Guys, before we complain about proxy servers, this is probably the problem:

QUOTE
zaphod:~ cclow$ dig berlios.de

; <<>> DiG 9.6.0-APPLE-P2 <<>> berlios.de
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 64510
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;berlios.de.                    IN      A

;; Query time: 5 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.2.1#53(192.168.2.1)
;; WHEN: Sun Jan 24 00:34:06 2010
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 28

zaphod:~ cclow$ dig www.berlios.de

; <<>> DiG 9.6.0-APPLE-P2 <<>> www.berlios.de
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 49785
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.berlios.de.                        IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.berlios.de.         44037   IN      A       195.37.77.138

;; Query time: 7 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.2.1#53(192.168.2.1)
;; WHEN: Sun Jan 24 00:35:28 2010
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 48
UNQUOTE

Some of your browsers probably auto-prepend the "www." which is why
they worked. Websites that require "www" are an error.

Cheers

On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 12:25 AM, Jeffrey 'jf' Lim <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 12:24 AM,  <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 12:16 AM, Jeffrey 'jf' Lim <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 12:10 AM, Divyanshu Arorathanks, guys. And no
>>> kidding!!! From NUS as well? I've always
>>> maintained, at least in my own head - but now i am going to say it
>>> publicly, because heck, it is true, and they suck big time - that
>>> starhub's proxies (and/or their system/network administrators) are
>>> shitty. This isnt the first time that i've noticed where i cannot get
>>> access to a site going through starhub's infrastructure (transparent
>>> proxies), but will be able to get to the same site through another
>>> connection.
>>
>> I'm no fan of Starhub's proxy servers...  but it is up for me.  (maxonline,
>> not mobile broadband).
>
> got it, thanks.
>
> -jf
>
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