Re:Ask HN: My HN has vanished
by sachinag on Thursday August 27, 2009 @10:22AM
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This happened to me; something weird was going on, so PG blocked my IP. E-mail him with your IP address and username and let him know what's up.
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IF this was the case he wouldn't be able to telnet into port 80.
Unless the block was at the application layer.
I was under the impression that he was able to do a GET once he established a connection...
Thats why I suggested another browser. I've had this problem quite a few times (especially with chrome) because some browsers do some goofey DNS caching...
> I was under the impression that he was able to do a GET once he established a connection...
No: As I said: "Telnetting directly to port 80 connects fine, but the server closes the connection instantly before I can even issue a request."
He says the connection closes instantly which to me sounds like a security measure for blocked IPs. I assume the block isn't at the OS level so he'd still be able to get into port 80 but once he did it would try to connect to the HN software on that server which would end the connection.