isp blocking Gayheaven? IMPORTANT NOTICE ADDED

[Waltfore]

Its been doing the same to me as well off and on. I'm able to go to a few pages then it sends me to my isp's (Comcast's) home page. Before that I wasnt even able to get the site for a few days. Been doing it since May 1st it seems.

 

[sach2]

After a week of problems, I finally did the HOSTS file edits. It works fine in Linux and Windows. I find it odd that neither the numbers or text work in the address bar but using them in the hosts file does work.

Something is definitely wrong; DNS problems usually don't last more than 36 hours.

 

[gb2000ie]

After a week of problems, I finally did the HOSTS file edits. It works fine in Linux and Windows. I find it odd that neither the numbers or text work in the address bar but using them in the hosts file does work.

Since almost all servers use name-based virtual hosting these days, that is totally normal. The IP address for gay heaven has loads of sites on it - the only way the server can know what site to give you is by readying your address bar (done through HTTP headers). If that just says the IP address then the server can't respond meaningfully, so you get an error.

By doing the hosts file fix, you get to use the right name in the address bar, so the server can do it's thing.

Something is definitely wrong; DNS problems usually don't last more than 36 hours.

No - it won't take more than 36 hours for the fix to propagate normally, but as long as the DNS server is having problems, problems will persist.

B.

 

[sach2]

Thanks for the information. ^^

 

[gb2000ie]

maybe its one of the signs that this forum might go down sometime... blocking is inevitable to these kinds of sharesites.. sadly... producers are getting mad...

I really don't think it is. Perhaps there are some parts of the world where corporate rights trump freedom of expression, but that's not universal. The long list of banned sites shows that this site responds when studios come calling, so they would have no legal case to take the site down.

"we move that this site which complied with our request to stop sharing our stuff be blocked for sharing our stuff" - doesn't work!

B.

 

[Stoic]

Hmm I don't think it is a problem with the nameservers because planetsuzy works fine. I do think its a prob with where GH is hosted communicating to the nameserver...

Just my 2 cents...

 

[gb2000ie]

Hmm I don't think it is a problem with the nameservers because planetsuzy works fine. I do think its a prob with where GH is hosted communicating to the nameserver...

Just my 2 cents...

There is actually no communication needed between the GH web server and the DNS server that hosts the GH DNS zone.

If I were to meet symptoms like these in work I'd deduce that the name server is having some form of on-going problem. Perhaps it's being overloaded, perhaps it's being hit by a denial of service attack, or perhaps it's having some form of OS or hardware problem. But for what ever reason, the authoritative DNS server for GH is failing to answer DNS queries some of the time.

Because of how DNS works, even if it was only failing 1 out of 10o times, that would have a significant effect on a lot of people. DNS servers cache answers, including 'does not exist' answers, so when a failure gets cached on a resolving name server, everyone using that server as their DNS server will keep getting that failure until the cache expires and the resolver tries to contact the GH authoritative server again. Big ISPs tend to have long caches to reduce the load on their servers, so a really short outage at the source can translate to a really long outage for users.

B.

 

[Stoic]

Ah my bad, I was thinking of name registration. But as I've said, planetsuzy is on the same name server as GH and they don't have any problems. So I'm thinking the web server itself might be the problem - possibly someone ddosing GH...

 

[G_Man0239]

Help!

I'm in the UK, and today whenever I try to visit Gayheaven I get redirected to my isp's (Virgin) search page which is telling me that www.gayheaven.org doesn't exist. Does this mean that Virgin is blocking me from this website? I'm reluctant to phone and ask them, because it means having to discuss this website, which I don't want to do given the nature of Gayheaven.

I managed to slip through using a proxy server, but unfortunately I'm not able to download anything with a proxy server. So basically, I'm fucked!

Has this happened to anyone else? What is the best way around it -- other than changing my isp?

Any input would be appreciated.

I'm having the same problem but it changes daily 1 day i can get on here like today but then other day i get this virgin media say it don't exist page :angry::butslap:

 

[gb2000ie]

Ah my bad, I was thinking of name registration. But as I've said, planetsuzy is on the same name server as GH and they don't have any problems. So I'm thinking the web server itself might be the problem - possibly someone ddosing GH...

That is indeed very odd. They definitely are using the same authoritative name servers.

$ dig planetsuzy.org NS

; <<>> DiG 9.6.0-APPLE-P2 <<>> planetsuzy.org NS
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 19013
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;planetsuzy.org.			IN	NS

;; ANSWER SECTION:
[B]planetsuzy.org.		3454	IN	NS	ns1.dnswin.com.
planetsuzy.org.		3454	IN	NS	ns2.dnswin.com.
planetsuzy.org.		3454	IN	NS	ns3.dnswin.com.[/B]

$ dig gayheaven.org NS

; <<>> DiG 9.6.0-APPLE-P2 <<>> gayheaven.org NS
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 16331
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;gayheaven.org.			IN	NS

;; ANSWER SECTION:
[B]gayheaven.org.		3388	IN	NS	ns3.dnswin.com.
gayheaven.org.		3388	IN	NS	ns2.dnswin.com.
gayheaven.org.		3388	IN	NS	ns1.dnswin.com.[/B]

Every error message I've seen throughout this issue has been an error in name resolution, so all lines of evidence still point to DNS.

Those public-facing IPs in the NS records could be in some way load-balanced onto many servers behind the scenes, so although both domains use the same public IP, they could still be on different servers.

People forget that the mapping between machines and IP addresses is very indirect these days. It used to be so much simpler, one server, one IP, one DNS name, but that's been blown out of the water by NAT and round robin DNS and named virtual hosting and a raft of other technologies.

Bottom line - since I added an entry for gayheaven.org to the hosts file on my router, I've had no more problems.

B.

 

[gb2000ie]

I just noticed something - the results are NOT the same for planetsuzy and gayheaven, the order of the name servers is reversed, so we're on NS3 primarily, while they are on NS1 primarily. If it's NS3 that's having problems it would affect GH most than planetsuzy.

B.

 

[skinjo9]

I am having the same problem over the last 4 days when this started.
i use BT browser in the uk through yahoo and google and they say the same " gayheaven cant be found". when i go through another webpage powered by v bulletin i get onto the login page ok, but normally late in the night not during the daytime.
anybody else use BT browser with the same problem?
thought I would share this with you all
thanks
Skinjo9

 

[whoischris]

Didn't read through all 11 pages, but fixed my problem by changing my DNS servers to Open DNS. My ISP was using Google's DNS servers.
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

 

[XMan101]

We're hoping it'll all be cleared up this week, give it a couple of days and hopefully normal service will be resumed

 

[yoyo888]

Hay Guys,

GH have moved providers so if you are reading this message all is OK.

If you know anyone who has amending their HOSTS file to force GayHeaven.org to 80.179.154.41 that needs to be REMOVED now as GH is no longer hosted there. Their new IP address is 89.238.166.181.

Dont put this in your HOSTS file as there is no point as DNS resolves this now

Si

 

[Voyager]

IMPORTANT NOTICE
​

If you made the changes outlined below to your PC where you added gayheaven.org to your list of hosts, you will now have to delete this from your computer as you will not be able to access the forum with those changes now that we are on the new server.

Thank you!

Hi Guys:heart: & Wild.Wagner :heart:

I have also I had no access earlier this evening to the site and i completely understand your frustration Wild.Wagner i too also was :grrrrrrrrrr:angry: until changed a few settings around and finally the site is working for me now its still a bit slow but you can still open up pages.

Here are the steps to Change a few settings on your PC and Mac to Regain Access to GayHeaven

For Windows PC Users :

Important Note : PLEASE NOTE U MUST RUN THE PC AS ADMINISTRATOR WHEN U FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS OR WHEN YU TRY TO SAVE THE FILE ON THE NOTEPAD IT WILL NOT BE SAVED

Steps :

Click on Start
Go to the Search Box and type in Explorer
it should find the Internet Explorer and the Windows Explorer
Open the Windows Explorer
Go to your Root Directory which is usually your C: Drive
On this Drive there is the folder Windows
in Windows is system32
in system32 is drivers
in drivers is etc
and in etc are 5 or 6 files
one of them is called Hosts
you double click on host and then choose notepad to open it
when it is opened you go to the very end of it and put in 80.179.154.41 www.gayheaven.org
and 80.179.154.41 gayheaven.org
you save the file, close it and then it should work after a few times refreshing the page.

I hope this helps you Guys and Many Thankyou's and Thanks Goes to SmallSleepyrascalcat:heart: and DBOL777:heart: for the Above Instructions :cheers:

FOR MAC Users :

Important Note : PLEASE DO MIND THAT HOST FILE ON MAC OSX 10.6 SNOW LEOPARD OPERATING SYSTEM IS HIDDEN AND YOU WOULD NEED TO MAKE HIDDEN FILES VISIBLE AND HERE ARE THE STEPS ON HOW TO DO THAT

Steps for Showing Hidden Files On Mac :

Click Macintosh HD ( on Desktop )
Go To Applications Folder on SideBar
Next Find the Utilities Folder and Double Click
Next Double Click Terminal
Now in the Terminal App type or copy and paste this code:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE

killall Finder

Then Click Enter now you will see 2 visible icons on your desktop that were hidden on your MAC system that means the above code worked

Now Follow these Steps To edit the Host File on Mac :

Click Macintosh HD ( on Desktop )
Now you will see all these Files and Folders that were hidden On your Mac Visible now.
Now you need to edit the permissions on the Private and etc folders and on the host file located in the etc folder. Right click each one of them and choose Get info.
Click the lock icon in the bottom right corner in the info window. With the lock icon open click the plus sign in the bottom left corner to add your user. Now set the user Previlege to Read & Write. If you want you can click the lock icon again to close it.
Now Click On Private Folder
Then Click Etc Folder
and Now Scroll Down the Folder and Now find the file name "Host" once you found that file name drag that file out of that folder on to your desktop.
Now Click on that "Host" file on your Desktop ( Make sure you leave the Etc Folder Open )
Next Once You Open that File go to the very end of it and put in 80.179.154.41 www.gayheaven.org
and 80.179.154.41 gayheaven.org
Now Once you Put in those settings above Click The Red X Button on the Top and It will ask you do you want to save the doent say SAVE and to make sure its saved properly click On that Host file On The Desktop and see on the list if those settings are on there if they are then its alright and click close.
Now Drag that Host Icon back into the Etc folder and now it will ask you
" The item “hosts” can’t be moved because “etc” can’t be modified.
Now Click Authenticate Now It will ask you the following message
"An older item named “hosts” already exists in this location. Do you want to replace it with the newer one you’re moving?"
Now Click Replace and It will ask you for your Login Details which you use when you start up your Mac and Once you placed your Login Details Click OK and the File "Host" that was on your Desktop will be moved straight back into that folder with the new settings and then it should work after a few times refreshing the page.

Now Steps to Re Hide Hidden Files On Mac :

Click Macintosh HD ( on Desktop )
Go To Applications Folder on SideBar
Next Find the Utilities Folder and Double Click
Next Double Click Terminal
Now in the Terminal App type or copy and paste this code:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE

killall Finder

Then Click Enter now you will not see the 2 visible icons on your desktop that means the above code worked

I hope this information and steps for Mac will help you Guys:cheers:

I hope you all have a nice Day/Evening and a wonderful Weekend where you are now and I'll talk to you all again soon take care of yourselves my friends and Everyone

Yours Sincerely:heart:

Cute Prince101 :cheers:

:heart::heart:

 

[metromale]

Try switching your DNS service to fix

I've been having the same issues getting access for the past few days but I already use OpenDNS and figured they were the problem. I removed the OpenDNS settings and defaulted back to my ISP's own service and got straight back into gayheaven.org again.

Suggest anyone struggling to get access tries the same thing, switch your DNS settings to another free service and see if that corrects the issue, there should be no need to edit Hosts files.

EDIT: I should have also said once you've regained access to gayheaven you can switch your DNS settings back to what they were, the problem will hopefully now be fixed - at least until the next time...

 

[Erik]

Thanks to everyone who provided insight about the DNS problems and server changes, and also suggested workarounds! It was greatly appreciated. :heart:

 

[sucky123]

"It" being Gayheaven, or something else?

:thinking::no::no: lol

 

[sach2]

I want to thank everyone who has contributed to this thread.

I just want to add that if possible maybe the admins could change the posting on the 80.179.154.41 IP address (where is say "we are changing servers...") to include the information that the site is now up and anyone who edited their HOSTS file should delete the added lines.

It might not be possible but it took me a day or two to decide to delete the two lines, perhaps others are in the same situation.