Re: MoreBeer down?

Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:04 am

Been down for me most of the morning. I think it is a DNS issue and should clear it up soon, at least that is what a birdie told me.
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Re: MoreBeer down?

Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:18 am

I'm seeing the regular b3 site.

FWIW, domain name server issues often take 24 hours to propagate around. The cache that you're hitting (heh) is not local the way browser caches work (although there's also often a local DNS cache as well), but at a slightly higher level upstream. The DNS operated by your upstream provider doesn't necessarily update right away. This is especially true for changes to a pointer (where the name points elsewhere) rather than a brand new domain name (which tend to update more speedily).

Sometimes there's just errors, and this is more complicated now with many ISPs following comcast's (eeeevil) lead and replacing the "no host found" response from their DNS with a "here's comcast's search page" one. Sometimes the site goes away and is replaced with one of those stupid "here's a site about stuff, with search redirects" holding pages.

That kind of redirect can happen when people don't remember to update their domain name purchases (since you have to pay by the year or so). Sometimes the domain name keeps on pointing, sometimes the registrar moves it. The worst possible thing that can happen is if someone comes along and purchases the domain without the original owner renewing it. At that point, you end up stuck with litigation being your solution and that's not a guarantee.

At least morebeer.com isn't currently for sale; I had a new business plan all of a sudden. :P
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Re: MoreBeer down?

Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:22 am

Hmm, I experimentally changed my regular DNS provider to the google public DNS (8.8.8.8 / 8.8.4.4) and got the parking page. So yeah- it's a partially-propagated change, which will hopefully be rolled back and somebody will get tasered at b3 for forgetting to pay the bills.
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Re: MoreBeer down?

Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:26 am

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Re: MoreBeer down?

Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:42 am

ChrisKennedy wrote:http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/morebeer.com


I think that just reports pages that return error messages (like 404-not found, 401 - not authorized) or timeout with no return at all. Even when the morebeer site was "down" it was returning a valid page, so down-for-everyone thought everything was just peachy.
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Re: MoreBeer down?

Mon Apr 18, 2011 10:01 am

DannyW wrote:
ChrisKennedy wrote:http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/morebeer.com


I think that just reports pages that return error messages (like 404-not found, 401 - not authorized) or timeout with no return at all. Even when the morebeer site was "down" it was returning a valid page, so down-for-everyone thought everything was just peachy.



Ohhh, that makes sense.
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Re: MoreBeer down?

Mon Apr 18, 2011 12:51 pm

Looks like the MoreBeer forum is down now, too.
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Re: MoreBeer down?

Mon Apr 18, 2011 2:30 pm

adding

216.37.34.247 www.morebeer.com
216.37.12.224 forums.morebeer.com

to your /etc/hosts file should temporarily fix the problem. Don't ask me where that goes on a windows box, but it'll work on mac/linux.
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