On Wednesday 06 February 2019 03:10:18 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, Feb 05, 2019 at 09:42:04PM +0100, deloptes wrote: > > to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > I'd guess the same. But... now it gets interesting: blocked by > > > whom? China? North Korea? > > > > Yes just tried > > > > whois wvsto.com > > > > and accessible from here Europe. > > I don't think one would block this site > > Name resolution isn't a problem: it's the access to the host after > that. Tcpdump shows the SYNs going out but no ACKs arriving, it looks > like some silly firewall rule on the way. > > I tried a couple of times after that (once just after I saw Brad's > positive response from the UK) -- the results are consistent for > me. > > So our rough map is: France (near Paris), Germany (Berlin): out; > Spain (Madrid): in, UK: in. > > So much for basing your "security" on the IPs you see :-D > > Attempt at an explanation: as IPV4 gets more and more exhausted, > we're bound to see small slivers of IPV4 space "recycled" and > allocated to random places -- IP address to geolocation "mapping" > becoming more and more fractal and (time-) dynamic. Admins: > enjoy maintaining your firewall rules! > > Cheers > -- tomás
Yup, I'm firmly in ipv4 country yet, and I don't know of an ipv6 facility closer than Pittsburgh. I've used it experimentally here in my own little domain, but currently have it turned off (I think) Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>