Indian government bans archive.org

The following article has a tweet from a journo which says its because it was hosting a movie (Jab Harry Met Sejal) illegally and the Madras court thought banning archive.org is a solution.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dailyo.in&#x2F;variety&#x2F;internet-archive-dot-block&#x2F;story&#x2F;1&#x2F;18854.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dailyo.in&#x2F;variety&#x2F;internet-archive-dot-block&#x2F;stor...</a><p>Update: A more detailed from from the BBC. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bbc.co.uk&#x2F;news&#x2F;amp&#x2F;technology-40875528" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bbc.co.uk&#x2F;news&#x2F;amp&#x2F;technology-40875528</a>

I&#x27;m on ACT, and it appears that I can access both <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;</a> and <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;</a><p>On Airtel, I can&#x27;t access the http version. So must be an Airtel specific block, unrelated to the &quot;Indian Government.&quot;

I&#x27;m amused by &quot;Please contact administrator for more information&quot;.<p>... &quot;But I _am_ administrator!?&quot;

One of the best things I did recently was setup dnscrypt-proxy locally. Most of the Indian ISPs just do transparent DNS proxying and dns-crypt helps avoid those. Lots of them do DPI on HTTP requests, so HTTPS-everywhere helps as well.

May be related to this article?<p>Airtel is sniffing and censoring CloudFlare’s traffic in India and CloudFlare doesn’t even know it. - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;@karthikb351&#x2F;airtel-is-sniffing-and-censoring-cloudflares-traffic-in-india-and-they-don-t-even-know-it-90935f7f6d98" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;@karthikb351&#x2F;airtel-is-sniffing-and-censo...</a>

A good (updated) place to see what ISPs and regions are seeing the ban - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.medianama.com&#x2F;2017&#x2F;08&#x2F;223-india-blocks-access-internet-archive-wayback-machine&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.medianama.com&#x2F;2017&#x2F;08&#x2F;223-india-blocks-access-in...</a>

DNS should be encrypted to prevent this kind of blocking. Were still using DNS technology from the 80s.

So, it is the Judiciary (Chennai High Court) which ordered the ban and Indian Gov. followed it.

I also tweeted to @DoT_India<p>Let see their response

I dont think its banned i can browse it <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.org&#x2F;search.php?query=india" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.org&#x2F;search.php?query=india</a>

Sometimes I think court orders should be voted on. And if 5 people think your order is stupid you lose your fucking job. Get disbarred from law for life.

Railtel user here. It shows 404 Not Found<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;pasteboard.co&#x2F;GESzgyf.png" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;pasteboard.co&#x2F;GESzgyf.png</a>

Incorrect headline. It&#x27;s not the government but a court, and it&#x27;s only in one state out of 25+.

HTTPS or HTTP; archive.org is not blocked across india,misleading &amp; incorrect post title.

and why is that?

It&#x27;s working for me!

It works for me!