[nmglug] No google search

Max Bond max.o.bond at gmail.com
Sat May 13 18:16:24 PDT 2017


That is very strange. Does anyone have a hypothesis?

On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 5:26 PM, Brian OKeefe <okeefe at cybermesa.com> wrote:

> Firefox 53.0.2, tried Chrome, Chromium, Pale Moon, all latest from updates
>
> On 05/13/2017 05:02 PM, Max Bond wrote:
>
> What I can conclude for the information that was in the email is that you
> are able to reach https://google.com from the terminal. Since you said
> you weren't able to do this from the browser, that suggests you were
> correct & that the issue is with your browser.
>
> Could you tell us precisely which browser you're using & what version? You
> mentioned using Firefox; have you tried from Chromium?
>
> Thanks,
> Max
>
> On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 4:59 PM, Max Bond <max.o.bond at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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