Re: OT (or maybe not) - what happened to lxer.com?

[Shlomo Solomon]

This is REALLY WIERD. I tried earlier from my phone and another
computer and got the same "parking" site. But before trying what Shay
and Shimi suggested, I tried again on my computer and the site is back
to normal.   WTF??
I wish I had taken a screen capture earlier to "prove" that I was not
dreaming. :-)



On Sat, 19 Feb 2022 21:27:10 +0200
Shay Gover  wrote:

> Did you try from another device on you network?
> 
> On Sat, Feb 19, 2022 at 9:18 PM shimi  wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 19, 2022 at 7:04 PM Shlomo Solomon
> >  wrote:
> >
> >> Yehuda Deutsch - if you mean whois, I also get a normal response:
> >>Domain Name: LXER.COM
> >>Registry Domain ID: 109446700_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
> >>Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.enom.com
> >>Registrar URL: http://www.enomdomains.com
> >>Updated Date: 2022-01-06T10:42:51Z
> >>Creation Date: 2004-01-06T22:15:59Z
> >>Registry Expiry Date: 2023-01-06T22:15:59Z
> >>Registrar: eNom, LLC
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> But the site is not there. As Geoff Shang wrote, the site looks
> >> like a landing site of some kind.
> >>
> >>
> > I didn't know the site, but it doesn't look like a parking page for
> > upselling an expired domain.
> >
> > Let's try to be more constructive in debugging this. First - are you
> > getting to the site as published by the site's owner.
> >
> > First, you learn from WHOIS (and also from 'dig @a.gtld-servers.net
> > ns lxer.com') that the nameservers for this site are: ns1.wmkt.net
> > [66.232.124.26] ns2.wmkt.net [66.232.124.28] ns3.wmkt.net
> > [66.232.124.30]
> >
> > Then you follow by 'dig @ns1.wmkt.net lxer.com'. You should be
> > getting:
> >
> > $ dig @ns1.wmkt.net lxer.com
> >
> > ; <<>> DiG 9.16.25 <<>> @ns1.wmkt.net lxer.com
> > ; (1 server found)
> > ;; global options: +cmd
> > ;; Got answer:
> > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 1540
> > ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 4
> > ;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available
> >
> > ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
> > ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
> > ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> > ;lxer.com.  IN  A
> >
> > ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> >
> > *lxer.com .   3600IN  A
> >   66.232.124.26 *
> > ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> > lxer.com.   3600IN  NS  ns3.wmkt.net.
> > lxer.com.   3600IN  NS  ns1.wmkt.net.
> > lxer.com.   3600IN  NS  ns2.wmkt.net.
> >
> > ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> > ns1.wmkt.net.   86400   IN  A   66.232.124.26
> > ns2.wmkt.net.   86400   IN  A   66.232.124.28
> > ns3.wmkt.net.   86400   IN  A   66.232.124.30
> >
> > ;; Query time: 183 msec
> > ;; SERVER: 66.232.124.26#53(66.232.124.26)
> > ;; WHEN: Sat Feb 19 21:13:12 IST 2022
> > ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 163
> >
> > Now, run just 'dig lxer.com' - do you get the same IP? If not,
> > something/someone is messing with your DNS. In that case make sure
> > that the SERVER line indeed has the correct IP address I mentioned
> > above (that I got from the glue records provided for wmkt.net by
> > a.gtld-servers.net)
> >
> > If you do get the same IP, someone can still be messing with your
> > traffic, because that site is HTTP and not HTTPS, so really no one
> > can guarantee you're in fact talking with 66.232.124.26...
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > -- Shimi
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> >



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Re: OT (or maybe not) - what happened to lxer.com?

[Shay Gover]

Did you try from another device on you network?

On Sat, Feb 19, 2022 at 9:18 PM shimi  wrote:

>
>
> On Sat, Feb 19, 2022 at 7:04 PM Shlomo Solomon 
> wrote:
>
>> Yehuda Deutsch - if you mean whois, I also get a normal response:
>>Domain Name: LXER.COM
>>Registry Domain ID: 109446700_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
>>Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.enom.com
>>Registrar URL: http://www.enomdomains.com
>>Updated Date: 2022-01-06T10:42:51Z
>>Creation Date: 2004-01-06T22:15:59Z
>>Registry Expiry Date: 2023-01-06T22:15:59Z
>>Registrar: eNom, LLC
>>
>>
>>
>> But the site is not there. As Geoff Shang wrote, the site looks
>> like a landing site of some kind.
>>
>>
> I didn't know the site, but it doesn't look like a parking page for
> upselling an expired domain.
>
> Let's try to be more constructive in debugging this. First - are you
> getting to the site as published by the site's owner.
>
> First, you learn from WHOIS (and also from 'dig @a.gtld-servers.net ns
> lxer.com') that the nameservers for this site are: ns1.wmkt.net
> [66.232.124.26] ns2.wmkt.net [66.232.124.28] ns3.wmkt.net [66.232.124.30]
>
> Then you follow by 'dig @ns1.wmkt.net lxer.com'. You should be getting:
>
> $ dig @ns1.wmkt.net lxer.com
>
> ; <<>> DiG 9.16.25 <<>> @ns1.wmkt.net lxer.com
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; global options: +cmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 1540
> ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 4
> ;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available
>
> ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
> ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;lxer.com.  IN  A
>
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
>
> *lxer.com .   3600IN  A
>   66.232.124.26 *
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> lxer.com.   3600IN  NS  ns3.wmkt.net.
> lxer.com.   3600IN  NS  ns1.wmkt.net.
> lxer.com.   3600IN  NS  ns2.wmkt.net.
>
> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> ns1.wmkt.net.   86400   IN  A   66.232.124.26
> ns2.wmkt.net.   86400   IN  A   66.232.124.28
> ns3.wmkt.net.   86400   IN  A   66.232.124.30
>
> ;; Query time: 183 msec
> ;; SERVER: 66.232.124.26#53(66.232.124.26)
> ;; WHEN: Sat Feb 19 21:13:12 IST 2022
> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 163
>
> Now, run just 'dig lxer.com' - do you get the same IP? If not,
> something/someone is messing with your DNS. In that case make sure that the
> SERVER line indeed has the correct IP address I mentioned above (that I got
> from the glue records provided for wmkt.net by a.gtld-servers.net)
>
> If you do get the same IP, someone can still be messing with your traffic,
> because that site is HTTP and not HTTPS, so really no one can guarantee
> you're in fact talking with 66.232.124.26...
>
> HTH,
>
> -- Shimi
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Re: OT (or maybe not) - what happened to lxer.com?

[shimi]

On Sat, Feb 19, 2022 at 7:04 PM Shlomo Solomon 
wrote:

> Yehuda Deutsch - if you mean whois, I also get a normal response:
>Domain Name: LXER.COM
>Registry Domain ID: 109446700_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
>Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.enom.com
>Registrar URL: http://www.enomdomains.com
>Updated Date: 2022-01-06T10:42:51Z
>Creation Date: 2004-01-06T22:15:59Z
>Registry Expiry Date: 2023-01-06T22:15:59Z
>Registrar: eNom, LLC
>
>
>
> But the site is not there. As Geoff Shang wrote, the site looks
> like a landing site of some kind.
>
>
I didn't know the site, but it doesn't look like a parking page for
upselling an expired domain.

Let's try to be more constructive in debugging this. First - are you
getting to the site as published by the site's owner.

First, you learn from WHOIS (and also from 'dig @a.gtld-servers.net ns
lxer.com') that the nameservers for this site are: ns1.wmkt.net
[66.232.124.26] ns2.wmkt.net [66.232.124.28] ns3.wmkt.net [66.232.124.30]

Then you follow by 'dig @ns1.wmkt.net lxer.com'. You should be getting:

$ dig @ns1.wmkt.net lxer.com

; <<>> DiG 9.16.25 <<>> @ns1.wmkt.net lxer.com
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 1540
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 4
;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;lxer.com.  IN  A

;; ANSWER SECTION:

*lxer.com .   3600IN  A
  66.232.124.26 *
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
lxer.com.   3600IN  NS  ns3.wmkt.net.
lxer.com.   3600IN  NS  ns1.wmkt.net.
lxer.com.   3600IN  NS  ns2.wmkt.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.wmkt.net.   86400   IN  A   66.232.124.26
ns2.wmkt.net.   86400   IN  A   66.232.124.28
ns3.wmkt.net.   86400   IN  A   66.232.124.30

;; Query time: 183 msec
;; SERVER: 66.232.124.26#53(66.232.124.26)
;; WHEN: Sat Feb 19 21:13:12 IST 2022
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 163

Now, run just 'dig lxer.com' - do you get the same IP? If not,
something/someone is messing with your DNS. In that case make sure that the
SERVER line indeed has the correct IP address I mentioned above (that I got
from the glue records provided for wmkt.net by a.gtld-servers.net)

If you do get the same IP, someone can still be messing with your traffic,
because that site is HTTP and not HTTPS, so really no one can guarantee
you're in fact talking with 66.232.124.26...

HTH,

-- Shimi
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Re: OT (or maybe not) - what happened to lxer.com?

[Shlomo Solomon]

Yehuda Deutsch - if you mean whois, I also get a normal response:
   Domain Name: LXER.COM
   Registry Domain ID: 109446700_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
   Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.enom.com
   Registrar URL: http://www.enomdomains.com
   Updated Date: 2022-01-06T10:42:51Z
   Creation Date: 2004-01-06T22:15:59Z
   Registry Expiry Date: 2023-01-06T22:15:59Z
   Registrar: eNom, LLC



But the site is not there. As Geoff Shang wrote, the site looks
like a landing site of some kind.


On www.zoominfo.com I found the following info:

 LXer is an independent news and opinion site started in 2004 by Dave
 Whitinger, a well-known personality in the free and open-source
 software community. The edi... Read More Headquarters

Headquarters:
701 S Ridge Ave, Troy, Ohio, 45374, United States
Phone

Phone:
(937) 332-3000
Website

Website:
www.lxer.com
Employees

Employees:
29
Revenue

Revenue:
$5 Million


But, although there are also mentions of an editor and a publisher, I
could not find any contact information. 

I did find that Dave Whitinger - the founder - is also involved with
the National Gardening Association. I tried to contact him on that
site. We'll see if I get an answer.



On Fri, 18 Feb 2022 12:09:16 -0500
Yehuda Deutsch  wrote:

> That's weird, I am getting the website as I'd expect and the domain
> does not seem to be in a deletion / redemption period
> It was actually last updated a month ago and is good for another year
> 
> Yehuda
> --
> *Yehuda Deutsch | IT Developer*
> 
> 
> On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 12:05 PM Geoff Shang 
> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 18 Feb 2022, Shlomo Solomon wrote:
> >
> > > lxer.com is (was) a great site with links to recent articles about
> > > Linux.
> > >
> > > In the past 2 days, all I see is a page with menu items such as
> > > Linux News, Linux programming, etc.
> > >
> > > But clicking on any menu item just gives me a page with some
> > > advertisements.
> >
> > Looks like one of those landing pages when a domain is for sale.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Geoff.
> >
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Re: OT (or maybe not) - what happened to lxer.com?

[Yehuda Deutsch]

That's weird, I am getting the website as I'd expect and the domain does
not seem to be in a deletion / redemption period
It was actually last updated a month ago and is good for another year

Yehuda
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On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 12:05 PM Geoff Shang  wrote:

> On Fri, 18 Feb 2022, Shlomo Solomon wrote:
>
> > lxer.com is (was) a great site with links to recent articles about
> > Linux.
> >
> > In the past 2 days, all I see is a page with menu items such as Linux
> > News, Linux programming, etc.
> >
> > But clicking on any menu item just gives me a page with some
> > advertisements.
>
> Looks like one of those landing pages when a domain is for sale.
>
> Cheers,
> Geoff.
>
>
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Re: OT (or maybe not) - what happened to lxer.com?

[Geoff Shang]

On Fri, 18 Feb 2022, Shlomo Solomon wrote:


lxer.com is (was) a great site with links to recent articles about
Linux.

In the past 2 days, all I see is a page with menu items such as Linux
News, Linux programming, etc.

But clicking on any menu item just gives me a page with some
advertisements.


Looks like one of those landing pages when a domain is for sale.

Cheers,
Geoff.


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OT (or maybe not) - what happened to lxer.com?

[Shlomo Solomon]

lxer.com is (was) a great site with links to recent articles about
Linux. 

In the past 2 days, all I see is a page with menu items such as Linux
News, Linux programming, etc. 

But clicking on any menu item just gives me a page with some
advertisements. 

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