On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 12:22 PM, <joe@actionline.com> wrote:

Thanks Lisa. Wow.
This is a lot of info for my feeble mind to try to digest.
So, to begin, I'll just try to respond to selected items.

I can get to the plug website now, so just need "archives."

The plug site was moved quickly to one of Brian's servers in Texas.

But I can't find any link to "archives" on the plug website now.

Well, I am not sure he moved them over yet. There are a great many mirrors about?

You wrote (in part):

> Since you didn't provide the link that was clicked on,
> we can't recreate that error to determine the issue.

Here is the link that I have always used and it has always
worked fine until the last week or so:

http://lists.phxlinux.org/lurker/splash/index.html

You also wrote:
> http://lurker.sourcearchive.com/documentation/2.1-9/render_2main_8cpp-source.html
> This could be a URL link problem or a DNS resolution issue

And I had replied:
>> when I try to go to the archives now, I see this message (in part):
>> This Connection is Untrusted

You then wrote:
> Drop to a terminal window and run these troubleshooting tools:
> slug> nslookup plug.phoenix.az.us

I don't have 'nslookup' on my system.

apt-get install dnsutils

> slug> sudo traceroute plug.phoenix.az.us

$ traceroute6 plug.phoenix.az.us
traceroute: unknown host plug.phoenix.az.us ... (but I can get there now)

Yes, it was a dns issue.

You perhaps have regular issues with your dns using Qwest dialup?

However, I don't believe that they allow DNS to traverse their network (or they didn't). You had to use their DNS servers?

To quickly determine, add:

nameserver 8.8.8.8

at the top of the file /etc/resolv.conf

Then verify you can still resolve names?

# ping apple.com

If you get an error, you HAVE to use Qwest DSL's dns servers (which are not rated well).

> slug> nmap -P0 plug.phoenix.az.us
> This will give you a list of open ports.
> Try to pull up the website via the IP address:
> https://140.99.58.163
> http://140.99.58.163

$ nmap -P0 plug.phoenix.az.us

Starting Nmap 6.01 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2012-11-20 11:31 MST
Nmap scan report for plug.phoenix.az.us (208.77.223.83)
Host is up (0.064s latency).
rDNS record for 208.77.223.83: phxlinux.org
Not shown: 996 closed ports
PORT STATE SERVICE
22/tcp open ssh
25/tcp open smtp
80/tcp open http
443/tcp open https

So, I'm still stuck with the question,
how can I get to the plug archives?

I would ask that directly of Brian. Since he is hosting the PLUG stuff on his Texas rack.