Amazon Blocking dropbox on 3g?

scissors · 02-14-2015, 04:32 AM

Hi All
I did a quick search on google and mobileread and nothing jumps out, so apologies if this has been covered.

When Abroad on holiday, I use kindle to download newspapers via my dropbox account and calibre2opds.
On this holiday due to the hotel charging 6Euro per day for wifi I decided to use the missuses kindle keyboard 3G, which is what we have always used when camping and never been a problem.

However, I was getting a KIndle cannot connect to this web page message.
Other sites, BBC etc all load okay.

I connected to dropbox via a free proxy server in the end.

So, is Amazon blocking access to the dropbox domain via it's 3g?
Or is something else afoot?

If they are blocking it, is there a better work around than proxy as it is a a right pain having to type the url in everyday, as saving the page as a bookmark doesn't work.

Thanks
Dave

Barbara1955 · 02-14-2015, 04:58 AM

There is a Limit of using 3G out side the US ... Not sure if that the cause or not.

scissors · 02-14-2015, 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Katie1

There is a Limit of using 3G out side the US ... Not sure if that the cause or not.

never been a problem before, and I can connect via a proxy using same 3g.
It is as if the domain dropbox is literally the only it will not directly connect to

scissors · 02-14-2015, 08:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scissors

never been a problem before, and I can connect via a proxy using same 3g.
It is as if the domain dropbox is literally the only it will not directly connect to

Ignore my paranoia.

Turns out there it was on 3.4 firmware. quick upgrade to 3.4.1 and it's work.

eschwartz · 02-14-2015, 10:18 PM

Indeed, the (recent) update resolved apparently-critical issues in the ssl framework and stuff.

So you would have seen other websites do the same thing, except that whichever ones those might be, were apparently not on your list of websites to check.
Probably more prone to happening on more-secure-than-average websites.

02-14-2015, 04:32 AM	#1
scissors Addict Posts: 241 Karma: 1001369 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: prs300, kindle keyboard 3g	Amazon Blocking dropbox on 3g? Hi All I did a quick search on google and mobileread and nothing jumps out, so apologies if this has been covered. When Abroad on holiday, I use kindle to download newspapers via my dropbox account and calibre2opds. On this holiday due to the hotel charging 6Euro per day for wifi I decided to use the missuses kindle keyboard 3G, which is what we have always used when camping and never been a problem. However, I was getting a KIndle cannot connect to this web page message. Other sites, BBC etc all load okay. I connected to dropbox via a free proxy server in the end. So, is Amazon blocking access to the dropbox domain via it's 3g? Or is something else afoot? If they are blocking it, is there a better work around than proxy as it is a a right pain having to type the url in everyday, as saving the page as a bookmark doesn't work. Thanks Dave

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Barbara1955 Non-Techy Posts: 4,455 Karma: 15499273 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: WV---USA Device: Samsung Cell Phone & Amazon Fires & Kobo eReaders	There is a Limit of using 3G out side the US ... Not sure if that the cause or not.

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eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Indeed, the (recent) update resolved apparently-critical issues in the ssl framework and stuff. So you would have seen other websites do the same thing, except that whichever ones those might be, were apparently not on your list of websites to check. Probably more prone to happening on more-secure-than-average websites.

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