So I am working, I need to check this open source software documentation and I get this message.
It basically says Internet Service Providers are forced to block Cloudflare IP addresses as LaLiga claims it is used to illegally stream the soccer games.
It seems to be “blocked” via DNS because they’re just rewriting the DNS record to point to their server (which is displaying the message). It makes me wonder if the actual IP address is indeed really blocked.
Is this easily bypassed via DoH or DoT?
No, the whole IP addresses are being blocked. Which is causing a huge issue for sites hosted in Cloudflare because thousands of sites share the same IP address and, when they find one single infringing site, they block the whole IP address affecting thousands of innocent sites. This has been widely reported by TorrentFreak, you can search there about how this works.
If they are using their ISP’s DNS server they probably don’t even need to use DoH or DoT, just switching to a independent DNS server is often enough. But yeah, otherwise using an encrypted DNS connection should also fix this.
That’s a good point. I always assume nobody wants to use plaintext DNS anymore, and I’m so paranoid about the blocking that the encryption would be a must for me personally.