new name for takeitoffline.com

[Keary Suska]

http://takeitoffline.com/1/H/NuLK8Ll3CxritWqkut7 worked for me. The reason
that the IP is not working is likely because they are using name-based
virtual hosting, with probably some back-end URL rewriting to support it. A
browser that is not HTTP 1.1 compliant would not be able to access the site
in any case, and it seems that the hosting company does not have an adequate
server configuration to support non-compliant browsers. I recall that there
were some versions of IE4 that had broken 1.1 support so most Apache
configurations force them to use 1.0.

>> I'm not able to find takeitoffline.  Actually, my browser can't find it. I'm
>> behind a firewall, but not a filtered one.  Do you have any idea why I can't
>> reach the site?  Do you have a numeric IP for it in case it has something to
>> do with my DNS server?

If the browser is unable to resolve the domain (IE usually gives some kind
of message like "server not found"), it is a problem with your DNS. If it
can resolve the domain but cannot connect, it is likely an inter-network
problem since HTTP is a single socket protocol, client initiated. Hence
access to any web site outside of the firewall means access to every site.
Except that some firewall configurations block SSL connections, but that
wouldn't be the case here.

Keary Suska
(719) 473-6431
(719) 649-6736 (mobile)


> From: "Tim Chambers" <tbchambers at yahoo.com>
> Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 09:59:53 -0600
> To: "Pikes Peak Perl Mongers" <pikes-peak-pm-list at happyfunball.pm.org>
> Subject: new name for takeitoffline.com
> 
> Keith Wear wrote:
>> This is the first e-mail I've received since signing up for PPPM list.
> 
> Welcome, Keith. I'm replying to the whole group in case anyone else has the
> same problem.
> 
>> I'm not able to find takeitoffline.  Actually, my browser can't find it.
> I'm
>> behind a firewall, but not a filtered one.  Do you have any idea why I
> can't
>> reach the site?  Do you have a numeric IP for it in case it has something
>> to do with my DNS server?
> 
> takeitoffline.com changed their domain name to quicktopic.com a while back.
> The DNS lookup returns the same IP (205.254.196.12), but if anyone's having
> trouble accessing it, try these (which also work for me):
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Comments? Take it offline to http://takeitoffline.com/8/H/QTW5mmRpPk8g
> http://quicktopic.com/8/H/QTW5mmRpPk8g
>> 
>> http://takeitoffline.com/1/H/NuLK8Ll3CxritWqkut7. There hasn't been
> anything
> http://quicktopic.com/1/H/NuLK8Ll3CxritWqkut7
>> posted for a while, though.
>> 
>> P.P.S. Please don't forward takeitoffline.com URLs to anyone not on our
>> mailing list. Obscurity of the URL is the only protection of privacy that
> we
>> have. Not ideal, but I'm a fan of takeitoffline.com and want to support
> them
>> with our traffic.
> 
> http://205.254.196.12/8/H/QTW5mmRpPk8g and
> http://205.254.196.12/1/H/NuLK8Ll3CxritWqkut7 did NOT work for me -- they
> both replaced the subdirectories with /./. I've never seen THAT before.
> 
> <>< Tim
> 
> P.S. I'm also behind a firewall.
> 
> 
>