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Date:      Mon, 20 Nov 2006 20:26:59 -0600
From:      Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>
To:        UNIX - Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Totally stumped - very long post
Message-ID:  <BFE16982B9EB3D6BADF911A8@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local>

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I have a problem the likes of which I've never seen before, and I'm=20
totally stumped.  For some reason, I cannot load this webpage -=20
http://www.stovebolt.com/ - from my Mac at home.  I'm not having trouble=20
with any other page except this one (that I know of.)  Even weirder, I=20
can't ssh to this server either.  The server is a Dell 1950 running an=20
Intel processor, FreeBSD 6.1 RELEASE and a GENERIC kernel. - FreeBSD=20
www.stovebolt.com 6.1-RELEASE-p10 FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p10 #2: Mon Oct 16=20
15:38:02 CDT 2006     root@www.stovebolt.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC=20
i386

I can load this page just fine - https://webmail.stovebolt.com/ - and I=20
can ssh to that server with no problem.  The IPs are *one* address away -=20
66.221.101.248 in the former case and 66.221.101.249 in the latter case.=20
What's more, if I ssh to the latter, I can ssh *from that server* to the=20
former with no problem at all.

Yet, from work, I'm having no problems loading the webpage or sshing to=20
the former server.  I can start an X session from my work computer back to =

this Mac and load the page fine and ssh to the server fine at the *exact*=20
same time that I can't load the page here.  (I'm doing it right now.)

I've done tons of traceroutes from numerous servers listed at=20
geektools.com.  I've sshed to other servers and then telneted to port 80=20
and loaded the page manually with no problem.  I've tried loading the page =

in two different browsers at home (Safari and Firefox) and I've tried=20
loading it using the IP thinking it might be some sort of weird DNS=20
problem.  All attempts to load the page fail.

Here's a traceroute from the server to my workstation at work:

traceroute utd59514.utdallas.edu
traceroute to utd59514.utdallas.edu (129.110.3.28), 64 hops max, 40 byte=20
packets
 1  vl25-core1.cdc01.propgation.net (66.221.96.1)  1.019 ms  45.813 ms=20
2.510 ms
 2  dls-bb1-link.telia.net (213.248.76.17)  31.179 ms  30.894 ms  31.027 =
ms
 3  ge-6-14.car4.Dallas1.Level3.net (4.68.111.233)  2.800 ms  2.186 ms=20
1.743 ms
 4  ae-12-53.car2.Dallas1.Level3.net (4.68.122.78)  2.066 ms
    ae-22-52.car2.Dallas1.Level3.net (4.68.122.46)  2.139 ms
    ae-22-56.car2.Dallas1.Level3.net (4.68.122.174)  2.308 ms
 5  te-4-4.wch010.dllstx2.Level3.net (4.68.110.10)  2.945 ms
    te-7-4.wch010.dllstx2.Level3.net (4.68.110.14)  2.689 ms
    te-4-4.wch010.dllstx2.Level3.net (4.68.110.10)  2.215 ms
 6  dllstx2wcx2-univ-of-texas-5-0-0.wcg.net (64.200.204.38)  2.948 ms=20
3.040 ms  2.644 ms
 7  utd-ntg-gw1.northtexasgigapop.org (206.223.141.74)  2.879 ms  2.763 ms =

2.870 ms
 8  deputy2-ge-2-0-0.utdallas.edu (129.110.5.71)  3.058 ms  3.040 ms=20
2.933 ms

And here's a traceroute from getnet to the server:
FROM getnet.net TO 66.221.101.248.

traceroute to 66.221.101.248 (66.221.101.248), 30 hops max, 40 byte =
packets
 1  phnx-core-7513.getnet.net (216.19.223.1)  0.589 ms   0.448 ms   0.595=20
ms
 2  phnx-core-7513.getnet.net (216.19.201.247)  0.662 ms   0.483 ms=20
0.595 ms
 3  phnx-core2-7513.getnet.net (216.19.201.248)  74.589 ms   73.800 ms=20
73.578 ms
 4  s1-0.ca01.phx01.atlas.cogentco.com (38.112.7.25)  1.353 ms   1.316 ms=20
1.485 ms
 5  s2-0.core02.lax01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.2.5)  12.704 ms   12.419=20
ms   13.535 ms
 6  p12-0.core01.lax01.atlas.cogentco.com (66.28.4.241)  13.777 ms=20
13.538 ms   12.872 ms
 7  t9-3.mpd01.lax01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.1.34)  13.677 ms   13.171=20
ms   13.496 ms
 8  t3-2.mpd01.lax05.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.6.190)  12.807 ms   12.628 =

ms   13.909 ms
 9  g0-0-0.core01.lax05.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.6.185)  15.261 ms=20
15.100 ms   15.394 ms
10  bpr4-ge-6-1-0.losangelesequinix.savvis.net (208.174.196.105)  16.789=20
ms   19.255 ms   21.610 ms
11  dcr2-so-4-2-0.losangeles.savvis.net (208.174.196.70)  22.094 ms=20
27.473 ms   20.118 ms
12  dcr1-so-2-0-0.dallas.savvis.net (204.70.192.85)  43.248 ms=20
dcr1-as0-0.LosAngeles.savvis.net (204.70.192.117)  18.751 ms   18.014 ms
13  dcr2-so-3-3-0.dallas.savvis.net (204.70.192.246)  41.089 ms   40.079=20
ms bcr1-so-0-0-0.Dallas.savvis.net (204.70.193.9)  39.066 ms
14  208.172.130.130 (208.172.130.130)  39.433 ms=20
bcr1-so-1-0-0.Dallas.savvis.net (204.70.193.17)  39.721 ms   40.575 ms
15  gi1-1-core1.cdc01.propgation.net (64.182.192.5)  65.455 ms   64.214 ms =

53.565 ms
16  www.stovebolt.com (66.221.101.248)  41.602 ms=20
5-192-182-64.cust.propagation.net (64.182.192.5)  60.961 ms   61.391 ms

Now here's a traceroute from the server to my Mac at home (actually to the =

IP of the dsl router:
traceroute 66.140.63.124
traceroute to 66.140.63.124 (66.140.63.124), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets
 1  * * *
traceroute: sendto: Host is down
 2 traceroute: wrote 66.140.63.124 40 chars, ret=3D-1
 *traceroute: sendto: Host is down
traceroute: wrote 66.140.63.124 40 chars, ret=3D-1

(Trust me, the host isn't down.  I'm doing this on it right now.)

Here's a traceroute from socket.com to my Mac:
traceroute to adsl-66-140-63-124.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net (66.140.63.124), 30 =

hops max, 40 byte packets
 1  fw1.como.socket.net (216.106.88.148)  0.647 ms  0.809 ms  0.503 ms
 2  rtr1.como.socket.net (216.106.2.1)  1.113 ms  1.141 ms  1.072 ms
 3  hdlc.kcmo-como.socket.net (216.106.23.70)  5.751 ms  4.144 ms  3.561 =
ms
 4  atm1-gw2.kcmo.socket.net (216.106.6.94)  4.433 ms  4.783 ms  4.377 ms
 5  67.17.194.229 (67.17.194.229)  4.393 ms  4.715 ms  4.427 ms
 6  *

And here's one from mit to my Mac:
1  W92-RTR-1-W92SRV21.MIT.EDU (18.7.21.1)  0.521 ms  0.342 ms  0.470 ms
 2  EXTERNAL-RTR-2-BACKBONE.MIT.EDU (18.168.0.27)  123.856 ms  1.084 ms=20
14.171 ms
 3  EXTERNAL-RTR-1-BACKBONE.MIT.EDU (18.168.0.18)  2.092 ms  1.869 ms=20
1.633 ms
 4  ge-6-23.car2.Boston1.Level3.net (4.79.2.1)  2.089 ms  1.069 ms  1.491=20
ms
 5  * * ae-5-5.ebr1.NewYork1.Level3.net (4.69.132.250)  8.040 ms
 6  ae-3.ebr1.Washington1.Level3.net (4.69.132.89)  21.894 ms * *
 7  ae-14-51.car4.Washington1.Level3.net (4.68.121.17)  11.715 ms=20
ae-14-53.car4.Washington1.Level3.net (4.68.121.81)  55.824 ms=20
ae-14-55.car4.Washington1.Level3.net (4.68.121.145)  11.797 ms
 8  asn3356-level3.eqabva.sbcglobal.net (4.68.111.186)  33.169 ms  11.193=20
ms  11.448 ms
 9  bb1-p2-1.rcsntx.sbcglobal.net (151.164.42.179)  198.474 ms  90.350 ms=20
260.199 ms
10  dist1.10g1-2.rcsntx.sbcglobal.net (151.164.243.182)  56.167 ms  58.665 =

ms  58.920 ms
11  bras1-ga9-0.rcsntx.sbcglobal.net (151.164.162.87)  60.344 ms  59.367=20
ms  58.268 ms
12  * * *
13  * * *

Top on this server looks fine: last pid: 80367;  load averages:  0.15,=20
0.12,  0.11                                                      up=20
35+04:14:31  19:28:31
78 processes:  1 running, 77 sleeping
CPU states:  0.0% user,  0.0% nice,  0.8% system,  0.4% interrupt, 98.9%=20
idle
Mem: 89M Active, 1445M Inact, 216M Wired, 87M Cache, 112M Buf, 165M Free
Swap: 1120K Total, 1120K Free

There's plenty of child processes running:  root    53132  0.0  0.4 15304=20
9264  ??  Ss   Sun06PM   0:02.40 /usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53133  0.0  0.5 15668  9648  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:04.15=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53134  0.0  0.5 15536  9548  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:04.03=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53135  0.0  0.5 15660  9644  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:04.08=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53136  0.0  0.5 15636  9604  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:04.00=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53137  0.0  0.5 15572  9572  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:04.01=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53138  0.0  0.5 15540  9540  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:04.02=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53139  0.0  0.5 15628  9612  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:03.99=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53140  0.0  0.5 15560  9568  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:04.11=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53141  0.0  0.5 15548  9548  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:03.96=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53142  0.0  0.5 15536  9552  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:04.03=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53143  0.0  0.5 15536  9552  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:04.02=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53144  0.0  0.5 15628  9600  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:04.01=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53145  0.0  0.5 15552  9596  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:03.97=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53146  0.0  0.5 15648  9644  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:04.10=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53147  0.0  0.5 15692  9664  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:04.03=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53157  0.0  0.5 15528  9536  ??  I    Sun06PM   0:04.06=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53162  0.0  0.5 15588  9608  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:04.13=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53163  0.0  0.5 15640  9600  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:04.03=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53164  0.0  0.5 15624  9608  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:03.96=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53166  0.0  0.5 15640  9616  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:04.20=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53173  0.0  0.5 15548  9560  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:04.12=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53175  0.0  0.5 15560  9564  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:04.08=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53176  0.0  0.5 15552  9556  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:04.25=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53181  0.0  0.5 15552  9592  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:04.13=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53183  0.0  0.5 15552  9596  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:04.18=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53184  0.0  0.5 15560  9560  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:03.95=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53191  0.0  0.5 15524  9540  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:04.12=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53195  0.0  0.5 15604  9592  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:04.04=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53196  0.0  0.5 15576  9616  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:04.06=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53207  0.0  0.5 15568  9604  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:04.00=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53208  0.0  0.5 15676  9652  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:04.17=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53209  0.0  0.5 15636  9612  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:04.24=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53219  0.0  0.5 15628  9624  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:03.94=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53221  0.0  0.5 15624  9620  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:03.90=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53222  0.0  0.5 15672  9640  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:04.07=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53252  0.0  0.5 15640  9616  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:04.19=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53253  0.0  0.5 15656  9668  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:04.00=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53254  0.0  0.5 15568  9600  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:04.04=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53261  0.0  0.5 15648  9620  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:04.28=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     53270  0.0  0.5 15576  9588  ??  S    Sun06PM   0:03.91=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     76140  0.0  0.5 15524  9524  ??  S     4:47PM   0:00.68=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     79449  0.0  0.5 15548  9540  ??  S     6:50PM   0:00.18=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL
www     79453  0.0  0.5 15540  9532  ??  S     6:50PM   0:00.19=20
/usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL

I've only had one complaint from a user who can't seem to access the site, =

but I've also noticed that the site stats show a slight decrease from=20
previous weeks (which could easily be upcoming-holiday related.)  So I=20
don't know if this is a problem on the server or something weird on this=20
Mac or something strange on the internet.

If anyone has any brilliant insights as to what could cause this, please=20
let me know.

Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
Senior Information Security Analyst
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/

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