Linux Forums unreachable.

[Ray Parrish]

Tom H wrote:
>>> 2. I do not understand the first traceroute. Whether I traceroute from
>>> any version of Linux or from Windows, the end-point is a theplanet.com
>>> box not www.linuxforums.org.
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>> That's probably because Ray added an entry for www.linuxforums.org with
>> this address in his /etc/hosts file to rule out DNS problems.
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> Well remembered/spotted...
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>>> 3. I do not understand why traceroute works and traceroute -T does
>>> not. Could you ip address have been blocked by theplanet.com?!
>>> Strangely...
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>> That's indeed strange: UDP packets do reach the target, TCP packets don't.
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> Definitely and that is why I think that there is a block...
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Hello,

After running iptables -F, and a couple of reboots, I am now able to 
connect to linuxforums.org normally. Thanks for all the help the bunch 
of you have been. I now have a very short iptables list with one rule 
which blocks everything that my computer did not initiate, so I feel 
much better now.

Later, Ray Parrish

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