Website being blocked by government departments blocker?

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#154877 11-Nov-2014 13:48

I have been told that the current website http://apac.getac.com/ is currently being blocked by government departments computers. Anyone able to access it who works for a government organisation to confirm, and whether it gives a reason for the block? I can't work out why it would be blocked as a Sucuri scan shows it to be clean.

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#1172839 11-Nov-2014 13:55

what is the site about?

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#1172840 11-Nov-2014 13:55

Getac rugged notebooks. Nothing dodgy about it.....

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#1172842 11-Nov-2014 13:57

mattwnz: I have been told that the current website http://apac.getac.com/ is currently being blocked by government departments computers. Anyone able to access it who works for a government organisation to confirm, and whether it gives a reason for the block? I can't work out why it would be blocked as a Sucuri scan shows it to be clean.

I can access it from government organisation department.

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#1172844 11-Nov-2014 14:00

YJ:
mattwnz: I have been told that the current website http://apac.getac.com/ is currently being blocked by government departments computers. Anyone able to access it who works for a government organisation to confirm, and whether it gives a reason for the block? I can't work out why it would be blocked as a Sucuri scan shows it to be clean.

I can access it from government organisation department.

Thanks, it must just be a few then.

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#1172845 11-Nov-2014 14:01

I presume it is due to the the server location as it traces to taiwan, or the site is in an IP range that they have blocked for some reason.. But I can access the site fine on telecom.

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#1172846 11-Nov-2014 14:02

xpd: Getac rugged notebooks. Nothing dodgy about it.....

They could be used for terrorism.

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#1172910 11-Nov-2014 15:30

gzt:
xpd: Getac rugged notebooks. Nothing dodgy about it.....

They could be used for terrorism.

Ping! You used THE word. Watchlist has increased by one

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#1173236 11-Nov-2014 23:28

Not being blocked when accessed just now from a Gov Department.

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#1173304 12-Nov-2014 08:39

It works ok from this one too.

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#1173306 12-Nov-2014 08:53

Elpie:
gzt:
xpd: Getac rugged notebooks. Nothing dodgy about it.....

They could be used for terrorism.

Ping! You used THE word. Watchlist has increased by one

Excellent! I have some company there then. I tweeted about Isis the other day. I was actually referring to these guys, but I suspect our monitoring systems aren't sophisticated enough to figure that out. :-)

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#1173360 12-Nov-2014 10:13

Works for me from Govt dept.

Sooo... that heavy metal band with the name I dare not mention... do they like smash ruggedized laptops on stage?

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#1173634 12-Nov-2014 15:26

Actually been told that the website may have a virus on it or malware which maybe causing the problem. So a mod may want to remove the link.