Re: [Haskell-cafe] ping haskell.org timeout

2011-08-25 Thread Ketil Malde
Jason Dagit writes: >>> Lots of servers turn off ICMP packet responses these days >> Because users don't really need error messages, that's privileged >> information for system administrators. > Besides, if someone is trying to debug http protocol issues using > ICMP, they're taking an awfully

Re: [Haskell-cafe] ping haskell.org timeout

2011-08-25 Thread Jason Dagit
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 9:20 PM, Ketil Malde wrote: > Jason Dagit writes: > >> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Greg Fitzgerald wrote: >>> "cabal update" hangs.  "ping haskell.org" times out.  But haskell.org and >>> hackage webpages are loading just fine.  What's going on? > >> Lots of servers

Re: [Haskell-cafe] ping haskell.org timeout

2011-08-25 Thread Ketil Malde
Jason Dagit writes: > On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Greg Fitzgerald wrote: >> "cabal update" hangs.  "ping haskell.org" times out.  But haskell.org and >> hackage webpages are loading just fine.  What's going on? > Lots of servers turn off ICMP packet responses these days Because users don

Re: [Haskell-cafe] ping haskell.org timeout

2011-08-25 Thread Jason Dagit
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Greg Fitzgerald wrote: > "cabal update" hangs.  "ping haskell.org" times out.  But haskell.org and > hackage webpages are loading just fine.  What's going on? Lots of servers turn off ICMP packet responses these days so ping isn't as reliable as it once was for de

[Haskell-cafe] ping haskell.org timeout

2011-08-25 Thread Greg Fitzgerald
"cabal update" hangs. "ping haskell.org" times out. But haskell.org and hackage webpages are loading just fine. What's going on? Thanks, Greg ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe