DNS issues with supercharge.info

[eladts]

I cannot access supercharge.info from Comcast due to a DNS error.

@BlueShift

 

[ckoval7]

Working fine on whatever DNS my company uses.

 

[mikerwalsh]

I cannot access supercharge.info from Comcast due to a DNS error.

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@BlueShift

I'm on Verizon and I can't access it either.

 

[gjunky]

Works fine on a combination of Cox and Google DNS

 

[M3BlueGeorgia]

Not been about to connect since yesterday.

Using Firefox on a Mac with wired connection to Comcast internet.

 

[HankLloydRight]

I think this might be the problem:

So the problem might be their DNS provider, registrar-servers.com, which I think is Verisign. Not good.

 

[HankLloydRight]

Looks like you can still get there directly (ignore browser warnings): https://45.79.141.163/changes

 

[M3BlueGeorgia]

Looks like you can still get there directly (ignore browser warnings): https://45.79.141.163/changes

Actually when Firefox gives me warnings like that, I don't ignore them, and neither should you. Please don't use that link.

Your connection is not secure

The owner of 45.79.141.163 has configured their website improperly. To protect your information from being stolen, Firefox has not connected to this website.

 

[HankLloydRight]

My advice was not to blindly ignore browser warnings, but rather, in this case if you want to get to supercharge.info, that's the way to do it until the DNS problem is resolved.

edit: You can use this link to verify the IP address given is correct: https://bgp.he.net/dns/supercharge.info#_ipinfo

For something like supercharge.info, what information could be 'stolen'?

Sure, if it's a banking website or any website that has any personal identifiable information, I'd agree with you. But in this case, there's really nothing at risk of being stolen besides your email address -- IF you have an account and IF you login. Otherwise, just visiting the site for information doesn't put any information at risk.

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

Actually when Firefox gives me warnings like that, I don't ignore them, and neither should you. Please don't use that link.

Your connection is not secure

The owner of 45.79.141.163 has configured their website improperly. To protect your information from being stolen, Firefox has not connected to this website.

I can access supercharge.info via DNS.
When I perform an nslookup it returns the address 45.79.141.163. The address given was the correct one.

The error is _expected_ because the certificate is associated with the name (supercharge.info), not the IP address.

To be cautious about the security:
- Try the name first
- If the name doesn't work, use the IP address, but when allowing the exception make sure to uncheck "Permanently store this exception".
- When using the IP address don't log into the site.

Pro tip: when ISP DNSes are down, having the address of an alternative is handy. Google has a DNSes at 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.

 

[HankLloydRight]

Looks like it's fixed now:

So supercharge.info should work.

 

[mociaf9]

Yep, back up.