I don't have much of a clue about this, but as you've asked on the dnsmasq list, one dnsmasq-based thing you can do is enable
log-queries in your dnsmasq configuration. That will tell you what queries are being made, and what answers are coming back. ETA. I wonder if the problem is reverse-lookups of 31.184.194.81 What does dig -x 31.184.194.81 say? Simon. On 16/05/16 02:33, Mel Brands wrote: > Hi all, > > Sci-Hub's a controversial website that offers paywalled academic > papers for free [0]. Unfortunately, sci-hub.io domain was recently > disabled but their SSL cert is still using that domain and I have a > bunch of links that use that domain as well. Naturally, I tried to fix > this censorship issue by adding a local DNS record to .hosts file: > > 31.184.194.81 sci-hub.io > > While this does work and you can now connect to the site, you cannot > search DOI records because sci-hub.io creates virtual subdomains like > so (it proxies to them): > > http://dx.doi.org.sci-hub.io/10.1038/nature17445 > > So my attempt at fixing this was to add this record to .hosts file to > catch all the subdomains: > > address=/.sci-hub.io/31.184.194.81 > > However, when I tried this, the browser was actually trying to connect to: > http://www.nature17445.com/10.1038/dx.doi.org.sci-hub.io > instead of: > http://dx.doi.org.sci-hub.io/10.1038/nature17445 > > Bizarre. Last part of the URL was being used as a second-level domain. > > What am I doing wrong? I'm using the latest dnsmasq. > > Thanks! > Mel, > > [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub > > _______________________________________________ > Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list > Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk > http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss > _______________________________________________ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss
