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by saagarjha 2647 days ago
> My local library blocks vpn and ssh

Where is this, and why?
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fimdomeio 2647 days ago
It happened to me once. They just blocked all non http(s) traffic. By best guess was to block people torrenting made by someone that didn't want to spend more than two minutes working on it.
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lozenge 2646 days ago
VPNs, torrents and games all run over UDP and torrent software loves to saturate your connection. They could well have blocked all UDP (except DNS).
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