Re: [GENERAL] [1/2 OFF] Varlena.com inaccessible from .br (Blocked?)
2007/1/23, Alvaro Herrera [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Jorge Godoy wrote: elein [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there still a problem here? Does anyone know what the problem was? I have no trouble accessing varlena.com, but I am not a good tester for that. I was out of town during this thread but my machine did not go down, but my isp could have. You could have emailed me [EMAIL PROTECTED] I hope this message gets to you. The website is still unreachable from Brazil. It looks like there's something blocking South America somewhere on your configurations. When I tried accessing using an UNC account it worked perfectly, so it wasn't a problem with the machine being down. Could you check with your ISP if they're blocking us from down here? ;-) They are certainly blocking some networks. I have a report from a guy in Venezuela which cannot access the site when connected via CANTV, but can access it readily when using a different provider whose name escapes me. Right now I can access varlena.com from Brasília, Brazil, IP 200-140-160-96.bsace705.dsl.brasiltelecom.net.br Regards, -- Clodoaldo Pinto Neto ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
Re: [GENERAL] [1/2 OFF] Varlena.com inaccessible from .br (Blocked?)
Is there still a problem here? Does anyone know what the problem was? I have no trouble accessing varlena.com, but I am not a good tester for that. I was out of town during this thread but my machine did not go down, but my isp could have. You could have emailed me [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---elein [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 02:50:04PM -0200, Jorge Godoy wrote: Alejandro D. Burne [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Me too, from Argentina, may be don't like south america? It looks to me like one of those stupid and indiscriminated blocks on 200/8 and 201/8 networks... :-( Anyway, I believe that now it is more than clear that there's nothing on my networks and firewalls that is blocking Varlena on my side... If anybody could pass these messages to them, I believe that we (the blocked people) would all be very grateful if we get to be able to access it again or just get a notice that they'll block us forever and that's it. -- Jorge Godoy [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
Re: [GENERAL] [1/2 OFF] Varlena.com inaccessible from .br (Blocked?)
elein [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there still a problem here? Does anyone know what the problem was? I have no trouble accessing varlena.com, but I am not a good tester for that. I was out of town during this thread but my machine did not go down, but my isp could have. You could have emailed me [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---elein [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Elein. I hope this message gets to you. The website is still unreachable from Brazil. It looks like there's something blocking South America somewhere on your configurations. When I tried accessing using an UNC account it worked perfectly, so it wasn't a problem with the machine being down. Could you check with your ISP if they're blocking us from down here? ;-) -- Jorge Godoy [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
Re: [GENERAL] [1/2 OFF] Varlena.com inaccessible from .br (Blocked?)
Jorge Godoy wrote: elein [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there still a problem here? Does anyone know what the problem was? I have no trouble accessing varlena.com, but I am not a good tester for that. I was out of town during this thread but my machine did not go down, but my isp could have. You could have emailed me [EMAIL PROTECTED] I hope this message gets to you. The website is still unreachable from Brazil. It looks like there's something blocking South America somewhere on your configurations. When I tried accessing using an UNC account it worked perfectly, so it wasn't a problem with the machine being down. Could you check with your ISP if they're blocking us from down here? ;-) They are certainly blocking some networks. I have a report from a guy in Venezuela which cannot access the site when connected via CANTV, but can access it readily when using a different provider whose name escapes me. I am no longer blocked, but my IP address may have changed in the interim (my provider has several very different blocks, not sure why). -- Alvaro Herrerahttp://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
Re: [GENERAL] [1/2 OFF] Varlena.com inaccessible from .br (Blocked?)
Ian Harding [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Brazil has been trying to get its ISPs to block access to a certain video. I wonder if too wide a net was cast in that effort. http://www.slate.com/id/2157399/?nav=navoa The problem is prior to that stupidity. The block to the Cicarelli video was removed, though. -- Jorge Godoy [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org/
Re: [GENERAL] [1/2 OFF] Varlena.com inaccessible from .br (Blocked?)
Ian Harding wrote: Brazil has been trying to get its ISPs to block access to a certain video. I wonder if too wide a net was cast in that effort. http://www.slate.com/id/2157399/?nav=navoa FWIW, I'm also blocked out of varlena.com and I'm not in Brazil, but in Chile. -- Alvaro Herrerahttp://www.CommandPrompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
Re: [GENERAL] [1/2 OFF] Varlena.com inaccessible from .br (Blocked?)
2007/1/18, Alvaro Herrera [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Ian Harding wrote: Brazil has been trying to get its ISPs to block access to a certain video. I wonder if too wide a net was cast in that effort. http://www.slate.com/id/2157399/?nav=navoa FWIW, I'm also blocked out of varlena.com and I'm not in Brazil, but in Chile. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. Me too, from Argentina, may be don't like south america? Alejandro
Re: [GENERAL] [1/2 OFF] Varlena.com inaccessible from .br (Blocked?)
Alejandro D. Burne [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Me too, from Argentina, may be don't like south america? It looks to me like one of those stupid and indiscriminated blocks on 200/8 and 201/8 networks... :-( Anyway, I believe that now it is more than clear that there's nothing on my networks and firewalls that is blocking Varlena on my side... If anybody could pass these messages to them, I believe that we (the blocked people) would all be very grateful if we get to be able to access it again or just get a notice that they'll block us forever and that's it. -- Jorge Godoy [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
Re: [GENERAL] [1/2 OFF] Varlena.com inaccessible from .br (Blocked?)
Bruno Wolff III [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I doubt Speakeasy is blocking anything. They are the ISP for geeks and say up front that they don't block ports and the like. There are ISPs here that say the same think except for the geek part and are known to block several ports. Did you use traceroute or something similar to see how far the packets are getting? The hostname was from the output of traceroute. Be sure to check any fire wall rules you have. The don't block a host I used to access. And not on several different Brazilian networks from different carriers. The traffic stops at speakeasy from my house (ADSL from GVT, it also happens from Brasil Telecom and using radio at the São Paulo state -- I'm in a different state, a partner lives in São Paulo and tested it for me). -- Jorge Godoy [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
Re: [GENERAL] [1/2 OFF] Varlena.com inaccessible from .br (Blocked?)
On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 07:54:55 -0200, Jorge Godoy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bruno Wolff III [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The don't block a host I used to access. And not on several different Brazilian networks from different carriers. The traffic stops at speakeasy from my house (ADSL from GVT, it also happens from Brasil Telecom and using radio at the São Paulo state -- I'm in a different state, a partner lives in São Paulo and tested it for me). Be sure you aren't blocking the return traffic. I did that once using a /8 instead of a /16 and it took me a while to realize that the reason I stopped getting back packets from a certain point on in the route was that I was blocking the return packets, not that they weren't being sent. You might also check to see if the ip address on your end was recently allocated. They might block unallocated IP space (which is not something I recommend) and be behind on updating the list of unallocated IP addresses. wolff.to is on Speakeasy's network and you can try pinging it to see if it is a general block. If you use traceroute, tell it to use icmp, not udp as wolff.to will drop udp packets that aren't destined for a public service or part of an existing conversation. ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org/
Re: [GENERAL] [1/2 OFF] Varlena.com inaccessible from .br (Blocked?)
Bruno Wolff III [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Be sure you aren't blocking the return traffic. I did that once using a /8 As I said, just if I did that on several Brazilian networks. There's no blocking on any of these networks. You might also check to see if the ip address on your end was recently allocated. They might block unallocated IP space (which is not something I recommend) and be behind on updating the list of unallocated IP addresses. None of these networks are recent. wolff.to is on Speakeasy's network and you can try pinging it to see if it That website opens fine. is a general block. If you use traceroute, tell it to use icmp, not udp as wolff.to will drop udp packets that aren't destined for a public service or part of an existing conversation. So, I believe that there might be something on Varlena's specific configuration. -- Jorge Godoy [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
Re: [GENERAL] [1/2 OFF] Varlena.com inaccessible from .br (Blocked?)
Brazil has been trying to get its ISPs to block access to a certain video. I wonder if too wide a net was cast in that effort. http://www.slate.com/id/2157399/?nav=navoa On 1/17/07, Jorge Godoy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bruno Wolff III [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Be sure you aren't blocking the return traffic. I did that once using a /8 As I said, just if I did that on several Brazilian networks. There's no blocking on any of these networks. You might also check to see if the ip address on your end was recently allocated. They might block unallocated IP space (which is not something I recommend) and be behind on updating the list of unallocated IP addresses. None of these networks are recent. wolff.to is on Speakeasy's network and you can try pinging it to see if it That website opens fine. is a general block. If you use traceroute, tell it to use icmp, not udp as wolff.to will drop udp packets that aren't destined for a public service or part of an existing conversation. So, I believe that there might be something on Varlena's specific configuration. -- Jorge Godoy [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
[GENERAL] [1/2 OFF] Varlena.com inaccessible from .br (Blocked?)
Hi! I've always used General Bits from the Varlena website as a source of information and recommended it for friends worldwide for better using PostgreSQL. There's been a while since I could use the website for the last time because it looks like Brazilian networks are blocked somewhere after routers from speakeasy.net (220.ge-3-0.er1.sfo1.speakeasy.net from this network where I am now). Is this blocking intentional? Will it be suspended sometime in the near future? I'd really like to continue using it and recommending it, but I can't proxy all the time or ssh to UNC all the time... I even thought that the company (Varlena) had closed after trying from several networks here in Brazil... Today, as a last test, I decided using an account at UNC to check it and to my surprise it did work... Sorry for this off topic, but I don't have contacts there and I know that people from there are subscribed here to this mailing list... TIA, -- Jorge Godoy [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
Re: [GENERAL] [1/2 OFF] Varlena.com inaccessible from .br (Blocked?)
On Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 19:47:28 -0200, Jorge Godoy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's been a while since I could use the website for the last time because it looks like Brazilian networks are blocked somewhere after routers from speakeasy.net (220.ge-3-0.er1.sfo1.speakeasy.net from this network where I am now). Is this blocking intentional? Will it be suspended sometime in the near future? I'd really like to continue using it and recommending it, but I can't proxy all the time or ssh to UNC all the time... I doubt Speakeasy is blocking anything. They are the ISP for geeks and say up front that they don't block ports and the like. Did you use traceroute or something similar to see how far the packets are getting? Be sure to check any fire wall rules you have. ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
