Jason Vinton wrote: > I have a simple question. I live in Shanghai, and I have found that > everything on: > http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/ > is blocked. > > A specific example of what is blocked is: > http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-f9.newkey&arch=x86_64 > > If this site is unavailable, yum does not function. > > The part that concerns me is that it does not seem the be my ISP or > the Chinese Great Firewall that is doing the blocking. > > Please see my tracepath: > > [foo@localhost ~]$ tracepath mirrors.fedoraproject.org > 1: 192.168.1.112 (192.168.1.112) 0.301ms pmtu 1500 > 1: 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 2.099ms asymm 36 > 1: 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 1.788ms asymm 36 > 2: Deleted - private > 2: Deleted - private > 3: Deleted - private > 4: Deleted - private > 5: 124.74.210.193 (124.74.210.193) 4.470ms asymm 6 > 6: 61.152.86.18 (61.152.86.18) 5.346ms > 7: 202.97.33.18 (202.97.33.18) 19.011ms > 8: 202.97.51.74 (202.97.51.74) 197.722ms > 9: 192.205.35.85 (192.205.35.85) 185.788ms > 10: tbr1.sffca.ip.att.net (12.122.86.26) 205.177ms asymm 20 > 11: 12.122.19.41 (12.122.19.41) 203.850ms asymm 19 > 12: cr1.la2ca.ip.att.net (12.122.3.122) 204.838ms asymm 18 > 13: cr2.phmaz.ip.att.net (12.122.31.190) 205.038ms asymm 17 > 14: tbr2.phmaz.ip.att.net (12.122.22.206) 205.099ms asymm 16 > 15: gar3.phmaz.ip.att.net (12.123.206.29) 204.302ms asymm 14 > 16: 12.122.255.18 (12.122.255.18) 204.990ms asymm 15 > 17: mdf1-bi8k-2-eth-2-2.phx1.attens.net (63.241.128.186) 224.508ms asymm 16 > 18: no reply > 19: no reply > 20: no reply > 21: no reply > 22: no reply > 23: no reply > 24: no reply > 25: no reply > 26: no reply > 27: no reply > 28: no reply > 29: no reply > 30: no reply > 31: no reply > Too many hops: pmtu 1492 > Resume: pmtu 1492 > > Hop 17 ( 63.241.128.186 ) is in San Diego California. A bunch of > these IP address are run by AT&T in NJ. > > I have learned that more and more of the blocked sites are not due to > the Great Firewall, but are blocked by US ISPs and site admins who > block all requests from China. > > I can reach: > http://fedoraproject.org/ > without any problems. > > I eventually started using a proxy which made my requests appear to > come from a US based IP address, and then yum worked perfectly. > > Can anyone provide some insights into what is happening? > > Not from your end.... But, I can tell you that I can get to http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-f9.newkey&arch=x86_64 and tracepath is very similar to yours. So, the tracepath is not a valid indicator of why you can't get to that URL. -- One does not thank logic. -- Sarek, "Journey to Babel", stardate 3842.4 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
