Recommended VPS Provider to watch Hulu

Cakey

EmperorRXF said: What I still can't figure out is how hulu blocks IPs even if the IP is from US and is passes the above test.

Something tells me it's inside the player (As it sets some cookies) and not js nor sent via the first request.

Also ramnode atlanta works too.

jemaltz

If you're using SOCKS, you need to remember to force DNS requests over SOCKS as well, e.g. on Firefox: http://superuser.com/a/156921

edan

Conformed if HostUs $10/year plan worked http://lowendbox.com/blog/hostus-10year-768mb-and-18quarter-6gb-ovz-in-three-us-locations/

TinyTunnel_Tom

@edan said:
Conformed if HostUs $10/year plan worked http://lowendbox.com/blog/hostus-10year-768mb-and-18quarter-6gb-ovz-in-three-us-locations/

True but NanoVZ is €1.50 a year (100GB BW)

edan

@TinyTunnel_Tom said:

NanoVZ is nice but just in case you need more bandwidth 2 TB/month

Can you give me the link to NanoVZ offer? http://lowendbox.com/blog/megavz-nat-ipv4-machines-starting-at-e3year-128mb-in-the-us-and-germany/

Weblogics

On a related note, Netflix is also cracking down on VPN and proxy providers.

Found this posted on Torrentfreak today.

Netflix is starting to block subscribers who access its service using VPN services and other tools that bypass geolocation restrictions. The changes, which may also affect legitimate users, have been requested by the movie studios who want full control over what people can see in their respective countries

mikho

@Weblogics said:
On a related note, Netflix is also cracking down on VPN and proxy providers.

Found this posted on Torrentfreak today.

Netflix is starting to block subscribers who access its service using VPN services and other tools that bypass geolocation restrictions. The changes, which may also affect legitimate users, have been requested by the movie studios who want full control over what people can see in their respective countries

Also read that, hope they stay busy with tracking the larger fish and let us who creates their own solution be.

Cakey

@liamwithers

https://github.com/Zalvie/Hulu-shit/blob/master/python/check_if_blocked.py

There you go, "pure" checking; took a bit to reverse the whole system cuz aes for python was messing up but you'll need pycrypto (pip install pycrypto)

Also added some documentation on where to find the pieces etc so yea.

Actually, who gives a shit about pycrypto anymore have one out having to install stuff
https://github.com/Zalvie/Hulu-shit/tree/master/python/nopycrypto

Errors:

400 - Service got ddosed I guess? Or if u do the request wrongfully

500 - Blocked fully

200 - Got in or blocked via geocheck.

hausarzt

@MikHo said:
Also read that, hope they stay busy with tracking the larger fish and let us who creates their own solution be.

Doesn't really matter if they're blocking on the AS-level just like Hulu. Which is what I would do as well if I were them. A few hundred DENY rules an 95% of the VPN/hosting-market is gone.

It's a stupid move to ban those ranges anyway because it just drives people to private trackers and no movie studio is getting a cent from them.

DalekOfSkaro

hausarzt said: It's a stupid move to ban those ranges anyway because it just drives people to private trackers and no movie studio is getting a cent from them.

Yep...

EmperorRXF

@Cakey said:
liamwithers

https://github.com/Zalvie/Hulu-shit/blob/master/python/check_if_blocked.py
https://github.com/Zalvie/Hulu-shit/tree/master/python/nopycrypto

that's awesome work!! just verified my hosts and berry.pw IPs are indeed blocked according to their "select" logic. I also bought another VPS for testing at HostUS and is working great so far (when it comes to the US IPs) I will keep an eye out for other good VPSes and update back on the blocked status here if anybody else needs the info.

Just out of curiosity on the reverse engineering you did... I was looking into the sec_as3.swf decompiled code from JPEXS flash decompiler but xmldecs() was obfuscated and did not decompile. Would you mind sharing how you figured out the algorithm and any tools you used for the job? I'm huge fan of understanding crypto related problems and this just caught my curiosity.

once again thanks for the help!

Cakey

EmperorRXF said: Just out of curiosity on the reverse engineering you did... I was looking into the sec_as3.swf decompiled code from JPEXS flash decompiler but xmldecs() was obfuscated and did not decompile. Would you mind sharing how you figured out the algorithm and any tools you used for the job? I'm huge fan of understanding crypto related problems and this just caught my curiosity.

showmycode works better than most tools and I'm not on my workstation.

http://paste.ee/p/MeNOH

_local3 looked like a hex'd key and _local4 an IV

Then it's just to follow the pattern as it clearly says AES and CBC

_local5[_local6] = (_local5[_local6] ^ 42); # Actually a loop but obbed thus cannot be seen too clearly
this._samiDecryptMode.IV = _local7.writeUTFBytes(_local4);
_local2 = Hex.toArray(_arg1);
this._samiDecryptMode.decrypt(_local2);

Then it's just about to reverse what http://paste.ee/p/SyUAT is doing with an block and unblocked ip cuz I myself kinda don't even live in USA so had to switch between vpses I owned til I found a blocked one.

EmperorRXF

@Cakey said:

Got it!! many thanks for the effort & time!

Cakey

EmperorRXF said: Got it!! many thanks for the effort & time!

Wanna know something more funny?

You can download the videos via this as well cuz it throws back the rtmp and stuff.

EmperorRXF

@Cakey said:

I still didn't decrypt the response message, but that's the jackpot link as you've seen it before me ... I'm also developing a chrome extension to extract streaming links (mp4, flv, f4m, smil, m3u8, etc) from all video sites and guess hulu can now be added to the list

4n0nx

So it's only s.hulu.com that does the check and the movie stream is on a different host? In that case you could use proxifier or foxyproxy to only tunnel connections to s.hulu.com through the proxy server. (that way the proxy connection does not have to be fast)

EmperorRXF

@4n0nx said:

Yes exactly.

pechspilz

So it's only s.hulu.com that does the check and the movie stream is on a different host? In that case you could use proxifier or foxyproxy to only tunnel connections to s.hulu.com through the proxy server. (that way the proxy connection does not have to be fast)

That's common practice, to use a CDN for the streaming part.
https://github.com/trick77/tunlr-style-dns-unblocking/blob/master/config.json

iaps

I have real Comcast Cable and Time Warner Cable ip's and dns servers available if that helps.

rizwan602

Try this server:

Server: 184.188.104.99
Username: vpn
Password: vpn
PPTP or L2TP with or without encryption

USA based. No logging, torrents allowed. Includes SmartDNS service to unblock HULU.

WeirdG

Sweet... just found out my VPS provider works with Hulu. Only really wanted it for Netflix US and Pandora, but Hulu is an added bonus. Paying $7.50/quarter.

kerouac

run a DNS leak test?

Lemming

I would not recommend any VPS actually. Hulu seems vigilant in blacklisting IPs. Over 75% of the U.S. IPs I've had were blocked, or eventually blocked. If I were on the Hulu blacklist squad, it would seem trivial to detect a proxy, if say, more than 4 different accounts used the same IP. More so if the account billing details indicate geographically-distant or overseas locations. Also, IP ranges are easy to look up, and a bit more googling can reveal if the owner is a datacentre or VPS provider.

Alajos

Watching Hulu outside from the US is illegal. Also it's expensive and complicated.

Watching series from torrent is legal in most countries. Also it's free and simple.

So why do you want to force them to accept your money?

AUGx

@rizwan602 said:
Try this server:

Server: 184.188.104.99
Username: vpn
Password: vpn
PPTP or L2TP with or without encryption

USA based. No logging, torrents allowed. Includes SmartDNS service to unblock HULU.

its work

AUGx

@rizwan602 said:
Try this server:

Server: 184.188.104.99
Username: vpn
Password: vpn
PPTP or L2TP with or without encryption

USA based. No logging, torrents allowed. Includes SmartDNS service to unblock HULU.

can you tell me how to setup a proxy like this one

david

Alajos said: Watching Hulu outside from the US is illegal. Also it's expensive and complicated.

What makes watching Hulu from outside the US illegal? That's news to me.

It may be against their terms of service, but since when is breaking a TOS illegal?

rsk

david said: What makes watching Hulu from outside the US illegal

Some content rights ... just like watching netflix outside the US.

Droidzone

Forgive me for reviving this old post.
Is there any current provider whose IPs can get through Hulu and whose TOS allows streaming?