Gateway ptn-ag02 - no access

Reconnect to gateway pcl-ag07 and I can access the site.

Correct. Some sites are routed through the IWF filter because they share an IP with a site that is blocked, but they are not actually blocked themselves.

See http://community.plus.net/forum/index.php/topic,1053...

Disconnect/reconnect (may take more than one attempt) should find you a gateway that works.

In reply to a post by jjames123:

In reply to a post by KINGMUZZAUK:

Im on plusnet and its working for me!

Strange are you using a proxy or something to access the net??

Having said that I tried a couple of the filesharing sites that appear on the list (see post above) and they work fine ... strange.

I have a static ip address with plusnet but thats it!!

He will be on a different gateway - see http://forums.thinkbroadband.com/plusnet/t/4129406-r...

IWF list should not block complete sites, but rather the URL of offending material. Hence why the list is not published.

The way most providers handle the list is a quick, re-route for the domain, with the deeper URL checking happening on the proxy.

This can result in a site appearing to be blocked if it is a popular site and taxes the performance of the proxy.

And sometimes the remote site blocks the proxy's public IP due to a high volume of requests originating from the same IP.

This is especially true for file sharing sites that limit the number of "free" accesses to encourage users to pay for subscriptions.