{"id":740,"date":"2008-03-08T13:12:35","date_gmt":"2008-03-08T18:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/03\/08\/malaysiakini-not-accessible-try-their-ip-address-instead"},"modified":"2008-03-08T13:12:39","modified_gmt":"2008-03-08T18:12:39","slug":"malaysiakini-not-accessible-try-their-ip-address-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/03\/08\/malaysiakini-not-accessible-try-their-ip-address-instead","title":{"rendered":"Malaysiakini not accessible? Try their IP address instead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Public Service Announcement:<\/b> Malaysiakini&#8217;s DNS servers have been knocked off the Internet. Basically, they&#8217;re pointing to 127.0.0.1, which is localhost (your machine). Live reports of <b>election results <\/b>are still available, just access Malaysiakini via their IP address: <b><a href=\"http:\/\/122.0.17.30\/index.php\">http:\/\/122.0.17.30\/<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Reason behind the DNS being unavailable is unknown, but do keep up with the <a href=\"http:\/\/security.org.my\/index.php?\/archives\/Breaking-News-Malaysiakini-DNS-Suspended%21.html\">Malaysiakini DNS Suspended!<\/a> post.<\/p>\n<p>BTW, Malaysiakini runs FreeBSD + Apache + Squid :)<\/p>\n<p>There are also 6 mirrors at the time of writing&#8230; And remember, the hand that rocks the DNS, is the hand that rules the Internet (or something like that)<\/p>\n<p>Technorati Tags: <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/malaysiakini\" rel=\"tag\">malaysiakini<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/ip%20address\" rel=\"tag\">ip address<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/dns\" rel=\"tag\">dns<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Malaysiakini%20not%20accessible%3F%20Try%20their%20IP%20address%20instead&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F03%2F08%2Fmalaysiakini-not-accessible-try-their-ip-address-instead&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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Basically, they&#8217;re pointing to 127.0.0.1, which is localhost (your machine). Live reports of election results are still available, just access Malaysiakini via their IP address: http:\/\/122.0.17.30\/. Reason behind the DNS being unavailable is unknown, but do keep up with the Malaysiakini DNS Suspended! 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The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), ordered all ISPs to block access to a website, thereby violating the MSC Bill of Guarantees, which clearly states: Ensure no Internet censorship. Join the Blue Ribbon Online Free Speech\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":735,"url":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/03\/06\/malaysiakini-open-for-free-reading","url_meta":{"origin":740,"position":1},"title":"Malaysiakini, open for free reading","date":"6\/3\/2008","format":false,"excerpt":"With the upcoming general elections in Malaysia, I'm sure quite a number are fed up of reading mainstream news, that really are extensions of the ruling coalition government; aka they're government mouthpieces. Now's your chance to read Malaysiakini for free, until March 10 2008. 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It breaks the whole flow of the sharing economy - I like to tweet links to things that I find of interest, and when the other party can't view it,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":978,"url":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/08\/28\/right-to-act-against-malaysia-today","url_meta":{"origin":740,"position":3},"title":"Right to act against Malaysia-Today?","date":"28\/8\/2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Now, it seems like there are only 19 ISPs, from the previous 21. Malaysia Today Mirror\/Alternate URL Information Malaysia-Today IP: 202.75.62.114 Malaysia-Today alternate URL: http:\/\/mt.harapanmalaysia.com\/2008\/ Start using OpenDNS to avoid the pain. read more... The Star is reporting: \u201cEveryone is subject to the law, even websites and blogs,\u201d said Home\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1026,"url":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/09\/16\/learn2scale-whats-up-with-malaysian-news-sites-will-the-cloud-work-for-them","url_meta":{"origin":740,"position":4},"title":"learn2scale &#8211; what&#8217;s up with Malaysian news sites? Will the cloud work for them?","date":"16\/9\/2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Seriously kids, what's with the lack of scalability? I've never seen CNN or the NYTimes go down on \"trimmed\" versions. Is it a question of bandwidth? Is it lack of hardware? Take for example, Malaysiakini (the first alternative news source in Malaysia, with a subscription model built around it). It\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2709,"url":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2013\/05\/01\/as-election-nears-malaysia-filters-the-internet","url_meta":{"origin":740,"position":5},"title":"As election nears, Malaysia filters the Internet","date":"1\/5\/2013","format":false,"excerpt":"While I am not in Malaysia and cannot verify this myself, reliable sources have mentioned that there is filtering\/censorship happening in Malaysia on the Internet. 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