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Sorry if off-topic, but does this link work for anyone else? I haven't been able to reach archive.ph or archive.today from Canada in probably over 6 months, eve

Sorry if off-topic, but does this link work for anyone else? I haven't been able to reach archive.ph or archive.today from Canada in probably over 6 months, even with a vpn connected to different countries. However, the archive websites work fine when physically in some other countries like Ireland. When I check isitdownrightnow.com which, I guess, should be definitive, both archive.ph and archive.today are always down (https://pasteboard.co/fjau0VrVphdn.png https://pasteboard.co/fjau0VrVphdn.png). However, people keep posting archive links like this here on HN, so I'm wondering if I'm missing something here. According to my (admittedly limited) understanding of how the internet works, such a behaviour can't really be explained beyond some unlikely probabilistic explanation that I'm always hitting these links at exactly the wrong time. Is there some really sophisticated geo blocking I'm unaware of that could be occurring? Sorry, by now I'm just really confused about the whole thing..

bookofjoe 3y ago
For what it's worth, I just checked isitdownrightnow.com for archive.ph and it says it's down for everyone. Yet when I clicked on the archive.ph link I added to my post — https://archive.ph/Ppj5j https://archive.ph/Ppj5j — it worked fine. From my reading of HN comments about this sort of thing over the years (I'm not a techie), the one thing that recurs is having ad blockers/VPNs etc. that seem to make archive.ph not work.
- jimswhims 3y ago
  Okay, well that's interesting, it at least disproves the assumption that isitdownrightnow is definitive.. maybe they're subject to the same issues somehow, like if they're in the same geo. I saw someone mention in another HN post something about DNS being a factor, that some nameservers could be blocking it. My understanding is that my VPN also reroutes the DNS though, so I figured I'd be okay once VPN is on. Unless the VPN also uses the same nameservers that block archive.ph.. Actually, it looks like this has cropping up across multiple other threads, must do some reading and get to the bottom of this! https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=archive%20DNS%20block&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
  - bookofjoe 3y ago
    STOP! "... my VPN..." !!!! Try this: get a computer that doesn't have VPN/ad blockers/etc. and try the archive link; better: do it right from where you are. Might save you further investigation and time...
    - jimswhims 3y ago
      Good idea - it worked on my android phone and tablet, i guess it might be some applications or browser plugins i have on desktop..
      - bookofjoe 3y ago
        "might be"? IS
sillywalk 3y ago
Works for me. Canada, Firefox mac, noscript, u-block origin.
- jimswhims 3y ago
  Okay good to know, i've ublock too but it must be some other crap i have on my system
  - bookofjoe 3y ago
    Diagnosis done and dusted. Now aren't you glad you visit HN?
    - jimswhims 3y ago
      Yes, sorry for hijacking your thread lol - no big conspiracy, just user error!
      - bookofjoe 3y ago
        "hijacking"? Au contraire — pursuing this was quite entertaining and informative.

bookofjoe 3y ago

For what it's worth, I just checked isitdownrightnow.com for archive.ph and it says it's down for everyone. Yet when I clicked on the archive.ph link I added to my post — https://archive.ph/Ppj5j https://archive.ph/Ppj5j — it worked fine. From my reading of HN comments about this sort of thing over the years (I'm not a techie), the one thing that recurs is having ad blockers/VPNs etc. that seem to make archive.ph not work.

jimswhims 3y ago
Okay, well that's interesting, it at least disproves the assumption that isitdownrightnow is definitive.. maybe they're subject to the same issues somehow, like if they're in the same geo. I saw someone mention in another HN post something about DNS being a factor, that some nameservers could be blocking it. My understanding is that my VPN also reroutes the DNS though, so I figured I'd be okay once VPN is on. Unless the VPN also uses the same nameservers that block archive.ph.. Actually, it looks like this has cropping up across multiple other threads, must do some reading and get to the bottom of this! https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=archive%20DNS%20block&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
- bookofjoe 3y ago
  STOP! "... my VPN..." !!!! Try this: get a computer that doesn't have VPN/ad blockers/etc. and try the archive link; better: do it right from where you are. Might save you further investigation and time...
  - jimswhims 3y ago
    Good idea - it worked on my android phone and tablet, i guess it might be some applications or browser plugins i have on desktop..
    - bookofjoe 3y ago
      "might be"? IS

sillywalk 3y ago

Works for me. Canada, Firefox mac, noscript, u-block origin.

jimswhims 3y ago
Okay good to know, i've ublock too but it must be some other crap i have on my system
- bookofjoe 3y ago
  Diagnosis done and dusted. Now aren't you glad you visit HN?
  - jimswhims 3y ago
    Yes, sorry for hijacking your thread lol - no big conspiracy, just user error!
    - bookofjoe 3y ago
      "hijacking"? Au contraire — pursuing this was quite entertaining and informative.