Re: anyone having freenode blocked?

[Ben Abbott]

On Nov 19, 2011, at 1:59 PM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:

> On 19 November 2011 13:35, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Freenode is being blocked for me. I'm in Orlando FL and used
>> BrightHouse Networks for internet access with RoadRunner as my ISP.
>> 
>> When I try to connect via a browser ...
>> 
>> -----------------------
>> This host was blocked by OpenDNS in response to the Conficker virus,
>> the Microsoft IE zero-day vulnerability, an equally serious
>> vulnerability, or some other threat.
>> 
>> If you think this shouldn't be blocked, please email us at
>> address@hidden
>> -----------------------
>> 
>> Is this wide spread, or is it just me .... again :-(
> 
> Are you sure you didn't typo? If you write "fee" instead of "free",
> you get to a malicious domain (kids: don't try this at home).
> 
> - Jordi G. H.


Using XChat Azure ...

* Looking up irc.freenode.net
 * Connecting to chat.freenode.net (174.129.221.183) port 6665...
 * Connection failed. Error: No route to host
 Cycling to next server in FreeNode...
 * Looking up irc.freenode.net
 * Connecting to chat.freenode.net (174.129.221.183) port 6667...
 Cycling to next server in FreeNode...
 * Looking up irc.freenode.net
 * Connecting to chat.freenode.net (174.129.221.183) port 6667...
 Cycling to next server in FreeNode...
 * Looking up irc.freenode.net
 * Connecting to chat.freenode.net (174.129.221.183) port 6667...

... goes on for hours. But ping works.

$ ping chat.freenode.net
PING chat.freenode.net (174.129.221.183): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 174.129.221.183: icmp_seq=0 ttl=45 time=38.005 ms
64 bytes from 174.129.221.183: icmp_seq=1 ttl=45 time=44.933 ms
64 bytes from 174.129.221.183: icmp_seq=2 ttl=45 time=35.165 ms
64 bytes from 174.129.221.183: icmp_seq=3 ttl=45 time=32.818 ms

I tried a command line cleint, that doesn't work either. However webchat does 
work. I guess I'll stick to that.

Ben