Monday, March 31, 2014

VPN Issues In KitKat Are Interfering With Connection Routing, Fixes Are Planned For Some Of Them

Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) aren’t the sexiest topic out there, but they are a pretty vital part of daily operations for almost every major company and many small businesses. VPNs are used to securely connect a computer, tablet, or phone to a company's private network over the Internet, thus allowing people to work remotely while ensuring strict authentication and enforcing administrative policies. Even some power users are apt to set up a VPN if they want to make their home networks accessible while they're on the road.

During the development of Android 4.4 KitKat, the time came to spruce up some of the lower-level pieces that are responsible for creating and managing VPN connections. As with any normal code rewrite, a few bugs crept into the mix. Unfortunately, some of these bugs proved to be relatively catastrophic to a lot of users, leaving them unable to conduct their business.

Symptoms
The more involved details of each symptom are hard to explain without going into very extensive (and boring) depth about network routing and configurations. Instead, I'm going to stick with the overall effects that most people will witness when they try to establish a connection.

  • Tunneling IPv6 over IPv4 simply doesn’t work. In other words, if you connect to a VPN over IPv4 and the other end supports IPv6, any IPv6 address you attempt to communicate with will be unreachable. Everything will appear to be connected and working, but those data packets simply won't leave your device.
  • Changing connection types (e.g. from wifi to 3g) will result in a disconnection from the VPN. The disconnection might be intentional, as it could be a safety measure to prevent possible snooping. Reconnecting to the VPN is the bigger issue. Some people claim that they can reconnect over the new interface right away, some say that they can only reconnect over the original interface, and some people simply cannot reconnect over any type of interface without first rebooting. To be fair, there isn’t enough information to completely rule out specific apps or environmental conditions.
  • Some apps use VPN routing to establish tethering connections over non-standard interfaces (like Bluetooth). When this occurs on KitKat, it can look like a VPN connection has been established but data packets fail to travel in either direction. This is known to cause issues for apps like BlueVPN and Open Garden. (A mediocre workaround for this is discussed below.)
What Is Affected
Each of the issues described here affect every Nexus device running KitKat 4.4 - 4.4.2. Google Play Edition devices and anything running an aftermarket ROM based on AOSP should also be affected.
HTC and Samsung devices are mentioned in some of the threads, but none of the complaints specify if they are running stock Android (GPE variants or AOSP ROMs). One report claims the 4.4.2 update for the HTC One does not suffer from the Bluetooth tethering bug. Another comment also seems to clear the Galaxy Note 3 of the same bug, but it indicates that the other bugs are probably still be present.

Causes
A root cause hasn’t been clearly identified and there’s still not enough information to determine with any certainty if these bugs originate from the same error or if multiple factors are at work. Most of the problems center around handling of the routing table, so it’s possible all of these are manifestations of the same core bug.

Workarounds
Unfortunately, the last few months have gone by without any really good solutions for most of these bugs. In fact, short of offloading the VPN duties to a router, most people have been at a standstill since updating to KitKat.

There has been a fairly crumby workaround discovered by people using HMA VPN to tether over Bluetooth, which is to also be connected to WiFi at the same time. Yes, you read that right. If your device is connected to a WiFi access point, even one that has no uplink connection, it then becomes possible to use apps like BlueVPN and Open Garden. Of course, this isn’t the most battery efficient or convenient option, but it might help when desperate times call for desperate measures.

Fixes Are Coming
On the positive side, all of these issues are probably just about to vanish. A project member dropped into the Bluetooth tethering thread to mark it as FutureRelease while acknowledging that several bug fixes are scheduled for the next release of Android. The other threads relating to VPN issues are still sitting without a change in status, but it’s likely that many of those issues simply haven’t been marked.

Wrap-Up
VPNs aren’t used by a large percentage of the population, but those who do use them, rely on them heavily. To suddenly lose access to networks that are vital for your job can be a crippling experience. We’ll just have to wait until the next update (probably 4.4.3) to find out which, if any of these bugs survived, but it sounds like most people will be able to get back to their normal routine fairly soon.




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American Netflix In Canada: Many Have Discovered How To Get It

Canadians have figured out that when it comes to Netflix, they're getting a bit of a raw deal.
Americans and Canadians pay roughly the same price for the video-streaming service, but U.S. customers get more than twice the titles. The situation is the result of a complex licensing environment for movies and TV shows. But it seems many Canadians are unwilling to accept this state of affairs.
An untold, but significant, number of people are turning to virtual private networks (VPNs) to mask their IP addresses and trick Netflix, and other geo-blocked services, into believing they reside in the United States.
A quick look at some analytics from Google shows that there has been a steady uptick in searches for how to use VPNs for just this purpose since Netflix was introduced to Canada in 2011.
how to get american netflix
On average, there are thousands upon thousands of searches each month in Canada aimed at figuring out how to gain access to Netflix's American library.
get american netflix in canada

A bevy of new services have rushed to meet the demand. Canadian companies SurfEasy and Unblockus are two of the most prominent, but there is a whole slew of businesses offering to help you get around geographical restrictions. There are thousands of YouTube tutorials to help guide you through the process.
But, unless you're willing to use pirated VPN codes that will likely be unreliable, you'll have to pay. The average fee per month comes in at around $5, nearly doubling the $7.99 price for Netflix. But many Canadians seem to think it's worth it.

A quick look at the content that's only available to U.S. users explains why.

Titles You Can't Get On Canadian Netflix
 
Netflix doesn't condone VPNs and using one clearly violates the company's terms of service agreement. Nevertheless, Netflix doesn't seem to be doing anything to stop consumers from using a services that spokesperson Jenny McCabe said are "like pirating."

But so far, it seems that using VPNs is legal in Canada.
“I don’t think they’re an obvious copyright infringement,” said Canadian professor and internet expert Michael Geist. “If it gets bigger we may see efforts to restrict it.”
“I guess my view would be: so long as it remains a relatively small part of the market it will fly below the radar screen even if people are aware of it," he added.

Geist, who works as an advisor to SurfEasy, said VPNs are an important tool in ensuring the internet remains a tool for promoting freedom.

“I first starting using a VPN when I travelled to China and was seeking to circumvent their firewall," he said. "These tools are important for protecting privacy, they’re important for free-speech issues, and so any attempt to regulate would have to take that into account.”

But it seems most Canadians are using VPNs to gain access to the ever-increasing bounty of video content available online. And VPNs aren't just for Netflix, they can also be used to access Hulu, music-steaming service Spotify and all the rest of the content protected by geo-blocking.
And it doesn't stop with the United States. Many VPN companies will hook you up with an IP address for a number of different countries. The United Kingdom, for example, has its own unique Netflix catalogue.

Once a VPN is set up (changing the DNS settings on your home router makes the most sense for the majority of users), you can usually change your location via your service's website. This makes switching back and forth between countries easy.

For many, however, the technical details may prove daunting. Enter VPN browser extensions, perhaps the easiest way to get an American IP. While sometimes unreliable, these easily downloaded add-ons for Chrome and Firefox make using a VPN much easier.

But giving up on Canadian Netflix entirely doesn't make much sense. Many excellent titles are actually only available in Canada. Check out the slideshow below for some examples.

Sunday, March 2, 2014

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T20 World Cup 2014 will kick off on 16th Mar 2014, hosted in Bangladesh according to cricket schedule announced by ICC. New Zealand, South Africa, England, Sri Lanka, West Indies, India, Pakistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and TBC will battle against each other in 2014 for international series. T20 World Cup 2014 has been scheduled in Bangladesh for all live Twenty20 matches in this series.

The live streaming of cricket matches of the ICC T20 World Cup of 2014 through websites and mobile applications is expected to be a couple of seconds lagged behind, considering the prospect of a particular website being shortlisted by ICC for exclusively live streaming. The 2014 ICC T20 World Cup would happen in Bangladesh in March and April.


http://www.t20worldcup2014live.com/2013/12/T20-WORLD-CUP-2014-Live-Streaming-Online.html

T20 World Cup live streaming is scheduled to play 35 T20 matches in total. The Bangladesh v TBC T20 of this series will be played on 16th March, 2014 in Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka (capital city of Bangladesh) and the final cricket game will be played on 6th April, 2014.

The ESPN Star Sports has won the production and global media partnership of International Cricket Council for eight years, from 2007 to 2015. Hence, like the 18 ICC events to fall under this period, the 2014 T20 World Cup will also be broadcasted by ESS.

ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier Tv Channel List 2013:
Pakistan: Ten Sports, PTV Sports
South Africa: SuperSport
Hong Kong, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, Philippines: Star Cricket
India: Star Cricket HD/SD
Nepal: Star Cricket HD/SD
Sri Lanka: Star Cricket HD/SD
Bangladesh: Star Cricket HD/SD

Complete live broadcasting and cricket schedule of T20 World Cup 2014 is available with time table and hosted venues. Enjoy watching India vs Pakistan live with us which will be 13th Twenty20 match of this T20 world cup going to be held on 21st Match, 2014.
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No More wait for the cricket Lovers. as ICC World T20 2014 is going to starts on 16th March 2014 Hosted in Bangladesh. so its a Big Cricket summer in Bangladesh, as Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Cricket Series Followed by Asia Cup 2014 & then only with 1 weak Rest its T20 Cricket World Cup 2014. All Matches of T20 World Cup will Broadcast live on Star Sports Net Work (India), Channel 9 (Bangladesh), PTV Sports (Pakistan), Sky Sports (England / UK), Espn 3 & Willow (USA), Super Sports (South Africa) & Fox Sports in Australia are Streaming Live.

However Live Scores, Playing XI Details, Complete T20 WC Fixtures, Statistics & Match updates you can follow Here. 16 Teams Playing in this World Cup. Divided in 4 Pools Details Below.

ICC World Twenty20, 2013/14 Below.

Date
Time
Match Details
Mar 16
9:30 GMT
1st T20 Bangladesh vs Afghanistan
Venue: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka
Mar 16
13:30 GMT
2nd T20 – Hong Kong vs Nepal
Venue: Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Mar 17
9:30 GMT
3rd T20 – Ireland vs Zimbabwe
Venue: Sylhet Stadium, Sylhet
Mar 17
13:30 GMT
4th T20 – Netherlands vs United Arab Emirates
Venue: Sylhet Stadium, Sylhet
Mar 18
13:30 GMT
6th T20 – Bangladesh vs Nepal
Venue: Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Mar 18
09:30 GMT
5th T20 – Afghanistan vs Hong Kong
Venue: Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Mar 19
9:30 GMT
7th T20 – Netherlands vs Zimbabwe
Venue: Sylhet Stadium, Sylhet
Mar 19
13:30 GMT
8th T20 – Ireland vs United Arab Emirates
Venue: Sylhet Stadium, Sylhet
Mar 20
9:30 GMT
9th T20 – Afghanistan vs Nepal
Venue: Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Mar 20
13:30 GMT
10th T20 – Bangladesh vs Hong Kong
Venue: Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Mar 21
5:30 GMT
11th T20 – Zimbabwe vs United Arab Emirates
Venue: Sylhet Stadium, Sylhet
Mar 21
9:30 GMT
12th T20 – Ireland vs Netherlands
Venue: Sylhet Stadium, Sylhet
Mar 21
13:30 GMT
13th T20 – India vs Pakistan
Venue: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka
Mar 22
9:30 GMT
14th T20 – South Africa vs Sri Lanka
Venue: Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Mar 22
13:30 GMT
15th T20 – England vs New Zealand
Venue: Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Mar 23
9:30 GMT
16th T20 – Australia vs Pakistan
Venue: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka
Mar 23
13:30 GMT
17th T20 – India vs West Indies
Venue: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka
Mar 24
9:30 GMT
18th T20 – New Zealand vs South Africa
Venue: Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Mar 24
13:30 GMT
19th T20 – Sri Lanka vs TBC
Venue: Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Mar 25
13:30 GMT
20th T20 – West Indies vs TBC
Venue: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Mar 27
9:30 GMT
21st T20 – South Africa vs TBC
Venue: Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagon
Mar 27
13:30 GMT
22nd T20 – England vs Sri Lanka
Venue: Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Mar 28
9:30 GMT
23rd T20 – Australia vs West Indies
Venue: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Mar 28
13:30 GMT
24th T20 – India vs TBC
Venue: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Mar 29
9:30 GMT
25th T20 – New Zealand vs TBC
Venue: Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Mar 29
13:30 GMT
26th T20 – England vs South Africa
Venue: Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Mar 30
9:30 GMT
27th T20 – Pakistan vs TBC
Venue: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Mar 30
13:30 GMT
28th T20 – India vs Australia
Venue: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Mar 31
9:30 GMT
29th T20 – England vs TBC
Venue: Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Mar 31
13:30 GMT
30th T20 – New Zealand vs Sri Lanka
Venue: Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Apr 01
9:30 GMT
31st T20 – Australia vs TBC
Venue: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Apr 01
13:30 GMT
32nd T20 – Pakistan vs West Indies
Venue: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Apr 03
13:00 GMT
1st Semi Final T20 – TBC vs TBC
Venue: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Apr 04
13:00 GMT
2nd Semi Final T20 – TBC vs TBC
Venue: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Apr 06
13:00 GMT
Final T20 – TBC vs TBC
Venue: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
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ICC World Cup T20 2014 Fixture, Score, Live Streaming Online

ICC (International Cricket Council) World Cup Twenty20 2014 will be the 5th season of World Cup T20, which will be hosted by Bangladesh during 16th March to 6th April, 2014. This will be the first ever international cricket tournament which will be hosted by Bangladesh totally. Previously, Sri Lanka hosted this tournament on 2012. So, this is the second time that an Asian country will have the honour to host such a big tournament of cricket.
Cricket is being more and more exciting day by day. After the introduction of Twenty20 version of cricket, the popularity of this game has increased to a higher level among people of all age groups. Tournaments like BPL, IPL, SLPL etc have become popular and brought more and more people to the cricket ground. As World Cup is a battle of countries, this tournament will surely be a success. Bangladesh has a huge number of cricket loving people who will enjoy each and every match of this tournament and will make it a success.


TEAMS:
This tournament will consist of 10 teams. 8 of these teams has been confirmed according to the ICC Cricket Rating. Bangladesh & Zimbabwe have to play a pre-tournament qualifying round with another 6 teams. The 2 winners of this round will join the 8 teams in the main tournament.
There is another twist! These 6 teams will be confirmed by another qualifying round. 16 teams will fight for these 6 positions, starting from 15th November, 2013. So, ultimately this tournament will consist of 16+2+8=24 teams.
QUALIFIER GROUP A QUALIFIER GROUP B
IRELAND AFGHANISTAN
CANADA BERMUDA
HONG KONG DENMARK
ITALY NETHERLANDS
NAMIBIA NEPAL
UGANDA KENYA
USA PAPUA NEW GUINEA
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES SCOTLAND
Meanwhile, 6 teams have been selected through the Qualifier Round. These teams will play a Pre-Tournament Series with Bangladesh & Zimbabwe according to the following groups:

PRE-TOURNAMENT GROUP A PRE-TOURNAMENT GROUP B
BANGLADESH ZIMBABWE
AFGHANISTAN IRELAND
NEPAL NETHERLANDS
HONG KONG UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
2 Teams will be selected from the above table. Thus, the actual groups of ICC T20 World Cup will be the following:

GROUP 1 GROUP 2
ENGLAND AUSTRALIA
NEW ZEALAND INDIA
SOUTH AFRICA PAKISTAN
SRI ALANKA WEST INDIES
GROUP B WINNER GROUP A WINNER


VENUES:
There will be 35 matches in total in this tournament. These matches will be hosted by three (3) venuesSher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium [Dhaka]Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium [Chittagong]Sylhet Divisional Stadium [Sylhet].
DHAKA CHITTAGONG SYLHET
Sher-e-Bangla National
Cricket Stadium
Zohur Ahmed
Chowdhury Stadium
Sylhet Divisional
Stadium
Capacity: 26,000 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 22,000
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh Sylhet Divisional Stadium, Sylhet, Bangladesh
The Qualifier Matches between 16 teams will be hosted by United Arab Emirates. Pre-Tournament Matches among 8 teams will be held in Sylhet & Chittagong. Then Group 1 matches will be held in Dhaka & Group 2 matches will be held in Chittagong.
FIXTURE/SCHEDULE:
PRE-TOURNAMENT GROUP MATCHES
MATCH DATE TIME [BST] TEAM TEAM VENUE WINNER
1 16/03/2014 11:00 A.M BAN AFG DHAKA
2 16/03/2014 3:00 P.M HK NEP CHITTAGONG
3 17/03/2014 11:00 A.M IRE ZIM SYLHET
4 17/03/2014 3:00 P.M NET UAA SYLHET
5 18/03/2014 11:00 A.M AFG HK CHITTAGONG
6 18/03/2014 3:00 P.M BAN NEP CHITTAGONG
7 19/03/2014 11:00 A.M NET ZIM SYLHET
8 19/03/2014 3:00 P.M IRE UAA SYLHET
9 20/03/2014 11:00 A.M AFG NEP CHITTAGONG
10 20/03/2014 3:00 P.M BAN HK CHITTAGONG
11 21/03/2014 7:00 A.M UAA ZIM SYLHET
12 21/03/2014 11:00 A.M IRE NET SYLHET



TOURNAMENT MATCHES
MATCH DATE TIME [BST] TEAM TEAM VENUE WINNER
13 21/03/2014 3:00 P.M IND PAK DHAKA
14 22/03/2014 11:00 A.M SL SA CHITTAGONG
15 22/03/2014 3:00 P.M ENG NZ CHITTAGONG
16 23/03/2014 11:00 A.M PAK AUS DHAKA
17 23/03/2014 3:00 P.M WI IND DHAKA
18 24/03/2014 11:00 A.M NZ SA CHITTAGONG
19 24/03/2014 3:00 P.M SL TBD CHITTAGONG
20 25/03/2014 3:00 P.M TBD WI DHAKA
21 27/03/2014 11:00 A.M SA TBD CHITTAGONG
22 27/03/2014 3:00 P.M ENG SL CHITTAGONG
23 28/03/2014 11:00 A.M WI AUS DHAKA
24 28/03/2014 3:00 P.M TBD IND DHAKA
25 29/03/2014 11:00 A.M NZ TBD CHITTAGONG
26 29/03/2014 3:00 P.M ENG SA CHITTAGONG
27 30/03/2014 12:00 P.M PAK TBD DHAKA
28 30/03/2014 4:00 P.M IND AUS DHAKA
29 31/03/2014 12:00 P.M ENG TBD CHITTAGONG
30 31/03/2014 4:00 P.M SL NZ CHITTAGONG
31 1/04/2014 12:00 P.M TBD AUS DHAKA
32 1/04/2014 4:00 P.M WI PAK DHAKA
SEMI-FINAL 1 3/04/2014 3:30 P.M TBD TBD DHAKA
SEMI-FINAL 2 4/04/2014 3:30 P.M TBD TBD DHAKA
FINAL 6/04/2014 3:30 P.M TBD TBD DHAKA


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