burninbush Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 I wonder if people here can reach www.porteus.org? Site has been down for about a week, for me here on the west coast of the US -- but a few other users of the old Slax board say they can reach it. Maybe only people in Europe? One of the mods reported that they had 'changed DNS settings' -- but as I understand the web that means the problem is not fixable by a client? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Yeah, I cannot reach the address either. If it is a dns issue, then it is on their end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichase Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Strange, I am able to hit it with no problem here in Norfolk Virginia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 I'm running OpenDNS and get this error: The connection was interrupted The connection to porteus.org was interrupted while the page was loading. The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments. If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network connection. If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web. You can bypass DNS by using the direct IP --> http://67.18.207.212/ Under Construction The site you are trying to view does not currently have a default page. It may be in the process of being upgraded and configured. Please try this site again later. If you still experience the problem, try contacting the Web site administrator. If you are the Web site administrator and feel you have received this message in error, please see "Enabling and Disabling Dynamic Content" in IIS Help. To access IIS Help Click Start, and then click Run. In the Open text box, type inetmgr. IIS Manager appears. From the Help menu, click Help Topics. Click Internet Information Services. It's not a DNS issue, I don't think. I can't even access it using a Dresden, Germany TOR access point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 I am on the west coast of the usa X:\Gene6FTPServer\>nslookup www.porteus.org Server: rh5.afts.com Address: 192.168.1.115 Non-authoritative answer: Name: www.porteus.org Address: 67.18.207.212 X:\Gene6FTPServer\>nslookup www.porteus.org 4.2.2.2 Server: b.resolvers.Level3.net Address: 4.2.2.2 Non-authoritative answer: Name: www.porteus.org Address: 67.18.207.212 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarryB Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 I got right to the site here in Suffolk Va Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Working fine from Downunder. Interesting distro too, I must investigate it more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 For those of you using https Everywhere, you'll need to disable it for the porteus.org site. SSL has been disabled on their server. Read more here --> http://old.slax.org/forum.php?action=view&parentID=82945 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 For those of you using https Everywhere, you'll need to disable it for the porteus.org site. SSL has been disabled on their server. Read more here --> http://old.slax.org/...&parentID=82945 Ah, that explains the issue. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamza@porteus.org Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 (edited) Hello, It seems some users are using out-dated DNS zone. This is why they can't access to porteus.org. If you are still getting this issue, just report it to us at info[at]porteus.org. Thanks. Edited December 12, 2012 by hamza@porteus.org 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 For those of you using https Everywhere, you'll need to disable it for the porteus.org site. SSL has been disabled on their server. Read more here --> http://old.slax.org/...&parentID=82945 Well I still could not access the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Hello, It seems some users are using out-dated DNS zone. This is why they can' access to porteus.org. If you are still getting this issue, just report it to us at info[at]porteus.org. Thanks. Thanks a lot Hamza!! Also, welcome to the forums!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Hello, It seems some users are using out-dated DNS zone. This is why they can' access to porteus.org. If you are still getting this issue, just report it to us at info[at]porteus.org. Thanks. Well I use a Level3 dns (209.244.0.3 and 209.244.0.4) so how would I go about reporting this to your link above? Should I just email them with my dns info and explain that I cannot reach the site? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamza@porteus.org Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 (edited) They appears up to date here. Maybe a local cache in your gateway or your operating system? Edited December 12, 2012 by hamza@porteus.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 They appears up to date here. Maybe a local cache in your gateway or your operating system? Thanks a lot, it works fine now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamza@porteus.org Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 You're welcome! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I can still access porteus.org easily as long as my https everywhere extension is disabled. I'm using OpenDNS, by the way. Welcome hamza! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamza@porteus.org Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Glad to see you can access to porteus.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Actually, I'm still using an ancient version of SLAX. I think I'll go d-load Porteus and give it a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamza@porteus.org Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Nice! We are waiting on your feedback ! Please post any feedback on forum.porteus.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Downloaded, burned to CD, not getting ready to boot into CD so that I can install on thumb drive. Will stop in at the Porteus forums later. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamza@porteus.org Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Thanks! See you on Porteus forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Hamza, I'm a bit lazy about signing up new forum account at the moment, but feel free to post a link to this article on the Porteus forums: https://noctslackv1.wordpress.com/2012/12/12/porteus-another-excellent-choice-for-the-thumb-drive-toolbox/ Regards, ~Eric 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamza@porteus.org Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Oh nice! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burninbush Posted December 14, 2012 Author Share Posted December 14, 2012 Still don't have access from my location. Hopefully Comcast will eventually find it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 That is very weird. I have had no problem right from the beginning here in Virginia using Google, OpenDNS as DNS servers. $ nslookup www.porteus.org Server: 8.8.8.8 Address: 8.8.8.8#53 Non-authoritative answer: Name: www.porteus.org Address: 67.18.207.212 It checked both Google's DNS and OpenDNS but it reports that Google DNS got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burninbush Posted December 15, 2012 Author Share Posted December 15, 2012 That is very weird. I have had no problem right from the beginning here in Virginia using Google, OpenDNS as DNS servers. $ nslookup www.porteus.org Server: 8.8.8.8 Address: 8.8.8.8#53 Non-authoritative answer: Name: www.porteus.org Address: 67.18.207.212 It checked both Google's DNS and OpenDNS but it reports that Google DNS got it. No worky here ... 64 bin # nslookup www.porteus.org Server: 192.168.1.1 Address: 192.168.1.1#53 ** server can't find www.porteus.org: SERVFAIL Pepper-amd64 bin # And if I try to go directly to that URL 67.18.207.212 then Firefox reports "site under construction". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 You're not running the https everywhere extension, are you? That was the cause of not being able to reach the site for me. Once I disabled https everywhere for www.porteus.org, it worked fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 (edited) ah, OK. Looks like you are using your own router as DNS server (192.168.1.1). You need to put other DNS if your router is not getting DNS properly from your ISP which it apparently is not. I would suggest changing your DNS server on your computer from your router (192.168.1.1) to Google's 8.8.8.8 in your network settings for your network connection. If it is Windows, you might want to reboot if it still doesn't work after you replace 192.168.1.1 with 8.8.8.8 in your DNS servers. or Disable, then Re-enable the network connection. Edited December 15, 2012 by LilBambi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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