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   bit-naughty@hotmail.com to All   
   Adult site blocking   
   20 Dec 15 09:56:08   
   
   OK, so I had an experience with censorship - someone was trying to go to a   
   particular porn site, and it said "The governent has blocked this page" or   
   whatever. I'd like to know how this is pulled off - the router in the middle   
   didn't only block the HTTP    
   request, but also - *answered* it, saying that the site was blocked!! I   
   thought routers were low level TCP/IP beasts, how are they answering HTTP   
   requests? Or am I barking up the wrong tree? Did it get the text "The   
   government" blah blah from a _server_    
   somewhere? How?   
      
      
   Thanks.   
      
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