Is this Instance Down?

I’m just noticing this instance for the first time. Judging by the hostname, it’s a node that’s devoted to #XMPP chatter. But I cannot reach it. Getting timeouts from Tor. This could mean that they are down, or it could be that they block Tor in the rudest possible way (dropping packets).

To me, it’s a ghost node because I can reach a tiny cache of posts from !infosec@community.xmpp.net locally:

https://sopuli.xyz/c/infosec@community.xmpp.net

cc: @wintermute@feddit.de

I just started using the LaTeX community (!tex@lemmy.sdfeu.org). Sad to see it go.

update --- Just noticed it’s back up, but there are no communities. That’s bizarre. So if someone not on lemmy.sdfeu.org were to post to !tex@lemmy.sdfeu.org, I guess it’d still be like a ghost node because the post would have nowhere to go on the hosting node.

It was a Lemmy service that centered on law. Now it gives a 404.

The threadiverse is starving for small decentralized nodes with a theme focus. There are far too many general purpose nodes. It’s a shame the law node is gone. There is nothing to replace it.

No idea how long it has been down.. just noticed the escapebigtech server has been nonresponsive all day. (Could be tor-hostility as I did not test further, but I doubt it)

Just like catcatnya, infosec.exchange just gives a black page. Up, but broken, at least in my browser.

(update) browser issue. Downvoted myself on this to lessen the visibility although some may still find that interesting so I’ll let the thread live.

catcatnya.com just gives a black page. Up, but broken, at least in my browser.

(update) browser issue. Downvoted myself on this to lessen the visibility although some may still find that interesting so I’ll let the thread live.

tested from tor. Also reported down by downinspector.com.

BTW, downinspector.com is the only Cloudflare-free service of its kind, but it’s notable that noscript reports XSS scripting attempts via Google.

(edit) it came back online yesterday.

The mamot.fr website and web client seems to be up for everyone. But for the past few days the #mamot.fr API for 3rd-party apps has been unreachable. Unverified: whether Tor is a factor. It would be interesting to hear from a non-Tor user if they can reach #MamotFR from a 3rd party app.

update ---

mamot.fr has been unreliable for 2 weeks now for API access as well as normal web access. It’s hit or miss. Sometimes it’s up, sometimes down, slow to load, and slow to login. I’m on Tor every time so it could be some kind of tor defensive move. Like tar-pitting. I guess at this point we should consider this problem permanent. It’s much less convenient to use now.

The following fedi instances are perpetually exclusive because they sit inside Cloudflare’s walled garden:

• lemmy.world
• sh.itjust.works
• zerobytes.monster
• lemmy·ca
• lemm·ee
• programming.dev
• lemmy.zip

If you cannot reach these instances, there are many possible reasons:

• you use a VPN
• you use a browser Cloudflare discriminates against while also using Tor
• you are using a public library PC
• your ISP uses CGNAT to allocate your IP address (often in impoverished communities)
• you have disabled image loading (because you are visually impaired, or you are on a capped uplink, or you are an environmentalist), which then triggers a false positive for being a robot.
• you are a legitimate beneficial bot (Cloudflare treats beneficial bots the same as malicious bots)

The listed sites will rarely be down for everyone but will often be unavailable to those in the above mentioned discriminated demographics of people.

If you have any suggestions, critisism or questions, leave them here.

Alternatively, you can message me directly on Matrix where I’m @manucode:matrix.org if you have any ideas regarding this community. Please be aware that I’m only the moderator of this community and cannot help you with any technical problems.