for CodeBurg to be unbanned; they finally listened! After >3 years this issue can finally be considered closed.

fnetX commented 2025年05月25日 21:14:11 +02:00

Thank you for the update, glad to hear that. Feel free to let us know if the issue occurs again and we should (try to) do something about it again.

Thank you for the update, glad to hear that. Feel free to let us know if the issue occurs again and we should (try to) do something about it again.