Firstly see if you can go to www.dailymail.co.uk

Set your computers DNS server to 208.67.222.222 (Open DNS)

Flush your DNS

Can you go to dailymail website?

What does IP does it give if you ping it?

Set your DNS to Google (8.8.8.8)

Flush DNS again

Can you get on the site now?

Does it ping to the same IP as before?

I would, but you don't seem to be speaking the same language as me.

Very interesting Sam, just ran it through whatsmydns.net which checks it around the world and the output is this, appears they have different IP's in different regions not something i've seen before.

Phoenix AZ, United States (Cox) 174.76.227.111

174.76.227.102 Atlanta GA, United States (Bellsouth) 69.31.75.242

69.31.75.210 Boston MA, United States (Speakeasy) 72.246.94.80

72.246.94.67

72.246.94.51

72.246.94.18 Providence RI, United States (Verizon) 165.254.47.138

165.254.47.115 Tulsa OK, United States (Cox) 174.76.226.9

174.76.226.35 London, United Kingdom (BT Global) 213.120.161.203

213.120.161.179

213.120.161.168

213.120.161.152

213.120.161.147

213.120.161.144 Paris, France (Infra Misc) 213.248.111.48

213.248.111.19 Bologna, Italy (INFN) 64.214.206.11

64.214.206.10 St. Petersburg, Russia (Uni of Tech & Design) 87.245.209.223

87.245.209.209 Ankara, Turkey (TTNET) 80.239.149.8

80.239.149.24 Merzig Saarland, Germany (Probe Networks) 23.14.94.56

23.14.94.50 Hong Kong, China (PCCW) 63.150.131.9

63.150.131.34 Bangkok, Thailand (True Internet) 180.180.251.80

180.180.251.72 Sydney NSW, Australia (Exetel) 220.233.2.202

220.233.2.200 Melbourne VIC, Australia (Optus) 184.84.221.26

184.84.221.19 Auckland, New Zealand (Xtra) 219.88.187.33

219.88.187.19

ok its called Anycast the technique being used

Hmmmm, I get the same IP on every region, whether using opendns or google: 195.234.240.212

Scrub that... if I run it for dailymail.co.uk, I get the same IP, if I run it for www.dailymail.co.uk, it comes up with different IPs for each region.

What's even more odd, is I get different results for google and opendns for the same region.

Edited 16 November, 201213 yr by softscoop

I'm assuming you're doing the right thing and trying to block the Daily mail for a user as no one should be encouraged to read it

I'm assuming you're doing the right thing and trying to block the Daily mail for a user as no one should be encouraged to read it

Hahaha that would be nice.

Can you access the site when using opendns?

yep i can no problems

What ISP are you with?

I'm assuming you're doing the right thing and trying to block the Daily mail for a user as no one should be encouraged to read it

How else do we get a daily update on Helen Flanagan's norks?

Is the system a prelude to a paywall?

I am guessing you have made an ammendment with openDNS - Leave it 10 minutes then try access it again.

Anycast is quite common nowadays, but I'd be surprised if it was in use for the Daily Mail. As a UK paper, I doubt they have hosting in datacentres elsewhere in the world, which is the main reason for using Anycast.

Sky here

How else do we get a daily update on Helen Flanagan's norks?

Is the system a prelude to a paywall?

I doubt anyone would pay for that tripe, what we're seeing here is how various very high traffic web sites provide access at a better speed to different places around the world.

Anycast is quite common nowadays, but I'd be surprised if it was in use for the Daily Mail. As a UK paper, I doubt they have hosting in datacentres elsewhere in the world, which is the main reason for using Anycast.

had a dig around their dns and it appears they are using akami too im assuming from a security point of view rather than a content acceleration one

How else do we get a daily update on Helen Flanagan's norks?

Is the system a prelude to a paywall?

Google? (NSFW or Also NSFC)

https://encrypted-tb...wHuUWvvnNxqXQGW

Edited 16 November, 201213 yr by cheezemonkhai

Hmm, possibly. Now you mention it, I can see them being an easy target for disgruntled hackers given the quality of their news and readership