Fwd: Re: [LOGic] LOTW - is it down

[Hank Phillips]

>Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 21:15:49 -0400
>To: "Richard Thorne" <rmthorne at cox.net>
>From: Hank Phillips <aa4hp at titustek.com>
>Subject: Re: [LOGic] LOTW - is it down
>
>This is my cut on this as a network design engineer.
>
>The most vulnerable part of the current Internet architecture is 
>Domain Name Services (DNS).
>
>Through several different types of attack, it is possible to corrupt 
>or deny access to the ability to accurately resolve a URL to an IP address.
>
>Throughout this thread I have observed some methods of access to 
>LOTW work or not work, depending on what I was trying to do, and 
>what program was trying to access it (IE or Logic).  Because I don't 
>know the exact structure of the ARRL site's severs and how much URL 
>re-direction they are using, I can't make any concrete statements, 
>except the following:
>
>If you know both the URL and the IP address of the service you want 
>to access on either port 80 (http) or 443 (https) (( or any other 
>address/port tuple for that matter)), and know which port number to 
>use for that service, you can quickly rule out a DNS problem.
>
>Most outages I see on the Internet, both here and at work are DNS problems.
>
>Since this is an off-topic post, I will hold off on a longer 
>dissertation unless there is more interest.  The same info is out 
>there on the Internet, as long as you can resolve the URL -- hi hi.
>
>73,
>
>Hank
>
>AA4HP
>
>
>At 08:54 PM 10/20/2006, you wrote:
>>Well all is working well now.  Not sure why it started working.
>>
>>Ben (I tried to reply to you but my replies were bounced) sent me a 
>>url, I clicked on it and every thing started working correctly, even Logic.
>>
>>Strange.  But its working.
>>
>>Rich - N5ZC
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Thorne" <rmthorne at cox.net>
>>To: "Logic" <LOGic at mailman.qth.net>
>>Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 6:46 PM
>>Subject: Re: [LOGic] LOTW - is it down
>>
>>
>>>Thanks for the replies guys.  I've tried logging in, via the ARRL 
>>>web site, with a couple different computers and I still can't get 
>>>in.  I can't even get to the log in page to enter my id and password.
>>>
>>>I emailed the ARRL for assistance.
>>>
>>>Rich - N5ZC
>>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Thorne" <rmthorne at cox.net>
>>>To: "Logic" <LOGic at mailman.qth.net>
>>>Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 9:12 PM
>>>Subject: [LOGic] LOTW - is it down
>>>
>>>
>>>>I've tried logging onto LOTW the last couple of days, via Logic8 
>>>>and at ARRL.org, however I can't even get to the log on page.
>>>>
>>>>Has anyone else noticed this?
>>>>
>>>>Rich - N5ZC
>>>>
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