[sf-lug] linuxmafia.com offline(!?) (SF-LUG list, ...) Re: SF-LUG Mailing list - late AM Tue 10/23/18

[Michael Paoli]

Don't know for sure, but I'd guestimate it may likely be issue
with ISP or routing.

$ dig +noall +answer +nottl linuxmafia.com. A linuxmafia.com. AAAA
linuxmafia.com.         IN      A       198.144.195.186
$
# traceroute -nT -m 10 -p 80 198.144.195.186
traceroute to 198.144.195.186 (198.144.195.186), 10 hops max, 60 byte packets
  1  198.144.194.233  13.520 ms  15.674 ms  17.503 ms
  2  * * *
  3  * * *
  4  * * *
  5  * * *
  6  * * *
  7  * * *
  8  * * *
  9  * * *
10  * * *
#
I believe we're still both on same ISP, so likely issue within ISP,
or some other dependency ... I think lines/circuits/routing have
AT&T dependencies.

# hostname
balug-sf-lug-v2.balug.org
# pwd -P
/var/lib/named/etc/bind/master
# fgrep -i ns1.linuxmafia.com sf-lug.org | fgrep @
         IN      NS      ns1.linuxmafia.com.     ; 198.144.195.186  
Rick Moen rick at linuxmafia.com rick at deirdre.net 1-650-283-7902
#

I do also have relatively fresh backups of SF-LUG list (mbox) & roster:

$ ls -ld sf-lug_roster/sf-lug_roster sf-lug.mbox/sf-lug.mbox
-r--r--r-- 1 sflug sflug 72050877 Oct 18 21:31 sf-lug.mbox/sf-lug.mbox
-r-------- 1 sflug sflug     9365 Oct 13 06:32 sf-lug_roster/sf-lug_roster
$ stat sf-lug.mbox/sf-lug.mbox
   File: sf-lug.mbox/sf-lug.mbox
   Size: 72050877        Blocks: 140880     IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: fe03h/65027d    Inode: 30232       Links: 1
Access: (0444/-r--r--r--)  Uid: (29774/   sflug)   Gid: (29774/   sflug)
Access: 2018-10-23 06:40:14.358531599 -0700
Modify: 2018-10-18 21:31:01.000000000 -0700
Change: 2018-10-23 06:40:14.622505200 -0700
  Birth: -
$

The mtimes may remain the same if there are no updates (no subsequent
postings nor changes to roster membership).

I'll update if I hear anything relevant and appropriate to add.

# traceroute -n -m 10 198.144.195.186
traceroute to 198.144.195.186 (198.144.195.186), 10 hops max, 60 byte packets
  1  198.144.194.233  111.819 ms  112.212 ms  112.450 ms
  2  * * *
  3  * * *
  4  * * *
  5  * * *
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  9  * * *
10  * * *
#

And thanks for noticing/mentioning!  :-)

> From: "Michael Paoli" <Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu>
> Subject: Re: SF-LUG Mailing list - late AM Tue 10/23/18
> Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 12:56:00 -0700

> Confirmed ... at least to a first order approximation.
>
> I'll check further when I have time.
>
> I do also have alternative & out-of-band contact info. for Rick Moen.
>
> I should also have quite current backups of the sf-lug list data -
> at least roster and archive, anyway.
>
>> From: aaronco36 <aaronco36 at SDF.ORG>
>> Subject: SF-LUG Mailing list - late AM Tue 10/23/18
>> Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 19:45:33 +0000 (UTC)
>
>> Hey there,
>>
>> Haven't run further diagnostic tests on this myself (yet!), however  
>> the SF-LUG mailing list  
>> http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/sf-lug seems to be offline  
>> as of late this morning and so far this early afternoon.
>> All I did was enter this exact complete mailman URL in my FF  
>> web-browser, and the page eventually times-out with this message:
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ quoting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> The connection has timed out
>>
>> The server at linuxmafia.com is taking too long to respond.
>>
>> * The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again  
>> in a few moments.
>> * If you are unable to load any pages, check your computers network  
>> connection.
>> * If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy,  
>> make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> Probably doesn't help all that much, but a simple 'traceroute  
>> www.linuxmafia.com' reaches whatever firewall or other security  
>> measures that may be at rawbw.net (198.144.192.34).
>> No, am *not* myself going to run diagnostics using DIG and/or  
>> Netmap on this!
>> -A
>>
>> aaronco36 at sdf.org