[nmglug] No google search

Max Bond max.o.bond at gmail.com
Sat May 13 15:59:26 PDT 2017


Hey Brian,

Pardon me for not explaining better, but those commands created a series of
.txt files (tr-dns.txt, tr-direct.txt, etc) which have the relevant
information inside them.

Could you attach those files? The names are at the end of every line, after
the ">".

On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 4:56 PM, Brian OKeefe <okeefe at cybermesa.com> wrote:

> thanks Max,
>
> Here's the terminal output:
>
> root at ubuntu-laptop:/home/ubuntu# traceroute google.com > tr-dns.txt
> root at ubuntu-laptop:/home/ubuntu# traceroute 172.217.11.238 > tr-direct.txt
> root at ubuntu-laptop:/home/ubuntu# dig any ghkdsjfsdfldsfmensdfosdfsdfnwe
> .net > nxdomain-default.txt
> root at ubuntu-laptop:/home/ubuntu# dig @8.8.8.8 any
> ghkdsjfsdfldsfmensdfosdfsdfnwe.net > nxdomain-google.txt
> root at ubuntu-laptop:/home/ubuntu#
> root at ubuntu-laptop:/home/ubuntu#
> root at ubuntu-laptop:/home/ubuntu# dig @8.8.8.8 any
> ghkdsjfsdfldsfmensdfosdfsdfnwe.net > nxdomain-google.txt
> root at ubuntu-laptop:/home/ubuntu# dig any google.com > dns-default.txt
> root at ubuntu-laptop:/home/ubuntu# dig @8.8.8.8 any google.com >
> dns-google.txt
> root at ubuntu-laptop:/home/ubuntu# curl -IX HEAD google.com > http-dns.txt
>   % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time
> Current
>                                  Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left
> Speed
>   0   219    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:--
> --:--:--     0
> root at ubuntu-laptop:/home/ubuntu# curl -IX HEAD -H "Host: google.com"
> 172.217.11.238 > http-direct.txt
>   % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time
> Current
>                                  Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left
> Speed
>   0   219    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:--
> --:--:--     0
> root at ubuntu-laptop:/home/ubuntu# (echo -en "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost:
> google.com\r\n\r\n"; sleep 5;) | openssl s_client -connect
> 172.217.11.238:443 > https-direct.txt
> depth=3 C = US, O = Equifax, OU = Equifax Secure Certificate Authority
> verify return:1
> depth=2 C = US, O = GeoTrust Inc., CN = GeoTrust Global CA
> verify return:1
> depth=1 C = US, O = Google Inc, CN = Google Internet Authority G2
> verify return:1
> depth=0 C = US, ST = California, L = Mountain View, O = Google Inc, CN = *.
> google.com
> verify return:1
> DONE
>
>
>
> On 05/13/2017 02:09 PM, Max Bond wrote:
>
> Sorry for the chat-style messages, but as a last note, I know you tried
> changing your DNS settings, those last tests are meant to check for your
> ISP rewriting DNS responses. It's been known to happen.
>
> On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 2:07 PM, Max Bond <max.o.bond at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> (Obviously NXDomain hijacking wouldn't cause the problems you're
>> experiencing, that's more meant to gauge CyberMesa's willingness to tamper
>> with your traffic.)
>>
>> On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 2:06 PM, Max Bond <max.o.bond at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Could you run a couple of commands to test for bad behavior by your ISP?
>>>
>>> # Middleware boxes? Won't reveal clever ones.
>>> traceroute google.com > tr-dns.txt
>>> traceroute 172.217.11.238 > tr-direct.txt
>>>
>>> # NXDomain hijacking?
>>> dig any ghkdsjfsdfldsfmensdfosdfsdfnwe.net > nxdomain-default.txt
>>> dig @8.8.8.8 any ghkdsjfsdfldsfmensdfosdfsdfnwe.net >
>>> nxdomain-google.txt
>>>
>>> # DNS MITM?
>>> dig any google.com > dns-default.txt
>>> dig @8.8.8.8 any google.com > dns-google.txt
>>> curl -IX HEAD google.com > http-dns.txt
>>> curl -IX HEAD -H "Host: google.com" 172.217.11.238 > http-direct.txt
>>> (echo -en "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: google.com\r\n\r\n"; sleep 5;) |
>>> openssl s_client -connect 172.217.11.238:443 > https-direct.txt
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 1:04 PM, Tim Embler <
>>> timlists at tristarcreations.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> yeah I would have thought the restart would have done it. like you even
>>>> when the browser can't connect, pinging it still works fine for me too
>>>> which is why I ruled out dns. I have a feeling you tried this but have you
>>>> tried clearing all of your google.com cookies/cache? That also
>>>> temporary fixed the issue for me but I have log back into anything google
>>>> which makes that a pain.
>>>>
>>>> On 5/13/17 1:00 PM, Brian OKeefe wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I found many people having this experience on the forums but the
>>>> efforts that I tried which were solutions for them didn't help me. Like I
>>>> wrote, no browser that is not in a VM connects to google.com. My ISP
>>>> is Cybermesa and they tried to help with DNS settings but that's all fine
>>>> and was never an issue before anyway. I've tried disabling all add-ons for
>>>> Firefox and that doesn't make a difference. A restart, which would kill all
>>>> instances of all apps doesn't help.
>>>> There are many "fixes" out there. Just none of them fix my problem,
>>>> which is essentially identical to what other users, like you, experienced.
>>>> they solved the issue. I cannot.
>>>>
>>>> On 05/13/2017 12:50 PM, Tim Embler wrote:
>>>>
>>>> While this issue is sad I am still so happy to see someone else having
>>>> this issue and it is not just me. Like you I have searched everywhere and
>>>> have not been able to find anyone else having this issue. Are you using
>>>> Chrome/Chromium? I was using Chromium at first but when the issue started I
>>>> switched to Chrome which did also have the same problem. I have not tried
>>>> using Firefox for an extended amount of time to see if that also has this.
>>>> If I kill all instances of Chrome/Chromium it will connect to google again
>>>> but after a few hours the issue comes back where it will not search/connect
>>>> to google.com. You do have to make sure you kill all instances of
>>>> chrome/chromium for that temporary fix to work. On a permanent fix I have
>>>> no idea at this point.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 5/13/17 12:40 PM, Brian OKeefe wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi all. Sorry to have missed meetings and not been in contact so it's a
>>>> bit awkward asking for help. But I will!
>>>> I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 on an acer laptop. Until a few weeks ago all
>>>> things google worked fine and it was my primary search engine. It started
>>>> slowing down trying to connect to google.com, www.google.com,
>>>> http://www.google....you get the idea. Eventually, about 2 weeks ago
>>>> it just stopped connecting at all. So:
>>>>
>>>> I checked every forum and help page I could find. I changed DNS servers
>>>> to open DNS, googleDNS, changed all configuration files to reflect those
>>>> changes, many command line instructions and on and on. None of the Solved
>>>> marked issues solved my problem even though the symptoms were the same.
>>>> I run 2 VMs, Ubuntu 16.10 and FreeBSD. Both of those machines can use
>>>> google as normal. that seems weird to me.
>>>> I can load something like groups.google.com and then chose apps like
>>>> gmail, drive, photos and several others but not calendar or maps (which is
>>>> what I really want). I can use all those apps on the VMs though.
>>>> In 16.04 no browser loads google. com
>>>> I can ping google.com with no packet loss.
>>>> I'm stumped.
>>>> Help?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Brian
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