2026-qurbat-list-domains-blocked

List of domains blocked via DNS filtering in India

qurbat · net4people BBS · 2026

Abstract

Measurement study documenting 43,083 apex domains blocked via DNS filtering across 6 Indian ISPs, including domain categories and Tranco popularity rankings from the 'Poisoned Wells' research.

Team notes

Auto-ingested via corpus-crawl. Tags proposed by Claude Haiku 4.5; review and tighten before relying. Direct blocklist dataset; relevant for evaluating DNS-tunneling and DNS evasion defenses against Indian filtering.

Tags

censors: in
techniques: dns-poisoning
method: measurement-study

findings extracted from this paper

A compiled blocklist dataset documents 43,083 apex domains blocked via DNS filtering across 6 Indian ISPs, representing one of the largest systematic inventories of Indian DNS censorship scope published to date.

compiled_blocklist.csv (main dataset) evaluation dns-poisoningmeasurement-platform in
The dataset incorporates Tranco popularity rankings for blocked domains (derived from the 'Poisoned Wells' research), enabling measurement of how DNS blocking in India intersects with high-traffic websites rather than being confined to obscure domains.

Abstract (Tranco ranking annotation) evaluation dns-poisoningmeasurement-platform in
The blocklist spans 6 distinct Indian ISPs, enabling cross-ISP consistency analysis; the multi-ISP scope reflects that DNS-based blocking in India is implemented heterogeneously at the ISP level rather than via a single national chokepoint.

Abstract / dataset metadata evaluation dns-poisoningmeasurement-platform in
DNS filtering is the documented primary blocking mechanism across the 6 surveyed Indian ISPs, with no evidence in this dataset of complementary IP-blocking or SNI-based blocking layers, suggesting the censor relies on DNS as a sufficient single-layer enforcement point.

Abstract / dataset scope detection dns-poisoning in