tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post113913663132599258..comments2024-03-28T22:59:15.275+04:00Comments on UAE Community Blog: SITE BLOCKED?secretdubaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115610824191031176noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-1139239901967981562006-02-06T19:31:00.000+04:002006-02-06T19:31:00.000+04:00wrong, and uae community isn't the place to compla...wrong, and uae community isn't the place to complain about it.<BR/>Securecomputing lists the website as pornography/sex, securecomputing is the company which Etisalat contracts for the majority of it's blocking lists, a vast number of blocks are not due to Etisalat but due to the incompetence of securecomputing, for instance they have a category for websites pertaining to p2p/file sharing, yet they list many file sharing websites as "criminal skills" which means they get blocked in the UAE, incidentally, skype is blocked on purpose by Etisalat.<BR/>Contrary to popular belief Etisalat does not and will never have the resources to hire enough people to scour the entire internet for bad websites, it's an impossible task for an ISP of a country of less than 5 million people.samuraisamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06177501779546963794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-1139233397896748292006-02-06T17:43:00.000+04:002006-02-06T17:43:00.000+04:00I think it will be bloced for containing the word ...I think it will be bloced for containing the word maxim - the magazine site which is blocked.<BR/>Just shows how crap this software is.Desert_Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14754461058752846034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-1139203817606015572006-02-06T09:30:00.000+04:002006-02-06T09:30:00.000+04:00I think I should write to Etisalat to unblock this...I think I should write to Etisalat to unblock this site. Ridiculous. Reminds me of the time they blocked "HOTmail" !!!clayfuturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06085804517874130639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-1139155080648267452006-02-05T19:58:00.000+04:002006-02-05T19:58:00.000+04:00I just went to the link since I am in UK and I did...I just went to the link since I am in UK and I didn't find anything ojectionable. It's the same as your screen shot.naamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08042774219506015277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-1139147452862531592006-02-05T17:50:00.000+04:002006-02-05T17:50:00.000+04:00Gosh, how could you even think of going onto a sit...Gosh, how could you even think of going onto a site with <EM>member rides</EM> splashed across it!!<BR/><BR/>Won't someone think of the children??!!Tim Newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12037178111868843708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-1139141202789030982006-02-05T16:06:00.000+04:002006-02-05T16:06:00.000+04:00There you go.Perhaps "Top Ten Rides" was confused ...There you go.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps "Top Ten Rides" was confused with something rather less auto-oriented, this being the UAE'n'all...?secretdubaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13115610824191031176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-1139137945079824422006-02-05T15:12:00.000+04:002006-02-05T15:12:00.000+04:00There are rumours that people are driving Nissans ...There are rumours that people are driving Nissans in Denmark these days. I suspect that is the reason.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com