Banned from a chat, what does it mean?

Art59000 Posted messages 2 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -  
Jean-François Pillou Posted messages 18961 Registration date   Status Webmaster Last intervention   -
Hello,

I have been banned from the skyrock chat and here is the reason:

Access to the chat from this connection has been temporarily suspended for the following reason: Unsecured connection. Please follow the instructions on http://dnsbl.tornevall.org/removal.php?....

Am I currently connecting from a public network hotspot, is that the reason?

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Jean-François Pillou Posted messages 18961 Registration date   Status Webmaster Last intervention   63 308
 
Right now I'm connecting to a public network hotspot, is that the reason?

Very likely. More precisely, the IP address of the hotspot appears on a blacklist of networks that SkyRock relies on.

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Art59000 Posted messages 2 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
 
Why is it a blacklisted network? Before, I was able to connect without any issues.
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Jean-François Pillou Posted messages 18961 Registration date   Status Webmaster Last intervention   63 308
 
He is blacklisted because someone using this hotspot must have done something wrong on one or more sites (such as SkyRock) that reported this IP address as harmful to a site that lists undesirable IP addresses.
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Art59000 Posted messages 2 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
 
Yes, but usually there is the reason for our ban: here it says insecure connection. Is it possible that Skyrock refuses to let us connect from a public network?
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Jean-François Pillou Posted messages 18961 Registration date   Status Webmaster Last intervention   63 308
 
Is it possible that Skyrock refuses to allow us to connect from a public network?

Yes, specifically from the one you are using.
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