Guys, before we complain about proxy servers, this is probably the problem:
QUOTE zaphod:~ cclow$ dig berlios.de ; <<>> DiG 9.6.0-APPLE-P2 <<>> berlios.de ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 64510 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;berlios.de. IN A ;; Query time: 5 msec ;; SERVER: 192.168.2.1#53(192.168.2.1) ;; WHEN: Sun Jan 24 00:34:06 2010 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 28 zaphod:~ cclow$ dig www.berlios.de ; <<>> DiG 9.6.0-APPLE-P2 <<>> www.berlios.de ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 49785 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.berlios.de. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: www.berlios.de. 44037 IN A 195.37.77.138 ;; Query time: 7 msec ;; SERVER: 192.168.2.1#53(192.168.2.1) ;; WHEN: Sun Jan 24 00:35:28 2010 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 48 UNQUOTE Some of your browsers probably auto-prepend the "www." which is why they worked. Websites that require "www" are an error. Cheers On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 12:25 AM, Jeffrey 'jf' Lim <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 12:24 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 12:16 AM, Jeffrey 'jf' Lim <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 12:10 AM, Divyanshu Arorathanks, guys. And no >>> kidding!!! From NUS as well? I've always >>> maintained, at least in my own head - but now i am going to say it >>> publicly, because heck, it is true, and they suck big time - that >>> starhub's proxies (and/or their system/network administrators) are >>> shitty. This isnt the first time that i've noticed where i cannot get >>> access to a site going through starhub's infrastructure (transparent >>> proxies), but will be able to get to the same site through another >>> connection. >> >> I'm no fan of Starhub's proxy servers... but it is up for me. (maxonline, >> not mobile broadband). > > got it, thanks. > > -jf > > -- > "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- > and if you use the program, he is your master." > --Richard Stallman > > "It's so hard to write a graphics driver that open-sourcing it would not > help." > -- Andrew Fear, Software Product Manager, NVIDIA Corporation > http://kerneltrap.org/node/7228 > > _______________________________________________ > LUGS Mailing list - [email protected] > List FAQ: http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq > Info page: http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet > To unsubscribe send an empty email to: [email protected] > _______________________________________________ LUGS Mailing list - [email protected] List FAQ: http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq Info page: http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet To unsubscribe send an empty email to: [email protected]
