At Wed, 2 Sep 2026 20:45:10 -0400 Greg Wooledge <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 02, 2026 at 20:29:55 -0400, Robert Heller wrote: > > The other *weirdness* is that the dig command returns *different* > > IP address for the server listed in the Brave Browser repository config file > > -- it seems to depend on geography and/or ISP path to the Internet backbone > > (some DNS magic going on here). > > > > What is going on? > > Well, the first thing you'll want to try is using something that queries > hosts the same way apt does, rather than using dig, which exclusively uses > DNS. It's possible you've got a line in your /etc/hosts file or something > else which overrides DNS, which dig would not care about, but apt would. > > Canonically, you can use getent hosts ... instead of dig. There are > lots of other choices as well. getent hosts agrees with dig. And there is no funny business in /etc/hosts > > > heller@DebianServer:~$ sudo apt update > > Get:1 http://mirror.llg.one/debian trixie InRelease [140 kB] > > Hit:2 http://mirror.llg.one/debian trixie-proposed-updates InRelease > > Err:3 https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com stable InRelease > > 403 Forbidden [IP: 3.167.37.65 443] > > Here's what I get: > > hobbit:~$ getent hosts brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com > 3.170.51.70 d9owkidwx4k9e.cloudfront.net > brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com > 3.170.51.27 d9owkidwx4k9e.cloudfront.net > brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com > 3.170.51.36 d9owkidwx4k9e.cloudfront.net > brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com > 3.170.51.24 d9owkidwx4k9e.cloudfront.net > brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com > > Of course, that's not proof of anything misconfigured on your end, > as the full set of IP addresses may not be served up on every request. > > If you're convinced you haven't accidentally overridden DNS with a > line in the hosts file, or some other equivalent, then the only thing > I can suggest is that you wait a few minutes and try again. > It is worth noting that lynx has no problem accessing files on the Braveapt repositories. Only specificly apt is having this problem. > For whatever it's worth, I'm also using Brave via their apt repositories, > and I haven't seen this problem. > > > -- Robert Heller -- Cell: 413-658-7953 GV: 978-633-5364 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services [email protected] -- Webhosting Services
