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How exactly do they "leave the country"? Do they start blocking French & Belgian IPs?


That's how:

$ dig kernel.org @208.67.220.220

; <<>> DiG 9.18.33-1~deb12u2-Debian <<>> kernel.org @208.67.220.220 ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: REFUSED, id: 12644 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 2

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1410 ; EDE: 16 (Censored) ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;kernel.org. IN A

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: kernel.org. 0 IN TXT "The OpenDNS service is currently unavailable in France and some French territories due to a court order under Article L.333-10 of the French Sport Code. See https://support.opendns.com/hc/en-us"

;; Query time: 8 msec ;; SERVER: 208.67.220.220#53(208.67.220.220) (UDP) ;; WHEN: Sun May 11 22:56:23 UTC 2025




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