I really wish Cloudflare and Google pushback hard on this latest ruling. Our Govt needs a big smackdown

Maybe there was pushback behind the scenes as they have temporarily lifted their DNS hijacking.

i was there when we had 56k modems. You had that unique connecting sound

I racked a huge bill when playing red alert online (i didn't know much IT back then).

People these days are fortunate. You got netflix, youtube, steam, nicer looking websites, less adverts (we didn't have ublock origin back then. Just tons of pop up ads)..... so much more. The only sad thing is this recent dns poisoning

And when streamyx slow, you couldn't do much. not much competition back then. I think there was jaring? that was about it?

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Sep 8 2024, 09:27 AM

that's why in X they're spreading the false info... esp the mcmc guy pretending he doesn't know IT... apparently just cytro for gomen..back up the dns hijacking is good, and those use 3rd party dns is same as those "golongan penjenayah"

MCMC already threw TM under the bus by denying they instruct anyone to hijack BGP.
No way anyone will admit this even though traceroute has been posted.
I also posted nmap scan back when they were still in field trial.
It's serious for government agency to instruct telco to conduct cyber attack.

Not defending MCMC but non of the other providers employed the same type of DNS hijacking as TM.

Did they go to the extra mile?

TM never go the extra mile when it comes to fixing congestion.
They don't go the extra mile to make sure Free Speed Upgrade completes on time.
It baffles me why they brings the Javelin when it comes to censorship.
In fact they are quite late to the actual rollout.

Fixing congestion costs money. 😅

Also begs the question why no or not much sound from the current opposition.

Yesterday they block "harmful" websites.
Next socmed.
Tomorrow they block Netflix.

"Daddy is protecting you."
Do we have opposition?

This post has been edited by Kadaj: Sep 8 2024, 10:05 AM

It's true.
Doing the bare minimum saves money also.

Only TM, MCMC and potentially other telco know the truth if MCMC really ask for it.
Maybe that menteri met with TM big shot and ask for a favor.
However TM being the largest telco should know better than pulling this stunt.

Every telco draw the line, not TM.

Either TM don't know what does "transparent proxy" means, OR, MCMC does not know what "hijacking" means.

Potato. Potahto.

Regardless, this heartbreaking state of going-ons is only evident of a serious lack of understanding in the concept of networking and security, which both entities are supposed to grasp.

It's a hint that they'd do the same if they were in power. We already know what kind of people they are.

That's the sad part. On the subject of internet, both sides actually sama je: a bunch of people who think 'the less of the internet there is to access, the better things would be for everyone.'

https://www.reddit.com/r/malaysia/s/t8tdp970gH

Uhoh. But methinks this is a Yes issue as their network isn't the best in the best of days lol.

Maybe:
1. They don't even understand what's going on
2. They don't want the optics of supporting Pornography
3. They support the initiative, and (if?) when they are in power, they will "enhance" the blocking

I refuse to believe they don't know. Every telco got the memo right. When I first tested Celcom, they did everything to the dot. UDP 53, all addresses, nothing else.

TM network is huge, if people there are this incompetent, I think it would have fallen apart by now. For whatever shit they pulled, ini semua kerja orang gila...

apologies fellow seniors, been following the thread, but still having issues on understanding the best way to navigate this, please do enlighten me if im wrong yah,

used cloudflare dns, can access dns.google & tested prawn hub does load, one jp website always returns with 403
removed cloudflare dns, can access dns.google & test prawn hub doesn't load, one jp website always return with 403,

if this the case, am i being blocked or not?

not too sure on what would be best option for me, as my mother loves to watch hokkien drama from TW, tested alot paid vpn don't really work, except PIA, so subscribed, and also saw alot seniors here recommending paid dns, so not too sure which option is the best for my family,

will cont subscribing pia in long term to get cheaper discount and applied it across on router settings will be a better options? or focus on paid dns solution will be a better bet?

apologies, if these has been answered before, part of aging, felt tech these days are very hard to catchup.

Hi there, you are not being blocked.
Since PIA works, continue using it. Don't need paid DNS or other paid VPN.

I suspect the website perform geo-blocking, and co-incidentally just PIA works.

Sold out

Let's see how many people turn up tomorrow

They lifted the stupid routing for now.
403 is forbidden, means you don't have right to access the resource from the web server. Nothing to do with TM.

I think we should see it from higher level. Will this be misused as an political tool? Be it current government or the next term guys down the road. MCMC just opened up the pandora box, a new forbidden idea for future politicians.

This post has been edited by kingkingyyk: Sep 8 2024, 10:59 AM