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      hhoong @johnpoz
      last edited by

      @johnpoz

      No VPN, I'm from Malaysia,
      I have 3 pfsense across 3 location, all using same telco, all 3 not working ☹

      [2.4.5-RELEASE][admin@pfSense-Router.HuiHoong.Home]/root: dig @collins.ns.cloudflare.com cloudflare.com
      
      ; <<>> DiG 9.14.9 <<>> @collins.ns.cloudflare.com cloudflare.com
      ; (2 servers found)
      ;; global options: +cmd
      ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
      [2.4.5-RELEASE][admin@pfSense-Router.HuiHoong.Home]/root:
      
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      • johnpozJ
        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
        last edited by johnpoz

        @hhoong said in Unable to Resolve www.worldometers.info:

        all using same telco

        Well that would seem to be a problem then with them.

        You for whatever reason can not query them for dns - so no you wouldn't not be able to resolve anything that they are authoritative for..

        Can you get to https://www.cloudflare.com/

        even - maybe they don't like your ISP and are blocking them ;) Do you get a captcha when you try and access?

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          hhoong @johnpoz
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          @johnpoz said in Unable to Resolve www.worldometers.info:

          @hhoong said in Unable to Resolve www.worldometers.info:

          all using same telco

          Well that would seem to be a problem then with them.

          You for whatever reason can not query them for dns - so no you wouldn't not be able to resolve anything that they are authoritative for..

          Can you get to https://www.cloudflare.com/

          even - maybe they don't like your ISP and are blocking them ;)

          thanks for the info :)

          i guess now the only way for me to able to query www.worldometers.info is to enable forwarding in my DNS resolver.

          i can access to https://www.cloudflare.com/ main page,

          @hhoong said in Unable to Resolve www.worldometers.info:

          @johnpoz

          can ping can nslookup
          odd right >.<

          [2.4.5-RELEASE][admin@pfSense-Router.HuiHoong.Home]/root: ping collins.ns.cloudflare.com
          PING collins.ns.cloudflare.com (162.159.38.226): 56 data bytes
          64 bytes from 162.159.38.226: icmp_seq=0 ttl=61 time=12.373 ms
          64 bytes from 162.159.38.226: icmp_seq=1 ttl=61 time=11.953 ms
          64 bytes from 162.159.38.226: icmp_seq=2 ttl=61 time=13.656 ms
          64 bytes from 162.159.38.226: icmp_seq=3 ttl=61 time=13.199 ms
          64 bytes from 162.159.38.226: icmp_seq=4 ttl=61 time=15.022 ms
          64 bytes from 162.159.38.226: icmp_seq=5 ttl=61 time=13.560 ms
          ^C
          --- collins.ns.cloudflare.com ping statistics ---
          6 packets transmitted, 6 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
          round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 11.953/13.294/15.022/0.987 ms
          [2.4.5-RELEASE][admin@pfSense-Router.HuiHoong.Home]/root: nslookup collins.ns.cloudflare.com
          Server:         127.0.0.1
          Address:        127.0.0.1#53
          
          Non-authoritative answer:
          Name:   collins.ns.cloudflare.com
          Address: 162.159.38.226
          Name:   collins.ns.cloudflare.com
          Address: 2606:4700:50::a29f:26e2
          
          [2.4.5-RELEASE][admin@pfSense-Router.HuiHoong.Home]/root:
          

          i can ping and nslookup to the collins.ns.cloudflare.com as well, maybe is time for me to get a VPN ☺

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          • provelsP
            provels
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            Could the ISP be blocking DNS to any servers but their own?

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            • johnpozJ
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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              No since from his trace he talked to roots, and the affiliates.. He got told where to go for his domain in his trace.. He just can't seem to get there.

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                hhoong @provels
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                @provels

                I'm not sure but overall my DNS resolver was working, i just notice this www.worldometers.info not working for now, not sure of any other that is not working.
                But base on what u said, maybe all that register under @collins.ns.cloudflare.com, most likely i not able to query ...

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                • johnpozJ
                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                  last edited by johnpoz

                  No you would not be able to resolve anything that you can not talk to the authoritative NS for.. When you resolve you directly talk to the authoritative NS for that domain.. If you can not get to any of them, then anything they are authoritative for would fail to resolve..

                  That is how resolving works.. You get the info straight from the horses mouth - if you can not talk to the horse, then yeah you going to have a bad day.

                  I would get with your ISP to be honest, and ask them why you can not query that NS.

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                    hhoong @johnpoz
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                    @johnpoz said in Unable to Resolve www.worldometers.info:

                    No you would not be able to resolve anything that you can not talk to the authoritative NS for.. When you resolve you directly talk to the authoritative NS for that domain.. If you can not get to any of them, then anything they are authoritative for would fail to resolve..

                    That is how resolving works.. You get the info straight from the horses mouth - if you can not talk to the horse, then yeah you going to have a bad day.

                    yea ... sad,
                    i was so excited when i was able to not to "leak my DNS", now seem like i have to open up back to 1.1.1.1

                    ☹

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                    • johnpozJ
                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                      Ask your ISP why you can not query that ns or the other one listed.

                      moura.ns.cloudflare.com

                      You can ping them - so you have connectivity to them, so why no query on 53?

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                        hhoong @johnpoz
                        last edited by

                        @johnpoz said in Unable to Resolve www.worldometers.info:

                        Ask your ISP why you can not query that ns or the other one listed.

                        moura.ns.cloudflare.com

                        You can ping them - so you have connectivity to them, so why no query on 53?

                        i don't think they will entertain me, they would ask me to use DNS forwarder and point to them.

                        do pfsense resolver support DNS over SSL/TLS for outgoing to root DNS? if can, what if i enable?
                        i dont seem to able to find that option.

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                        • johnpozJ
                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                          @hhoong said in Unable to Resolve www.worldometers.info:

                          SSL/TLS for outgoing to root DNS?

                          No doesn't work that way... Every single NS on the planet would have to support tls for something like that to work.. And GAWD would be be horribly slow!!!

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                            hhoong @johnpoz
                            last edited by

                            @johnpoz

                            Then is sad, so for the time been i have to enable forward in my DNS resolver ☹
                            until i get a VPN... haha

                            thanks for all the help :)

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                            • johnpozJ
                              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                              Well if you have only found that specific one - you could prob just do a domain override to send that domain to wherever..

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                                hhoong @johnpoz
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                                @johnpoz
                                hmm, let me try ...

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                                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  But if you can not talk to those specific ns for cloudflare, its possible you can not talk to others. Also I would "assume" that those ns are used for more than just that specific domain.. So there could be others that you can not resolve - that you have just not found yet.

                                  So while a conditional forward would allow you to resolve this specific domain, you could have things that don't resolve later that you have just not run across yet. So it would be a wack-a-mole game.. The root of the problem is you can not talk to those NS for whatever reason via dns query.

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                                  • GertjanG
                                    Gertjan
                                    last edited by Gertjan

                                    This one :

                                    @johnpoz said in Unable to Resolve www.worldometers.info:

                                    moura.ns.cloudflare.com

                                    and it's brother collins.ns.cloudflare.com are most probably servers or VPS hosted by cloudflare. To me, it like they are dedicated servers that have as a role : a name server.
                                    But they are managed by a private person, because :
                                    Double; identical A records are returned.
                                    Both name servers are in the same AS : that a DNS bad practice.
                                    "cloudfare" should never done that.
                                    And private person means : a trigger happy server with fail2ban, DNSBL software ....

                                    This ll boils down to : you got yourself probably blacklisted - or worse, your (ISP) WAN IP is on some blacklist, used by the guy who operates worldoyyyymeters.info.

                                    edit : I just had a look at what that site www.worldoyyyyymeters.info is ... a Corona counter ... 😨

                                    No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                                    Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                                    • johnpozJ
                                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                      last edited by johnpoz

                                      Where do you see they return the same IP?

                                      ;; ANSWER SECTION:
                                      collins.ns.cloudflare.com. 86383 IN A 162.159.38.226

                                      ;; ANSWER SECTION:
                                      moura.ns.cloudflare.com. 86375 IN A 162.159.44.217

                                      They are are in different networks..

                                      And that network is owned by cloudflare.. And while they are part of the same block, there is nothing wrong with having 2 ns in the same AS.. They just shouldn't be on the same network.. You could have same AS all over the globe, so there is no reason why they couldn't be in the same AS.. In a perfect world sure - you would put your NS in completely different AS, I agree.

                                      But sure if those are hosted by cloudflare for someone, if that someone runs that NS, then sure they could of blocked his IP or block.. Its its possible cloudflare is actually blocking his IP.. very possible!

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                                        hhoong @johnpoz
                                        last edited by

                                        @johnpoz said in Unable to Resolve www.worldometers.info:

                                        Where do you see they return the same IP?

                                        ;; ANSWER SECTION:
                                        collins.ns.cloudflare.com. 86383 IN A 162.159.38.226

                                        ;; ANSWER SECTION:
                                        moura.ns.cloudflare.com. 86375 IN A 162.159.44.217

                                        They are are in different networks..

                                        And that network is owned by cloudflare.. And while they are part of the same block, there is nothing wrong with having 2 ns in the same AS.. They just shouldn't be on the same network.. You could have same AS all over the globe, so there is no reason why they couldn't be in the same AS.. In a perfect world sure - you would put your NS in completely different AS, I agree.

                                        But sure if those are hosted by cloudflare for someone, if that someone runs that NS, then sure they could of blocked his IP or block.. Its its possible cloudflare is actually blocking his IP.. very possible!

                                        y they wanna block me... I'm so sad :(

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                                        • GertjanG
                                          Gertjan @johnpoz
                                          last edited by Gertjan

                                          @johnpoz said in Unable to Resolve www.worldoyyyymeters.info:

                                          Where do you see they return the same IP?

                                          Here :

                                          b5705b3c-6edf-4731-b9b0-2ef2016d7bb6-image.png

                                          AS : do something like https://www.zonemaster.net/domain_check

                                          @johnpoz said in Unable to Resolve www.worldoyyyymeters.info:

                                          there is nothing wrong with having 2 ns in the same AS

                                          It will work just fine. It just not good practice. Most domain - name - root server tester will tell you this.

                                          @johnpoz said in Unable to Resolve www.worldoyyyymeters.info:

                                          And that network is owned by cloudflare.

                                          The network, yes. These name server : I guess probably not - as said, some rented dedicated server.

                                          No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                                          Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                                          • johnpozJ
                                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                            The hard part is figure out why you can not get there, clearly you can ping it.. But dns is being blocked somewhere between you and them.. Where that is happening is the question.

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