[OSM-dev] API down, my addresses blacklisted by IRC

[Tom Hughes]

On 17/07/10 16:09, Alan Mintz wrote:

> I was having trouble connecting to the API server, so I thought I'd try
> to use the IRC channel to mention it. I don't have a local IRC client,
> so I tried to use http://irc.openstreetmap.org/irc.cgi . It said
>
> *** Access Denied: Found in DNS black list dnsbl.dronebl.org (your IP is
> 71.93.135.xxx, result: ai_family not supported)
>
> OK - I've seen this before. Someone in my neighborhood does something
> evil so they blacklist the whole subnet. So, I added a route entry to
> use my backup ISP for net 89.16.177.0/24, tried again, and got:
>
> *** Access Denied: Found in DNS black list dnsbl.dronebl.org (your IP is
> 71.177.152.xxx, result: ai_family not supported)
>
> If I go to dronebl.org and look up either address, it says:
>
> "No incidents regarding <address> were found in DroneBL's incident
> tracking system. This means that your IP is not listed in DroneBL."

It's not actually irc.openstreetmap.org giving that error, it's the IRC 
server on the network that hosts our channel, so it's outside our 
control I'm afraid.

> I don't understand. API seems back up now, so I guess I'll just go back
> to mapping :(

It was never down as far as I know - nobody else has reported any problems.

Tom

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