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Free Republic DNS entry seems to be gone
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Posted on 04/04/2016 2:27:46 PM PDT by Pox

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To: Fresh Wind

I had to try it a couple of times, but it worked.


221 posted on 04/05/2016 11:50:51 AM PDT by hoagy62 (Timid Men prefer the 'Calm of Despotism' to the 'Tempestuous Sea of Liberty'. ~ T. Jefferson)
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To: cornfedcowboy

Same here. Phone works, but not WiFi.


222 posted on 04/05/2016 11:57:51 AM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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To: Fresh Wind

Windows 8.1 “hosts” file is a system file, and by default it is hidden. UN-hiding system files may be beneath the skill level of some posters but probably not most.
Modifying the “hosts” file will require a user to open from notepad or similar text editor, after starting/running that text editor as administrator.

The file location: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc
I modified to include BOTH entries

209.157.64.200 www.freerepublic.com
209.157.64.200 freerepublic.com


On a side note, this points out how vulnerable we are to basic hacking 101 DNS exploits.
this kind of activity could function as practice just to see how people react to take down attacks. Yes, our current government WOULD do such a thing. they have fed our addiction and dependency on them for food, clothing, infrastructure items INCLUDING internet access... for this purpose.

In the old days we could sign on to a BBS at a certain phone number at a certain time over a hard line and wait to post my responses and get new messages. We could listen in to news groups an d post. We could check semi dead email drops etc.. so that I could find out what is going on in the world.
Now, I go to search on one of the major data aggregators. We all do.

We should all develop a game plan. A network of modems, phone numbers, mailboxes etc in every “red” county of the USA. Something low tech, like smoke signals would be hard to crack. Tapping land lines is cost prohibitive as leos both good and bad at every level are more addicted to data aggregation programs and networks, than we are.

currently if I were a government agency gaming an attack, I would collect data during the recovery period from an event like this and see what meta data I could assemble on what network is feeding this or that activity. A final take down would wipe out every piece of data infrastructure at the center of the web, relative to the site I was taking out. I would move the ICANN DNS serves and legal authority over over the network off shore, to avoid legal requirements of the USA. The cost of anyone debugging the network of users they have built over the past say... 25 years, would be so extensive, the target would not be able to afford it... and if I were the government... I would make discovery very difficult with continual “whack a mole” outages that were ongoing.

What would a community organizer do to destroy the community of nebulous ‘conservatives’. he would find a way to attack the community without them grasping what had happened... at strategic times... and while we are watching one thing, that cadre of government criminals... would be stealing an election.

Wisconsin is important to the GOPe and their advisors in the tech industry would not hesitate to assist them in testing a US conservative organization that is grass roots. GOPe sites like red state, national review, etc... would be exempt... for now.


paranoid tin foil cap is coming out retirement.


223 posted on 04/05/2016 12:00:30 PM PDT by MIA_eccl1212 (When you see a drowning liberal, throw them the anchor...)
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To: Red Steel

Thank you very much - I could get on to FR with the IP, but couldn’t log in. Using your instructions as a starting place, I was able to change the HOST file & now I am on FR and logged in. Whew!!


224 posted on 04/05/2016 12:02:50 PM PDT by Qiviut (In Islam you have to die for Allah. The God I worship died for me. [Franklin Graham])
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To: libertarian27

I’m in California and having the same problem. I can only access on my Nokia over Verizon. So how did you fix it for your mom?


225 posted on 04/05/2016 12:06:11 PM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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To: Fresh Wind

And do not use a space between the number and www.freerepublic.com (or freerepublic.com), use a TAB.


226 posted on 04/05/2016 12:07:00 PM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: Pox

Can’t reach FR through LAN. We’re served through Frontier, now. It’s good on my Windows phone through Verizon.

I had to re-login to Facebook this morning, but Twitter was fine.


227 posted on 04/05/2016 12:14:44 PM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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To: Fresh Wind

Thank you. I had been told to never monkey around in the Windows files and never had the need to. But, your directions gave me the confidence to try and it worked.


228 posted on 04/05/2016 12:26:56 PM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory. And He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
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To: kingu
And do not use a space between the number and www.freerepublic.com (or freerepublic.com), use a TAB.

I used spaces, and it worked fine.

229 posted on 04/05/2016 12:32:37 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: Pox

Another thread here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3417679/posts


230 posted on 04/05/2016 12:35:01 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: Malsua

Well, this has been a learning experience. I’ve been unable to come aboard for half a day, then unable to post another half. The last piece was having to put www in front of freerepublic.com in the hosts file. That after figuring out how to navigate into administrator mode, save the new text file as ‘all files,’ uncheck ‘read only,’ and needlessly restart the computer twice. Whew.


231 posted on 04/05/2016 1:03:09 PM PDT by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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To: nobody in particular
This type of problem has become normal during the early morning hours when the internet is being cleaned.

however, this is the first time I've seen it continue during the day.

Something else must have happened, such as forgetting to turn on the DNS server after the maintenance.

232 posted on 04/05/2016 1:07:31 PM PDT by SGCOS
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To: Pox
I just discovered the DNS gremlin had got me.I solved it by adding some ipv4 nameservers.

Here's how:

How to change DNS Servers in Windows 7

Some suggested addresses to use in the process above can be found at:

https://www.opennicproject.org/nearest-servers/

http://www.online-tech-tips.com/cool-websites/free-dns-server/

233 posted on 04/05/2016 1:16:34 PM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: sparklite2
That after figuring out how to navigate into administrator mode, save the new text file as ‘all files,’ uncheck ‘read only,’ and needlessly restart the computer twice. Whew.

Windows does some default behaviors that are quite annoying. Hiding extensions of known file types is one that I run up against all the time. One of the first things I do when I set up a new machine is change that. Also, when saving a text file, like hosts, you either have to change it or rename the file later.

As for the rest, I sorta purposefully didn't explain how to change hosts. If you know how, it's easy enough, but explaining it to people that don't already know can be a chore for the reasons you gave and I didn't want to "own" it. For years I used to keep an extensive list of Malware tips and tools on my FR homepage but it turned into a lot of work as it constantly evolved. It's not that I mind helping folks, I try to as I can, which is why I posted how I fixed it. Anyone familiar with hosts would pick up on that right away.

234 posted on 04/05/2016 1:17:00 PM PDT by Malsua
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To: Scutter
but I would highly recommend that Jim pay someone who IS an expert to look into this and straighten things out. DNS is the sort of thing that looks simple on the surface, but is loaded with land mines for the unsuspecting to step on

+1

I know what I did to avoid such problems and further to negate DDOS attacks was to switch to a DNS provider that has huge footprint so that the TTL is very for refresh. Not sure if it a great plan. But being able to have domain resolve to new IP addresses in about 1 minute. Which is pretty fast.

235 posted on 04/05/2016 1:40:12 PM PDT by datricker (Its morning again in America! Don't let the putznuggets steal your future. Vote Trump)
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To: Fresh Wind

For the fix to work on an XP box we run, had to work in Safe Mode.


236 posted on 04/05/2016 1:57:40 PM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory. And He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
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To: don-o

That’s odd. I know I’ve altered the hosts files on XP systems before without having to use safe mode.


237 posted on 04/05/2016 2:04:30 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: Pox

I had trouble at Starbucks and Carl’s today getting in.
AS a test DU was going and available. I thought maybe it was more a political issue.


238 posted on 04/05/2016 2:06:21 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Fresh Wind

The issue seemed to be recognizing me as admin in normal mode.

Or perhaps the restart was needed?

I now have two hosts files. Is that a problem?


239 posted on 04/05/2016 2:09:10 PM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory. And He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
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To: don-o

Since you’re posting, it doesn’t seem like a big problem!

But it’s probably best to have only one. What I do is to make a backup copy of the original hosts file and call it something obvious like “hosts.old”. Then I can play with the original one without worry.


240 posted on 04/05/2016 2:19:29 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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