Hulu blocking anonymous proxies
Mon, 05/11/2009 - 10:37 — erikab922
Hello all
I've followed all of the instructions on the definitive Hulu guide and am going through a paid proxy server. When I try to watch a vid in Hulu, I'm getting:
"Based on your IP address, we noticed you are trying to access Hulu through an anonymous proxy tool. Hulu is not currently available outside the U.S. If you’re in the U.S., you’ll need to disable your anonymizer to access videos on Hulu."
And so on. A quick Google and it looks like Hulu is blocking proxy servers. Is it just a matter if trying different paid servers or are none of them working any longer?
Many thanks.
erikab922
Just try another server.
Just try another server. Hulu has no way of knowing you're using a proxy server unless the proxy server is including HTTP proxy headers.
I am not so sure, I am
I am not so sure, I am wondering if there is a proxy scan attempt too & looking at proxy lists
that is how some filters work on irc, & I have noticed some port scanning attempts,I'm used to Mozilla & Freenode doing this & have contacted them about there proxy detector systems before, seems similar, but I can't figure out who it is, my proxy is locked down, no unauthorized attempts in record.
You might be right, but I did want to mention this, as I picked up on this starting around the time that various sites mentioned this new attempt. (Lifehacker & MaximumPC online Articles were the ones I saw.)
I can't say for sure, I started using boxee about this time too. I can say I don't believe in IT coincidences, I do believe in Murphy's & Finagle's laws. but no bad moment, & nothing went wrong. (it wasn't open & I was using ssh tunneling for anti-IT Lockdown.)
Just a friendly second opinion, that may be off a little.
(Sometimes it takes 24 hours or more for people to reply, we are all volunteering our time here.)