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Ask HN: Archive.is Captcha Problems Lately?

• retrocryptid 3y ago
  Yup. Me too. On Firefox.
  • Abrownn 3y ago
    Confirming Firefox issue here too
    • 1980phipsi 3y ago
      I have the issue on Firefox, but not on Chrome.
• riedel 3y ago
  Currently no luck on android using both brave and chrome.
• IndoorPatio 3y ago
  Yes, seems broken.
• defrost 3y ago
  Check your DNS, there are issues using Cloudflare to reach archive.{is | li | today | etc } Google DNS and others work where Cloudflare does not.
  • dredmorbius 3y ago
    Interesting ... Using Cloudflare (1.1.1.1) vs. Google (8.8.8.8) I get different IP resolution: for u in archive.ph archive.is archive.li archive.vn archive.fo archive.md; do echo ">>> ${u} <<<"; host -t A $u 1.1.1.1; host -t A $u 8.8.8.8; done Results: >>> archive.ph <<< Using domain server: Name: 1.1.1.1 Address: 1.1.1.1#53 Aliases: archive.ph has address 192.210.214.166 Using domain server: Name: 8.8.8.8 Address: 8.8.8.8#53 Aliases: archive.ph has address 23.137.248.133 >>> archive.is <<< Using domain server: Name: 1.1.1.1 Address: 1.1.1.1#53 Aliases: archive.is has address 198.23.187.186 Using domain server: Name: 8.8.8.8 Address: 8.8.8.8#53 Aliases: archive.is has address 23.137.248.133 >>> archive.li <<< Using domain server: Name: 1.1.1.1 Address: 1.1.1.1#53 Aliases: archive.li has address 192.210.214.166 Using domain server: Name: 8.8.8.8 Address: 8.8.8.8#53 Aliases: archive.li has address 23.137.248.133 >>> archive.vn <<< Using domain server: Name: 1.1.1.1 Address: 1.1.1.1#53 Aliases: archive.vn has address 192.210.214.166 Using domain server: Name: 8.8.8.8 Address: 8.8.8.8#53 Aliases: archive.vn has address 23.137.248.133 >>> archive.fo <<< Using domain server: Name: 1.1.1.1 Address: 1.1.1.1#53 Aliases: archive.fo has address 192.210.214.166 Using domain server: Name: 8.8.8.8 Address: 8.8.8.8#53 Aliases: archive.fo has address 23.137.248.133 >>> archive.md <<< Using domain server: Name: 1.1.1.1 Address: 1.1.1.1#53 Aliases: archive.md has address 192.210.214.166 Using domain server: Name: 8.8.8.8 Address: 8.8.8.8#53 Aliases: archive.md has address 23.137.248.133 Cloudflare: Fix your shit.
    • jgrahamc 3y ago
      Nothing to fix. We are responding with what archive.* sends to us. They choose to send us incorrect data. See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19828702 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19828702
      • dredmorbius 3y ago
        Why and/or how is Archive Today managing to send Cloudflare different responses than other DNS providers? I'd suggest you kick your "integrity of DNS" principle in the interest of "rough consensus, working code". And yes, you can do that without passing on user-specific EDNS to AT, who're quite likely to obtain just that information through the subsequent HTTP GET request in any event.
      • dredmorbius 3y ago
        And while we're at it: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37149094 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37149094>
        • jgrahamc 3y ago
          You can always email me (jgc@) with details.
          • dredmorbius 3y ago
            Email sent, to jgc.org and cloudflare.com, hopefully one of those works.
• WarOnPrivacy 3y ago
  In case anyone comes back to this. I noticed I get redirected to the archive.is domain and that's when I wind up in a captcha loop. When I get captcha'd, the archive.is resolves to 198.23.187.186 I cleared my DNS server cache and got new IPs for archive.today and archive.ph but the same address for archive.is. I tried the OPs link, got redirected to .is and got captchas. I cleared DNS server cache again and got 89.253.237.217 for .is (along with more new IPs for .ph and .today). No captchas.
• 00deadbeef 3y ago
  Been having this issue for months. In addition, Safari can't connect to the server at all using iCloud Private Relay. Seems like an OTT security config.
• alexolog 3y ago
  Captcha loop here as well. Both from FF and an ungoogled Chromium with no add ons that I keep just for these situations. DNS is the unsecured quad9 9.9.9.10 Secure DNS is likewise https://dns10.quad9.net/dns-query https://dns10.quad9.net/dns-query Console shows error 429
  • alexolog 3y ago
    And sure enough, if I disable secure DNS and change the DNS server to my ISP's, it works. Assholes.
• plssy 3y ago
  not a technical person, how can I fix this? turned off secure DNS, didn't work, changed IP to Google's, that disabled my WiFi...
  • plssy 3y ago
    i don't use cloudfare..i think..don't know what that is..just my wifi
  • plssy 3y ago
    strangely sometimes it randomly works once.
• aendruk 3y ago
  Yep, reCAPTCHA is satisfied but then archive.{is,ph,today} still just loops 429 Too Many Requests. Not sure how they arrived at that conclusion; reading HN I probably hit the service about once per day. Firefox ETP strict, CenturyLink residential