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Looking for VPS provider in Iran or North Korea.
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North Korea has a Tier 4 datacenter in Pyongyang. it's owned by the countries military complex and Orascom (Egypt) - It's basically a military site.
You can see it on guided tours.
Most are by now, NK invested in DDoS protection after they got fiber to China (Nx10GE)
No, the US explicitely limits high tech and IT and the EU limits for human rights abuse still.
US sanctions high tech **exports **to Iran, is buying a VPS on a PC in Iran high tech??? No.
People really need to get a grip. Next thing ppl will be thinking is that to even look at Iran on a map is illegal!
While I wouldn't go that far, I would have to agree on the fact that the USA did play its part in the Iranian conflict. The USA themselves helped set up their nuclear program when Shâh Pahlavi was still in power. Here's an intersting read: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3983-2005Mar26.html
Having said that, I think both sides are not doing well in trying to resolve this conflict.
Anyway, back to the topic at hand: does the trade embargo also apply to consumer purchases?
:-/
Considering it needs to run on US technology - Intel and AMD CPUs notably - Yes, you would be supporting sanction violation with this.
@William in this case it seems that Intel and AMD would be the violators, not the one that rents a VPS in Iran. Buying a VPS in Iran is not EXPORT it is IMPORT.
You wouldnt be exporting it any and technology like the aforementioned is widely used in consumer goods and so would hardly qualify as high tech. Of course a proper lawyer can twist whatever they want eventually
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You probably wont believe it but north korea actually have 3G internet. It's not that expensive too.
Yes, they violate it - And the buyer supports them knowingly while doing that - Thats fairly clear even in US federal law.
Sure, issues are unrealistic to expect for that, but by this technicality you "can't" host on x86 in Iran
Pyongyang has good 3G coverage, the rest of the country has patchy but some access. But it's all access to the local intranet with access to a few select whitelisted websites (probably a lot of them propaganda websites hosted by the party in other nations or at least some affiliation).
You can also get an unfiltered connection if you're one of the Kims though (the current leaders father was pretty ironically a big fan of browsing the internet), or if you're near the borders and willing to risk it (and have enough things to barter for currency/services). Not really ideal for hosting an external service though.
The sanctions only apply to support given to Iran. If you make a purchase of more than $5million then you will be violating the sanctions.
So unless you intend to but hundreds of thousands of VPSs, it's not an issue.
I'm just thinking about those cryptography export laws. Would anyone be allowed to use SSL when hosting in North Korea.
If you want protection for the content you want to host - use the Tor or I2P networks. Cheaper and safer.
I think you have no clue how international law and sanctions work. No offense intended.
It doesn't really matter, all they are, are a bullying tool that the USA/UK use against other weaker countries. Usually doesn't end well. Check out what happened when USA deliberately sanctioned/blocked Japanese oil supplies. Check out what happened when the UK sanctioned Germany after WW1. Now USA/UK want to sanction Russia. Better start digging some nuclear proof bunkers! Obama O'Drama and Cameroon got theirs so they are not bothered.
http://rt.com/op-edge/us-foreign-policy-bullying-493/
iran i can understand, but north korea? did you already have potential customer?