VPN’s have been a popular way of protecting one’s privacy and bypassing censorship. They are legal in many countries, but the use of VPNs is often blocked by ISPs and networks. Here are 10 reasons why your VPN might be blocked:
1) An ISP may block you depending on the area you live.
There are ISP’s that only provide services to certain areas. I live in a country that’s fairly new to the internet, my ISP is like all old people in this area and I can only connect using 3G. Now, not all of these are bad things, but if you want to use a VPN to bypass restrictions or just protect your privacy then it might be blocked!
2) Your home or school network may have policies that prohibit the use of VPN.
When I was at school, my school had a lot of policies that prohibited the use of VPNs and similar software. As a result, we were monitored and the use of VPNs was prohibited. However, there are VPNs that are allowed at school, and in this instance, it is up to the school to set its own policies.
3) It’ll slow you down compared to using a proxy.
VPN is much slower than using a proxy, which uses your local internet connection as opposed to using your ISP. Why is this? I don’t know! I guess it would be because they would be communicating with many servers which would cost them money (It costs money for things like bandwidth).
4) You might have your ISP ban you from using VPN.
Poland and Germany, are very strict on the use of VPNs and similar software. Because I once lived in these two countries I was banned for using VPNs by my ISP.
When I got home I asked why and they said if my internet wasn’t fast enough to connect to their servers then i couldn’t be allowed to use it. I don’t know why the internet had to be fast enough, it’s not like they run a speed test on everyone first. The same thing happened when I visited Germany, I was told that it was because the connection was too slow (or something like that).
5) Google has recently been blocking all VPN and proxy services on port 443.
“Google is blocking all VPN and proxy services from accessing Google corporate servers on port 443. They did some research and found that the software was slowing down their search engine, so they did this to ensure that everyone can enjoy faster searches.”
6) Your ISP may have DNS servers that identify what website you visit.
It’s possible that your ISP has blocked you. If so, your ISP may have its own DNS servers that identify what website is being accessed by your IP address. If they have, they could have blocked you. This is possible because DNS servers are a way to locate a server on the internet.
So if your ISP has their own DNS servers, they can identify what HTTPS servers are being accessed by your IP address which means it could be possible that your ISP has blocked you. Also, ISPs can monitor what website and how much time you spend on it thanks to how DNS works (DNS records and caching), which also means that it is possible that your ISP may have blocked you.
7) Accessing the internet with third-party tools like VPN can be dangerous.
It can be very dangerous to access the internet with third-party tools like VPN or proxy servers, they can sometimes be secured by high-level hacking attacks from online criminals. In fact, this is true at times when users are inexperienced and don’t know how to use them properly. Here are a few examples of what happens when you use VPNs:
- You might install malware onto your computer that was hiding on a website while you were on it.
- Your home or school network may have policies that prohibit the use of VPN and similar software.
- It’ll slow you down compared to using a proxy.
- You might have your ISP ban you from using it.
8) When the Tor Project was down, China blocked all VPN access to the internet.
The Chinese government used the Tor Project crash as an opportunity to block all VPN access to the internet, which is because they feared that protesters would organize protests by having free access to the internet.
9) It is illegal in some countries to use a VPN, your IP address may have been reported and made easy for your ISP to find you.
It is important that you check with your local laws on VPN usage before doing so. This can improve the safety of using a VPN and also reduce the chance of performing identity theft by having the ability to monitor what websites are being accessed by their IP addresses which would make it easier for ISPs, governments, etc.
This means that the location of your VPN server is shared by ISPs with each other, which could be used to track your data usage. In some ways, this is similar to how DNS servers work where they are able to identify what HTTPS servers are being accessed by an IP address.
This can be used to gather information on users in different countries because it would allow ISPs, governments, etc. to see what websites are being accessed by users based on the data usage from their VPN servers.
What should I do to fix the problem?
If you’ve already got your own proxy website or email server set up, then you’ll need to start by contacting the website that you were visiting. If not, then there is a good chance that your ISP has blocked you from using it. You may want to consider switching to another method of accessing the internet such as using a different encryption program that isn’t blocked by your ISP like BitTorrent or Gnutella.
To resolve the issue, you will need to unblock your VPN or proxy service via port 443, which should be done properly so that you don’t go through the setup again or have your IP address or identity stolen. The best way to do this is to use a web proxy like https://proxylist.org/ to bypass the block on port 443 by your ISP.
Hopefully, these 10 reasons will help you if your VPN is blocked, if not, feel free to contact us and we will try to help you figure out why your VPN is blocked. However your ISP may be tracking you without your knowledge, find out here!
Originally published at https://deepdotnet.com on July 20, 2021.
