The ISP's blackhole the IP for some blocked domains. So changing your DNS to 8.8.8.8 will resolve the domain, but the IP won't work. A VPN avoids this, since the traffic goes via the VPN IP.

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ollybee 13 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

In that case it like someone controlling the DNS records for a banned site could cause some mischief

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nebezb 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Wow that’s intense.

I remember hearing someone complain on HN of their site getting blocked because it shared an IP with an illegal soccer livestream. I can’t imagine they’re doing this to IP blocks owned by CDNs like Fastly, CloudFlare, or CloudFront though. Or are they? Does this regularly break most of the internet for UK customers?

	▲	xuki an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Spain ISPs block CloudFlare IPs during La Liga matches.

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hsbauauvhabzb 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

How would that work with cloudflare and similar though?