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The video below shows how we placed requests to a domain name server inside\u00a0Sri Lanka Telecom network<\/span><\/a> to resolve a few domain names.Many other SLT nameservers<\/span><\/a> we tested have the same behaviour, so it is clear it’s not this specific one. This video only shows one of them.<\/p>\n

\"Telecom<\/a>

Telecom chairman – Kumarasinghe Sirisena<\/p><\/div>\n

google.lk<\/a><\/p>\n

bbc.co.uk<\/span><\/a>
\ncolombotelegraph.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The domain name server with IP address 220.247.225.242 is hosted in the\u00a0Government network and shows how it resolves correctly the google.lk and\u00a0bbc.co.uk domains but fails to resolve colombotelegraph.com.<\/p>\n

The bogus responses (IP address 127.0.0.1) when requesting\u00a0colombotelegraph.com or www.colombotelegraph.com is a common response\u00a0when implementing domain name filtering. Many other SLT DNS servers have the same behaviour, in the video, only 1 of them is shown.<\/p>\n

We have created this video so others can reproduce the test to verify\u00a0our claims.<\/p>\n

Not all SLT users are affected because:<\/p>\n

1) Maybe not all the SLT nameservers have this behaviour (many of those we tested send the bogus responses).
\n2) Some SLT users do not use the SLT nameservers (knowingly or not, for example if their computer or some equipment in their network use other DNS like Opendns).<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to watch the video if you cannot\u00a0view it<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/strong> to read the history of blocking Colombo Telegraph<\/p>\n

Related stories:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Expos\u00e9: Srisena Brothers Continue Rajapaksa Policy Of Blocking Colombo Telegraph<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ctblock.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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