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111 sats \ 4 comments \ @k00b 18 Mar crypto

Is this the right link? I get ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED without a VPN:

update: interesting, I get weird dig and ping output:

$ dig +short something.fromnothing.blog
0.0.0.0
$ dig +short stacker.news
52.1.50.110
35.169.202.61
35.169.148.148
44.216.25.160
54.224.24.128
34.194.114.222

$ ping -c1 something.fromnothing.blog
PING something.fromnothing.blog (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.063 ms

--- something.fromnothing.blog ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.063/0.063/0.063/0.000 ms

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 18 Mar

100 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 18 Mar

Found the issue, for some reason I was using 1.1.1.3 which returns wrong responses but 1.1.1.1 works:

$ dig something.fromnothing.blog

; <<>> DiG 9.18.28 <<>> something.fromnothing.blog
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 56616
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232
; EDE: 17 (Filtered)
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;something.fromnothing.blog.    IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
something.fromnothing.blog. 60  IN      A       0.0.0.0

;; Query time: 18 msec
;; SERVER: 1.1.1.3#53(1.1.1.3) (UDP)
;; WHEN: Tue Mar 18 11:19:22 CDT 2025
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 77

$ dig something.fromnothing.blog @1.1.1.1

; <<>> DiG 9.18.28 <<>> something.fromnothing.blog @1.1.1.1
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 45988
;; flags: qr rd ra ad; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;something.fromnothing.blog.    IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
something.fromnothing.blog. 1799 IN     A       188.40.28.19

;; Query time: 85 msec
;; SERVER: 1.1.1.1#53(1.1.1.1) (UDP)
;; WHEN: Tue Mar 18 11:19:26 CDT 2025
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 71

See SERVER: 1.1.1.3#53(1.1.1.3) (UDP) in the first output.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 18 Mar

I didn’t know about that Cloudflare service.