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| Problem connecting to forum.i2p2.de |
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Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:20 pm
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Hello.
Are 'http://forum.i2p2.de/' blocking any ip-ranges or anything on the open internet currently?
Just wondering since I cannot connect to the site directly, but using any proxy seems to work without problem. I have tried accessing this site since yesterday and figured I try a proxy just to rule out the possibility of being blocked. But apparently I am.
Nslookup for the site works. Pinging the server works. Connecting to port 80 times out. Connection is never established.
'http://www.i2p2.de/', the main page, works by the way.
Anyone knows? |
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Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:48 am
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I2Phile
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Spamming -- including SEO-related activity -- is a significant problem on this forum and your IP address might be in one of the IP ranges we've been forced to block. (If you never notice any spam it's because we're constantly at work behind the scenes cleaning it up.)
If this is the case then you'll have to continue using proxies until we unblock the IP range you're in, or you can use forum.i2p2.i2p via I2P. |
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Tue Jul 20, 2010 11:38 am
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| smeghead wrote: | Spamming -- including SEO-related activity -- is a significant problem on this forum and your IP address might be in one of the IP ranges we've been forced to block. (If you never notice any spam it's because we're constantly at work behind the scenes cleaning it up.)
If this is the case then you'll have to continue using proxies until we unblock the IP range you're in, or you can use forum.i2p2.i2p via I2P. |
Ok, thanks.
Then I know what the problem is.
Don't know what SEO-related activity is, but for the spam you should consider using another method than ip banning for protection. Like solving a simple captcha when posting/registering, or at least allow read-only access with a proper error message when trying to post/register. |
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Tue Jul 20, 2010 1:17 pm
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I2Phile
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| Anonymous wrote: | | Don't know what SEO-related activity is, |
Search Engine Optimization. They generally try to place hyperlinks in various sneaky places around the forum -- posts, sigs, profiles -- so that the links get indexed by search engine spiders, bumping the search engine rankings for the SEO firm's paying customers.
| Quote: | | but for the spam you should consider using another method than ip banning for protection |
We use multiple methods, and the defenses have been tailored over the years to deal with the evolving threat. IP bans aren't the only (nor the first) tool in the box.
| Quote: | | Like solving a simple captcha when posting/registering, |
Captchas are no longer effective these days, especially when some of our spammers aren't bots, but live people.
| Quote: | | or at least allow read-only access with a proper error message when trying to post/register. |
Because I2P is an anonymous community we don't want to force users to register in order to post. We have done so before when under heavy attack, but only as a temporary remedy. |
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Fri Jul 23, 2010 1:45 pm
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| So, das Forum ist über i2p seit gut einen Monat kaum noch zu erreichen. Wenn doch, dann reißt beim verfassen die Verbindung ab. Auf solch rigide Maßnahmen, wie sie hier gefahren werden, kann ich gut verzichten. Jetzt schreibe ich via Tor. Meine Bandbreite werde ich auch dahin Verlagern, wo sie noch geschätzt wird. Viel Erfolg weiterhin. |
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Fri Jul 23, 2010 2:30 pm
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I2Phile
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| f.t., filtered through Google Translate wrote: | | So, the forum has been reached by i2p than a month without much success. If they do, then leave when the connection breaks. On such rigid measures, as they are driven here, I can well do without. Now I write via Tor. My bandwidth I will then relocate to where it is still appreciated. Much continued success. |
The forum is not I2P, it's only a small part of it. So if you're leaving I2P for Tor over a minor (and likely temporary) forum access problem then you're overreacting, especially when you're still able to access the forum in other ways. I personally feel that users should be using I2P when posting to the forum anyhow -- after all, if you're not using I2P for anonymity, why are you here?
That said, you can PM me here or on Irc2P (#i2p-dev) with your specific IP and I will unblock it if it happens to be within one of the currently-banned IP blocks, |
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Fri Jul 23, 2010 3:22 pm
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f.t.: tschüü-üss!
smeghead: the problem is intermittent and it happens on forum.i2p too. so it can't be an ip ban. |
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Fri Jul 23, 2010 4:37 pm
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I2Phile
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| Anonymous wrote: | | smeghead: the problem is intermittent and it happens on forum.i2p too. so it can't be an ip ban. |
That's a different and known issue. We haven't been able to track it down yet unfortunately. |
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Sun Jul 25, 2010 3:32 pm
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Warning: Eepsite Unreachable
The eepsite was not reachable. The eepsite is offline, there is network congestion, or your router is not yet well-integrated with peers. You may want to retry. Could not find the following destination:
 http://forum.i2p/
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Sun Jul 25, 2010 8:23 pm
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I2Phile
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| OK, the intermittent timeouts should be fixed now. |
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