3 Ways to Access Blocked “Malaysia Today”
Filed in: Malaysia, Web — August 28th, 2008
“Malaysia Today“, a Malaysia political news portal, has been blocked by local ISPs as ordered by Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). Here are the workarounds to skip the block and access Malaysia Today like normal.
- Use the new website address — Malaysia Today has been migrated to a new server and has a new website address (mirror?): http://mt.harapanmalaysia.com/2008/ Simply use the link to access Malaysia Today like normal.
- Use proxy server — find a free proxy server and apply it to your system or web browser network setting. Hola! (Read “how to use free proxy with Firefox“)
- Use OpenDNS — Stop using local ISPs’ DNS server and switch to OpenDNS, a free DNS service. It is easy to setup, simply follow the OpenDNS setup instruction. Using OpenDNS also skip any ISP level website blocks in the future.
Who is hosting Malaysia Today?
Before the ISP block, Malaysia Today is hosting with ReadySpace, a Singapore hosting company. Ironically, they moved the website to data center in Malaysia (read: tmnet). Check who is hosting any website.
My two cents
Well, Internet Censorship is bad, real bad.
You can read more about the access block on bytebot’s post “Malaysia starts censoring bloggers“. CNET Asia blog has the news too, written by Bernice Low.
More Information:
- “Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering” (The MIT Press) listing at Amazon.com
- “We Are Iran: The Persian Blogs” (Nasrin Alavi) listing at Amazon.com
- “Freedom of Speech” (Eric Barendt) listing at Amazon.com
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August 28th, 2008 at 3:34 am
or else you can use this fast proxy site
http://www.proxy.my
August 28th, 2008 at 9:42 am
They can’t really block everything when it comes to internet…i like using proxy to access site ^^ Thanks Liew
August 28th, 2008 at 9:43 am
I have written a similar notes on how to circumvent internet censorship, and our ideas are more of less the same.
For proxies, in addition to what you’ve written, there is this proxy software called Ultrasurf that’s developed by the people against internet censorship in China. I find it superb as it’s light, easy to use and most importantly, unblockable!
Basically, Ultrasurf enables users inside countries with heavy Internet censorship to visit any public web sites in the world safely and freely while it automatically searches the highest speed proxy servers in the background.
Download Ultrasurf software from:
http://www.ultrareach.com
http://www.wujie.net/downloads/ultrasurf/u.zip
Then extract the file and run, that’s it.
If you are using browser other than IE, then you have to manually change your proxy IP address to 127.0.0.1 with port :9666 .
Say NO to internet censorship!
August 28th, 2008 at 9:58 am
u can use http://www.unipeak.com too
try it. I was using it to access block sites last time in college. lol 
August 28th, 2008 at 11:03 am
I actually have no interest in politics whatsoever but I was appalled at this latest stupidity by the current govt!
As a blogger, I feel very much that our rights to freedom of speech has been violated. What happened to the MSC charter?
I will track back to this and get more people to read Malaysia Today now!
August 28th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
[...] 3 Ways to Access Blocked “Malaysia Today” [...]
August 28th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Where is democracy? I think “they” better stop using democracy in Malaysia. No freedom to speak.
For those who got blocked, use this proxy:
http://www.unblocklists.com
August 28th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
OpenDNS method works fine & easy for me
August 28th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
MC MC MC again…haha well there is no such Terms as Ban or Block in the internet world once again..the Malaysian Gov doesn’t know how internet works lols soon lots of bloggers will start sharing the knowledge in the blogosphere and the email too ahahha..
August 28th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
[...] for the hanging of the idiots @ MCMC. Lim Kit Siang has chimed in. LiewCF is telling people how to bypass the blocks. Daniel from Global Voices Online asks What exactly is [...]
August 28th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
The ‘multimedia’ bill our government passed during mahathir’s time guarantee there would be no internet censorship, this is to attracts foreign companies, especially big internet companies such as Yahoo, Google, ebay to set up their regional base for south east asia.
Instead, they’ve chosen Singapore as their base, reason? our government’s promises are not trustworthy, remember AFTA? the reduction in tax for cars?
Its time bloggers like you and me stood up against the corrupt gov.
August 29th, 2008 at 12:42 am
[...] It’s a sad day for free speech in Malaysia. The government-run body MCMC has ordered one of the nation’s major ISPs, TMnet, to block the alternative news media Malaysia Kini. Malaysians may still access it, though, by following the tips posted at LiewCF.com. [...]
August 29th, 2008 at 2:13 am
I tried to use OpenDNS, it really help. But, I still cannot access to certain hong kong forum. Too bad… Proxy work, but it load too slow.
August 29th, 2008 at 2:52 am
Nothing new. They blocked all my websites.
http://www.MalaysiaBodoh.com.
Having spend 3 weeks in Msia and just back,
Msia cost of living is high all silly news is on Anwar.
Good Luck Msia.
August 29th, 2008 at 10:58 am
Another way is to use VPN to bypass ISP all together,
1. The easiest is using the one below, its free easy to install, use and remove, but ad-supported, non-obstructing ads.
http://anchorfree.com/downloads/hotspot-shield/
2. Conventional VPN
http://www.relakks.com (free 30 days trial, no installation, but every month u need to re-register with a new email address to get further 30 days) etc. My experience with it is…. its hard to get connected.
August 29th, 2008 at 11:34 am
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August 29th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
you can try to use http://www.unipeak.com and see.
August 29th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Thanks for the info Liew………need to learn to use Proxy now
August 29th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
typo error, it is not http://mt.haraoanmalaysia.com/2008/, its ‘harapan’ not’haraoan’
August 30th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
Thanks Liew for your recommendations. I have been searching for similar configurations and ideas for a long time but don’t know what to choose. Now you have made me easier to make a choice.
August 31st, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Liew, thanks for the ideas.. I think OpenDNS is a good idea too
August 31st, 2008 at 8:33 pm
well, no one is going to follow china in blocking internet access.
September 8th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
I have no say about what is in malaysia-today…
But the thing is, it is clearly in MSC Malaysia Bill of Guarantee, item number 7, which states, “Ensure no Internet censorship.”
http://www.mscmalaysia.my/topic/MSC+Malaysia+Bill+of+Guarantees
Is Malaysia still upholding their bill of guarantee with MSC companies?? When they block this, does this means MSC companies are not affected??
Hmm… no wonder Dr. M is upset about the censorship…
September 9th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
That action just made me all the very more interested in Malaysia Today. Only thing is…anyone knows where to register to post a comment on that site? I couldn’t find where to register. Only the login…
November 1st, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Can someone tell me where/ how i can check the domin name or website is block by malaysia? I was so surprised that my website is block by malaysia! It’s just a normal business website! How come they can do that as their like only????
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:06 am
Interesting DK. Can you tell us what you website is. We’d love to see it. Or probably it’s just being marked by Google as dangerous.