Package: polipo Version: 1.0.4.1-1.1 Severity: important Polipo appears to timeout on domains that do indeed exist, but only when dnsQueryIPv6 is not set to "no". If it is, then everything works.
Here is an example when dnsQueryIPv6 is set to "reluctantly": --------------------8<-------------------- chris@zack:~$ dig cdn.steampowered.com ; <<>> DiG 9.7.3 <<>> cdn.steampowered.com ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 56114 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;cdn.steampowered.com. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: cdn.steampowered.com. 0 IN A 68.142.93.133 ;; Query time: 0 msec ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) ;; WHEN: Tue Jun 18 00:57:25 2013 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 54 chris@zack:~$ http_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:8123/ wget -O /dev/null http://cdn.steampowered.com/ --2013-06-18 00:58:21-- http://cdn.steampowered.com/ Connecting to 127.0.0.1:8123... connected. Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 504 Host cdn.steampowered.com lookup failed: Timeout 2013-06-18 00:59:35 ERROR 504: Host cdn.steampowered.com lookup failed: Timeout. chris@zack:~$ http_proxy= wget -O /dev/null http://cdn.steampowered.com/ --2013-06-18 01:03:25-- http://cdn.steampowered.com/ Resolving cdn.steampowered.com... 68.142.93.133 Connecting to cdn.steampowered.com|68.142.93.133|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently ... --------------------8<-------------------- After setting dnsQueryIPv6 to "no" and restarting: --------------------8<-------------------- chris@zack:~$ http_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:8123/ wget -O /dev/null http://cdn.steampowered.com/ --2013-06-18 01:04:10-- http://cdn.steampowered.com/ Connecting to 127.0.0.1:8123... connected. Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently ... --------------------8<-------------------- It looks like this could be the same issue as #540912, but I am not sure. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazycomputers If you correspond with me on a regular basis, please read this document: http://www.chrishowie.com/email-preferences/ PGP fingerprint: 2B7A B280 8B12 21CC 260A DF65 6FCE 505A CF83 38F5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IMPORTANT INFORMATION/DISCLAIMER This document should be read only by those persons to whom it is addressed. If you have received this message it was obviously addressed to you and therefore you can read it. Additionally, by sending an email to ANY of my addresses or to ANY mailing lists to which I am subscribed, whether intentionally or accidentally, you are agreeing that I am "the intended recipient," and that I may do whatever I wish with the contents of any message received from you, unless a pre-existing agreement prohibits me from so doing. This overrides any disclaimer or statement of confidentiality that may be included on your message. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

