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Re:Debugging Node.js in Production by irishcule on Friday December 04, 2015 @09:20AM (#10676421)
Sorry if this is slightly off topic but can anyone tell me why I would not be able to access the netflix tech blog?

Every time I try to go to it I get a "Web page unavailable" despite sites like downforeveryoneorjustme.com telling me it is not down.

Not sure if its just my laptop as I am abroad at the moment in Italy and have no other computer to check the site.

Re:Debugging Node.js in Production by arca_vorago on Friday December 04, 2015 @09:35AM (#10676496)
"abroad at the moment in Italy"

Here is the basic checklist for something like this:

check your hosts file ping the website tracert the website clear dns cache check dns server up/down temporarily disable av/firewall

If all the above indicate normal operation but it still fails, it could be blocked anywhere upstream of you.

Re:Debugging Node.js in Production by irishcule on Friday December 04, 2015 @09:53AM (#10676600)
It's strange, nothing in the hosts file, any ping says it can't find the host http://techblog.netflix.com/, or even anyone of those check ip sites says the same. Asked some work colleagues here and in Ireland and it seems our company is blocking it, I guess through the firewall which unfortunately I can't disable.
Re:Debugging Node.js in Production by untog on Friday December 04, 2015 @10:11AM (#10676690)
I guess it is unfortunate though not too surprising that an employer would be blocking netflix.com.
Re:Debugging Node.js in Production by heywire on Friday December 04, 2015 @10:57AM (#10677000)
My employer blocks this blog as well. Not sure if they just decided to block *.netflix.com or what.
Re:Debugging Node.js in Production by joshuacc on Friday December 04, 2015 @09:31AM (#10676482)
It's hosted on Blogger. Do you have problems with any other Blogger sites?
Re:Debugging Node.js in Production by obituary_latte on Friday December 04, 2015 @09:49AM (#10676578)
Re:Debugging Node.js in Production by myth_buster on Friday December 04, 2015 @07:27PM (#10680165)
If you are viewing from work they may block the domain for obvious reasons...