Search Service Down? (Verizon routing)

03 Oct 23: One server has been relocated, the server currently doesn't have a public IP address in the meantime. I wrote some additional tunnel code running separately to handle this. When the server is engaged the connection is 5600+ days uniform (since around 24 July 2008). In the unlikely case I disengaged the server because of some problem the retention is 1200-3800 days depending on newsgroup. If you experience any issue please let me know.

29 Nov 23: Because of encrypted and "obfuscated" flood mass posted by few nzb websites and newzbin-like communities using usenet servers as private storage for their members to download the posts - the situation with the content is pretty chaotic, since posts are disguised in such a way, that users must use the satellite ecosystem (whish is not a part of Usenet) exclusively to download them, when the website disappears - the encrypted scattered posts just eat usenet providers' disk space uselessly. If you can't find something specific please let me know what exactly you can't find for me to check how it is possible to retain the posts. Legible posts shouldn't be affected at all, let me know if you notice anything missing.

08 Aug 24: After being unchanged for many years the search service communication protocol had to be updated a few times in part to resolve a server side set feature limitation and properly handle trial searches on the relocated server. The searches themselves are not affected and it looks like the work is now complete.
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techsam
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Search Service Down? (Verizon routing)

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Incomplete error message after failed search timeout today:
"Search failed (5)
A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established"
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alex
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verizon has a routing issue (it appears some locations in FL and PA are affected) i've sent you pm what to tell their support.

when they fix their routing table the problem will be resolved for everyone.
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techsam
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Thanks Alex
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kendallpeacock
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Re: Search Service Down? (Verizon routing)

Post by kendallpeacock »

Hello Alex,

Would you mind sending me the info to tell support? I am still having the problem (Verizon - FL).

Thank you,
-Kendall
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alex
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Re: Search Service Down? (Verizon routing)

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The issue has been reported (not an easy task since the route is working from most points inclusive tech support location), hopefully it will be fixed shortly.

If you have a working proxy server elsewhere (e.g. restricted to your ip address), it is possible to bypass the problem by defining "access proxy" for the search service entry in edit menu->properties->proxies, the data flow is not compromised since it is encrypted.

Update: they fixed it.
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