Since sometime last week, I've been unable to reach the Daynotes.org site, Dr. Pournelle's site (Chaos Mannor), Brian Birlbrey's Orb Designs, or Robert Bruce Thompson's site. I did an IP address lookup and found all are using 64.246.16.16. I know some changes have been made to the firewall at work so I reckoned it was too much of a coincidence to be a conincence - if you get my drift.
On a hunch, I decided to check the major spam blacklists and found a site that did a meta-search of several such lists. Iplugged in the IP address and came back with a hit at a place called Blars.org. I have never heard of this site but if he lists you on his black list you have to pay him to have your IP researched and perhaps removed. If it turns out he was mistaken he will refund you money but you have to pay upfront first.
I have no idead if this is why our firewall is blocking access to 64.246.16.16 or if there is another reason (I'm getting a time out error).
Until this is figured out, all I can do is telnet to my Unix account on the mainland and use Lynx to view the text of their sites or view them from my connection at home. Sigh.
Aloha!
