Dubai Airport Blocks eBay

Magnus · 17th July 2008, 20:08

This morning I had a surprise at Dubai Airport, they block eBay.com. Now why do they do that? Etisalat/TRA does not. And the plot thickens because Souq.com is not blocked!

MacaholiC · 17th July 2008, 21:05

Maybe something bad was in the parcels from ebay?

chunkygrooves · 17th July 2008, 23:51

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Originally Posted by Magnus

This morning I had a surprise at Dubai Airport, they block eBay.com. Now why do they do that? Etisalat/TRA does not. And the plot thickens because Souq.com is not blocked!

Admin: we don't discuss how to get around proxying/blocking in UAE

ultrablue662 · 18th July 2008, 00:17

I dont see how this is a huge deal, at my work almost ANY site worth visiting is blocked. only what deals with the company's business is allowed. DCA is an entity that doesnt need people using up their bandwidth on things they dont want them using.

gajanan · 18th July 2008, 00:19

Ohh c'mon lighten up. No ones discusing unblocking

besides airport being in the free zone would have their own rules right ?

P.S who designed that "site blocked" page lol.

EDIT: yikes ultra ur faster than me in posting, btw are companies in abu dhabi allowed to do that ? i thought only govt. org are allowed ?

fangpyre · 18th July 2008, 06:39

Why not, their paying for that connection and they own it.
And, in fact, they ned to protect:
- How much employees use the bandwidth, or Etisalat will charge them.
- How employees waste their time during payroll
- Protect data from leaving in unwarranted ways.
- They are even liable if an employee does something using their connection (though rarely pursued)

Magnus · 18th July 2008, 08:01

I think a company has every right t block and filter as they like within their company, to control what their employees can and cannot do in a sense. That's fine. What I'm puzzled about in this case is that it's a public, open, wi-fi hotspot, on which they apply additional filtering compared to the government. Sure their employees could use that hotspot too and that's tricky to deal with, but then they'd have to take their notebook or handheld to that hotspot and sit among the public. Perhaps we're making too much out of nothing, all it was was my surprise when that page came up yesterday

ultrablue662 · 18th July 2008, 09:35

ou wanted to bid on that sweet 77 trans am as well Magnus? It got sold! :-(

:-P

Magnus · 18th July 2008, 10:00

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Originally Posted by ultrablue662

ou wanted to bid on that sweet 77 trans am as well Magnus? It got sold! :-(

:-P

Yeah, you got me, darn it

kumarsps · 18th July 2008, 16:13

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Originally Posted by Magnus

This morning I had a surprise at Dubai Airport, they block eBay.com. Now why do they do that? Etisalat/TRA does not. And the plot thickens because Souq.com is not blocked!

As it is discusses here... its DCA's bandwidth.. they will block it.

If we want the internet.... go for GPRS / 3G

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17th July 2008, 21:05	#2 (permalink)
MacaholiC Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Dubai Posts: 28	Maybe something bad was in the parcels from ebay?

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ultrablue662 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Abu-Dhabi Posts: 741	I dont see how this is a huge deal, at my work almost ANY site worth visiting is blocked. only what deals with the company's business is allowed. DCA is an entity that doesnt need people using up their bandwidth on things they dont want them using.

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gajanan Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Born in AUH living in DXB Posts: 227	Ohh c'mon lighten up. No ones discusing unblocking besides airport being in the free zone would have their own rules right ? P.S who designed that "site blocked" page lol. EDIT: yikes ultra ur faster than me in posting, btw are companies in abu dhabi allowed to do that ? i thought only govt. org are allowed ?

18th July 2008, 06:39	#6 (permalink)
fangpyre Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Dubai Posts: 1,416	Why not, their paying for that connection and they own it. And, in fact, they ned to protect: - How much employees use the bandwidth, or Etisalat will charge them. - How employees waste their time during payroll - Protect data from leaving in unwarranted ways. - They are even liable if an employee does something using their connection (though rarely pursued)

18th July 2008, 08:01	#7 (permalink)
Magnus Administrator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Dubai Posts: 8,397	I think a company has every right t block and filter as they like within their company, to control what their employees can and cannot do in a sense. That's fine. What I'm puzzled about in this case is that it's a public, open, wi-fi hotspot, on which they apply additional filtering compared to the government. Sure their employees could use that hotspot too and that's tricky to deal with, but then they'd have to take their notebook or handheld to that hotspot and sit among the public. Perhaps we're making too much out of nothing, all it was was my surprise when that page came up yesterday

18th July 2008, 09:35	#8 (permalink)
ultrablue662 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Abu-Dhabi Posts: 741	ou wanted to bid on that sweet 77 trans am as well Magnus? It got sold! :-( :-P