MartyConnelly
martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Mon Mar 7 12:03:32 CST 2005
There have been rumours of DNS poisoning Try going to IP address directly rather than through DNS Clear your IE and FireFox caches Long series of guesses http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12816126~mode=flat~days=9999 Could be this from todans Sans site Internet Storm Center http://isc.sans.org//index.php or ABX toolbar spyware and dns cache poisioning http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?date=2005-03-04 John W. Colby wrote: >Nope. I have spybot and Adaware running on my laptop (which is where I >usually work, and am seeing this problem) and ran them last week. Nothing >there (I use Firefox after all). Furthermore it is happening on "all of" my >computers, at least I have documented it on several others. I also have NU >running on ALL the computers. I have Sygate personal firewall on the laptop >and a couple of others that demonstrate this problem. > >I shut off every computer in the house, unplugged all of the routers as well >as the Vonage modem and the cable modem. Brought them all back up in >sequence. The problem still exists. > >It looks like a timing issue of some sort, like FF is timing out just before >the data comes back or something. Again, there are certain sites that it >NEVER happens on (the big sites - MSNBC etc). I do a lot of research on >things that interest me such as bypass oil filters, SIP panel homes etc. >This means I am hitting servers for smallish sites and these seem to have >the problem more than others. However again, if I just immediately hit the >web site a second time the info pops up as if it was sitting in the queue. >EVERY time this happens, the info is just right there the second time. > >If I was a conspiracy nut I'd say M$ tweaked a registry setting for firefox >in one if their "automatic updates" to make it behave badly. ;-) > >I have been using FF for months now with NO problems. I found a "tweak" >system that adjusts the settings that made it even faster. It was just >awesome, then suddenly about two weeks ago I'm having to ask for pages >twice. Not occasionally, DOZENS of times a day (no, I don't surf much). >Some of these are sites I frequent (information list sites) and they too are >having this problem. Once I get to the main page I can generally surf the >sub pages with no problem it is just that "initial lookup". > >Most strange. > >John W. Colby >www.ColbyConsulting.com > >Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: >http://folding.stanford.edu/ > >-----Original Message----- >From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda >Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 10:16 AM >To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' >Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Firefox not finding web site first try > > >Sounds like a spyware problem to me... always worth checking first. Run more >than one spyware scanner, then a virus scan, then try a disk cleanup and >defrag. Cures all sorts of problems. If it doesn't cure it, start looking >deeper. > > >Jon > >-----Original Message----- >From: John W. Colby [mailto:jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com] >Sent: 07 March 2005 15:09 >To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' >Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Firefox not finding web site first try > > >I am seeing it now with all of my applications. Outlook fails the first >time I open it, then works fine. I have a vonage app that dials numbers for >me, which I have to log in to. It fails the first time through, then works >fine. > >John W. Colby >www.ColbyConsulting.com > >Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: >http://folding.stanford.edu/ > >-----Original Message----- >From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of James Barash >Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 9:16 AM >To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' >Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Firefox not finding web site first try > > >I've been having a similar problem with IE. Over the weekend, I had problems >reaching a number of sites on the first try. I would just get the msn search >page with the site I wanted to reach is the first choice. I assumed is was a >DNS problem with my DSL service but maybe it was more widespread than that. >Anyone else in the US Northeast having problems? > >James Barash > >-----Original Message----- >From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John W. Colby >Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 8:43 PM >To: Tech - Database Advisors Inc. >Subject: [dba-Tech] Firefox not finding web site first try > >In the last perhaps 2 weeks or so firefox suddenly started failing to find >many sites the first time I ask. I have to assume it is a timing issue with >sites that don't respond immediately. I say this because some sites just >always come back - msnbc for example. Other sites come back with a "not >found" message. If I try a second time it IMMEDIATELY returns the info, and >I mean with no delay AT ALL. This is totally bizarre. It is rarely if ever >a real "the site is no longer there", yet it happens to me dozens of times a >day. VERY irritating to say the least. > >Has anyone seen this? > >John W. 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