Since I have a bunch of EC2 nodes anyway, I route my own traffic through one of them when I want a VPN (mostly for a little extra safety on untrusted wifi).
It works great until you realize how much of the web blocks access from EC2.
It works great until you realize how much of the web blocks access from EC2.
Other examples include Yelp and Bank of America.
- lots of headaches
- badly behaved bots
- griefers
- ban avoiders
- wanna-be hackers aka script kiddies
Why would one not want to block access to a website from ec2?