well I guess I owe Rayna a big apology after a long twitter conversation.
this showed up she was right from the beginning.

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Ahmed Mekkawy
Founder | CTO
www.SpirulaSystems.com
On Feb 17, 2013 7:45 PM, "Ahmed El-Ezabi" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Well it was worth seeing how concerned people are to such matters.
> Now back to open egypt...
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 7:27 PM, Rayna <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Ahmed, for repeating all over again what has been said and tested
>> from elsewhere out of Egypt... :)
>>
>>
>>
>> 2013/2/17 Ahmed El-Ezabi <[email protected]>
>>
>>> Again everybody, this seems not to be related with anything in Egypt
>>>
>>> tcptraceroute openvpn.net 80
>>> Selected device eth0, address 192.168.1.3, port 56331 for outgoing
>>> packets
>>> Tracing the path to openvpn.net (67.228.116.150) on TCP port 80 (http),
>>> 30 hops max
>>>  1  192.168.1.1  0.336 ms  0.168 ms  0.190 ms
>>>  2  NASR4-R02C-C-EG (163.121.171.51)  10.730 ms  9.776 ms  9.263 ms
>>>  3  host-163.121.211.134.tedata.net (163.121.211.134)  9.282 ms  9.686
>>> ms  11.975 ms
>>>  4  host-163.121.211.134.tedata.net (163.121.211.134)  9.995 ms  11.950
>>> ms  9.753 ms
>>>  5  host-163.121.229.37.tedata.net (163.121.229.37)  13.972 ms  12.126
>>> ms  12.242 ms
>>>  6  10.42.0.3  11.237 ms  10.275 ms  10.956 ms
>>>  7  10.32.8.107  10.055 ms  11.950 ms  9.988 ms
>>>  8  213.242.116.13  122.859 ms  66.891 ms  66.952 ms
>>>  9  * * *
>>> 10  ae-23-23.ebr2.Paris1.Level3.net (4.69.143.126)  171.805 ms  147.086
>>> ms  147.050 ms
>>> 11  ae-42-42.ebr2.Washington1.Level3.net (4.69.137.54)  149.887 ms
>>>  150.062 ms  149.599 ms
>>> 12  ae-72-72.csw2.Washington1.Level3.net (4.69.134.150)  146.399 ms
>>>  146.370 ms  146.533 ms
>>> 13  * ae-2-70.edge3.Washington4.Level3.net (4.69.149.82) 144.499 ms
>>>  145.212 ms
>>> 14  SOFTLAYER-T.edge3.Washington4.Level3.net (4.53.116.66)  147.304 ms
>>>  150.459 ms  148.490 ms
>>> 15  ae7.bbr02.eq01.wdc02.networklayer.com (173.192.18.195)  144.878 ms
>>>  149.512 ms  147.478 ms
>>> 16  ae1.bbr02.eq01.chi01.networklayer.com (173.192.18.155)  165.508 ms
>>>  164.161 ms  163.520 ms
>>> 17  ae1.bbr02.cs01.den01.networklayer.com (173.192.18.131)  195.270 ms
>>>  193.631 ms  196.005 ms
>>> 18  ae7.bbr01.cs01.den01.networklayer.com (173.192.18.168)  198.753 ms
>>>  198.302 ms  198.470 ms
>>> 19  ae0.bbr01.wb01.sea02.networklayer.com (173.192.18.144)  331.605 ms
>>>  223.560 ms  226.579 ms
>>> 20  ae0.dar01.sr01.sea01.networklayer.com (173.192.18.199)  225.111 ms
>>>  225.040 ms  240.154 ms
>>> 21  po1.fcr01.sr01.sea01.networklayer.com (67.228.118.134)  222.635 ms
>>>  224.517 ms  223.403 ms
>>> 22  * * *
>>> 23  * * *
>>>
>>> So the connection drops after leaving Egypt
>>>
>>> So maybe because we are very alert in this regard that any unreachable
>>> website puts us in a panic mode :-D
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 6:50 PM, Ahmed El-Ezabi <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I just came home and checked, the issue is local, here is the result
>>>> from a US based server:
>>>>
>>>> telnet openvpn.net 80
>>>> Trying 67.228.116.150...
>>>> Connected to openvpn.net (67.228.116.150).
>>>> Escape character is '^]'.
>>>>
>>>> Connection closed by foreign host.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Of course the connection is closed because I sent a non http request
>>>> (CR)
>>>>
>>>> While locally from a TEData DSL:
>>>> telnet openvpn.net 80
>>>> Trying 67.228.116.150...
>>>>
>>>> telnet: connect to address 67.228.116.150: Connection timed out
>>>> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out
>>>>
>>>> Sill unable to determine the exact reason
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Muhammad Emam <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Rayna,
>>>>> Would you please let me know which ISP are you using?
>>>>>
>>>>>  Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Rayna <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Additional info: not sure what the issue is but one can connect to
>>>>>> openvpn.net sometimes. When I ssh to some virtual machine, it allows
>>>>>> me to wget ... or not. Also, sometimes the wget works, sometimes it
>>>>>> doesn't. The IP address that sends the last hop response (the traceroute
>>>>>> log) is openvpn.net home so to speak (its IP is 67.228.116.150).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So -- at least, thus far -- it does not seem to be the govt blocking
>>>>>> it: it just has issues on its end, in other countries...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rayna
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2013/2/17 Rayna <[email protected]>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Not sure the traceroute tells you something about blocking. Fact is
>>>>>>> a traceroute with various options & through different ports (80, 22) 
>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>> Paris stops at exactly the same point (somewhere within the US, guessing
>>>>>>> around Seattle). They may just have issues there.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Rayna
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2013/2/17 Mostafa Hussein <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Can't connect to openvpn.net .. connection times out. However this
>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>> my traceroute, I am using Noor DSL.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am not an expert in this but seems that traceroute reaches a
>>>>>>>> server
>>>>>>>> in Dallas, Texas and the dies.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> M.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> $ traceroute openvpn.net
>>>>>>>> traceroute to openvpn.net (67.228.116.150), 30 hops max, 60 byte
>>>>>>>> packets
>>>>>>>>  1  192.168.2.1 (192.168.2.1)  3.866 ms  3.832 ms  3.816 ms
>>>>>>>>  2  bng.rams.ca (217.139.253.19)  41.483 ms  41.476 ms  46.727 ms
>>>>>>>>  3  172.17.10.98 (172.17.10.98)  67.476 ms  67.478 ms 172.17.10.102
>>>>>>>> (172.17.10.102)  67.422 ms
>>>>>>>>  4  host-41.33.173.69.tedata.net (41.33.173.69)  67.415 ms  67.393
>>>>>>>> ms  67.339 ms
>>>>>>>>  5  213.242.116.13 (213.242.116.13)  98.646 ms  98.664 ms
>>>>>>>> 213.242.116.9 (213.242.116.9)  104.711 ms
>>>>>>>>  6  * * *
>>>>>>>>  7  ae-23-23.ebr2.Paris1.Level3.net (4.69.143.126)  219.404 ms
>>>>>>>> ae-21-21.ebr2.paris1.level3.net (4.69.143.118)  222.331 ms
>>>>>>>> ae-23-23.ebr2.paris1.level3.net (4.69.143.126)  228.058 ms
>>>>>>>>  8  ae-42-42.ebr2.Washington1.Level3.net (4.69.137.54)  229.909 ms
>>>>>>>> ae-43-43.ebr2.washington1.level3.net (4.69.137.58)  231.914 ms
>>>>>>>> 235.401 ms
>>>>>>>>  9  ae-82-82.csw3.Washington1.Level3.net (4.69.134.154)  237.785 ms
>>>>>>>> 243.621 ms  247.265 ms
>>>>>>>> 10  ae-3-80.edge3.Washington4.Level3.net (4.69.149.146)  255.760 ms
>>>>>>>> ae-2-70.edge3.washington4.level3.net (4.69.149.82)  259.259 ms
>>>>>>>> ae-1-60.edge3.washington4.level3.net (4.69.149.18)  262.997 ms
>>>>>>>> 11  softlayer-t.edge3.washington4.level3.net (4.53.116.66)
>>>>>>>>  264.969 ms
>>>>>>>>  266.859 ms  175.538 ms
>>>>>>>> 12  ae7.bbr02.eq01.wdc02.networklayer.com (173.192.18.195)
>>>>>>>>  175.523 ms
>>>>>>>>  175.510 ms  222.325 ms
>>>>>>>> 13  ae1.bbr02.eq01.chi01.networklayer.com (173.192.18.155)
>>>>>>>>  228.545 ms
>>>>>>>>  233.709 ms  239.805 ms
>>>>>>>> 14  ae1.bbr02.cs01.den01.networklayer.com (173.192.18.131)
>>>>>>>>  248.538 ms
>>>>>>>>  248.575 ms  248.562 ms
>>>>>>>> 15  ae7.bbr01.cs01.den01.networklayer.com (173.192.18.168)
>>>>>>>>  248.508 ms
>>>>>>>>  253.250 ms  253.249 ms
>>>>>>>> 16  ae0.bbr01.wb01.sea02.networklayer.com (173.192.18.144)
>>>>>>>>  262.679 ms
>>>>>>>>  262.703 ms  262.690 ms
>>>>>>>> 17  ae0.dar01.sr01.sea01.networklayer.com (173.192.18.199)
>>>>>>>>  236.509 ms
>>>>>>>> ae0.dar02.sr01.sea01.networklayer.com (173.192.18.159)  236.474 ms
>>>>>>>> ae0.dar01.sr01.sea01.networklayer.com (173.192.18.199)  240.017 ms
>>>>>>>> 18  po2.fcr01.sr01.sea01.networklayer.com (67.228.118.138)
>>>>>>>>  234.613 ms
>>>>>>>> po1.fcr01.sr01.sea01.networklayer.com (67.228.118.134)  244.078 ms
>>>>>>>> 237.931 ms
>>>>>>>> 19  * * *
>>>>>>>> [...]
>>>>>>>> 30  * * *
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Ahmed Kamal
>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > meh! but that doesn't even make much sense, as openvpn.net is
>>>>>>>> not a public vpn endpoint
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Ahmed Mekkawy <
>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >> openvpn.net is blocked in Egypt. this can mean lots of things..
>>>>>>>> larger blocking coming?
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >> seems that google issue is getting serious
>>>>>>>> >>
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>>>>>>> http://de.linkedin.com/in/raynas
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