Unavailable Temple University servers 129.32.209.200-207

[Andre_Ti]

Good day.
There was a problem accessing the Temple University servers 129.32.209.0/23.
WU without VPN is not available.
Can you please tell me whether access will be restored or the blocking is carried out unilaterally?
Example:

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*********************** Log Started 2022-06-18T05:47:25Z ***********************
05:47:25:******************************* libFAH ********************************
05:47:25:           Date: Oct 20 2020
05:47:25:           Time: 13:36:55
05:47:25:       Revision: 5ca109d295a6245e2a2f590b3d0085ad5e567aeb
05:47:25:         Branch: master
05:47:25:       Compiler: Visual C++ 2015
05:47:25:        Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /wd4297 /wd4103 /O2 /Zc:throwingNew /MT
05:47:25:       Platform: win32 10
05:47:25:           Bits: 32
05:47:25:           Mode: Release
05:47:25:****************************** FAHClient ******************************
05:47:25:        Version: 7.6.21
05:47:25:         Author: Joseph Coffland <joseph@cauldrondevelopment.com>
05:47:25:      Copyright: 2020 foldingathome.org
05:47:25:       Homepage: https://foldingathome.org/
05:47:25:           Date: Oct 20 2020
05:47:25:           Time: 13:41:04
05:47:25:       Revision: 6efbf0e138e22d3963e6a291f78dcb9c6422a278
05:47:25:         Branch: master
05:47:25:       Compiler: Visual C++ 2015
05:47:25:        Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /wd4297 /wd4103 /O2 /Zc:throwingNew /MT
05:47:25:       Platform: win32 10
05:47:25:           Bits: 32
05:47:25:           Mode: Release
05:47:25:         Config: C:\ProgramData\FAHClient\config.xml
05:47:25:******************************** CBang ********************************
05:47:25:           Date: Oct 20 2020
05:47:25:           Time: 11:36:18
05:47:25:       Revision: 7e4ce85225d7eaeb775e87c31740181ca603de60
05:47:25:         Branch: master
05:47:25:       Compiler: Visual C++ 2015
05:47:25:        Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /wd4297 /wd4103 /O2 /Zc:throwingNew /MT
05:47:25:       Platform: win32 10
05:47:25:           Bits: 32
05:47:25:           Mode: Release
05:47:25:******************************* System ********************************
05:47:25:            CPU: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12400F
05:47:25:         CPU ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 151 Stepping 2
05:47:25:           CPUs: 12
05:47:25:         Memory: 31.89GiB
05:47:25:    Free Memory: 27.31GiB
05:47:25:        Threads: WINDOWS_THREADS
05:47:25:     OS Version: 6.2
05:47:25:    Has Battery: false
05:47:25:     On Battery: false
05:47:25:     UTC Offset: 3
05:47:25:            PID: 1720
05:47:25:            CWD: C:\ProgramData\FAHClient
05:47:25:  Win32 Service: false
05:47:25:             OS: Windows 10 Enterprise
05:47:25:        OS Arch: AMD64
05:47:25:           GPUs: 1
05:47:25:          GPU 0: Bus:1 Slot:0 Func:0 NVIDIA:8 GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070 Ti]
05:47:25:  CUDA Device 0: Platform:0 Device:0 Bus:1 Slot:0 Compute:8.6 Driver:11.6
05:47:25:OpenCL Device 0: Platform:0 Device:0 Bus:1 Slot:0 Compute:3.0 Driver:512.95
05:47:25:***********************************************************************
05:47:26:<config>
05:47:26:  <!-- Folding Slot Configuration -->
05:47:26:  <client-type v='beta'/>
05:47:26:
05:47:26:  <!-- HTTP Server -->
05:47:26:  <allow v='0.0.0.0/0'/>
05:47:26:  <deny v=''/>
05:47:26:
05:47:26:  <!-- Network -->
05:47:26:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
05:47:26:
05:47:26:  <!-- Remote Command Server -->
05:47:26:  <password v='*****'/>
05:47:26:
05:47:26:  <!-- Slot Control -->
05:47:26:  <pause-on-battery v='false'/>
05:47:26:  <power v='full'/>
05:47:26:
05:47:26:  <!-- User Information -->
05:47:26:  <passkey v='*****'/>
05:47:26:  <team v='47191'/>
05:47:26:  <user v='Djiraya'/>
05:47:26:
05:47:26:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
05:47:26:  <slot id='1' type='GPU'>
05:47:26:    <pci-bus v='1'/>
05:47:26:    <pci-slot v='0'/>
05:47:26:  </slot>
05:47:26:</config>
05:47:26:Trying to access database...
05:47:26:Successfully acquired database lock
05:47:26:FS01:Initialized folding slot 01: gpu:1:0 GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070 Ti]
05:47:26:WU00:FS01:Connecting to assign1.foldingathome.org:80
05:47:28:WU00:FS01:Assigned to work server 129.32.209.202
05:47:28:WU00:FS01:Requesting new work unit for slot 01: gpu:1:0 GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070 Ti] from 129.32.209.202
05:47:28:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 129.32.209.202:8080
05:47:49:WARNING:WU00:FS01:WorkServer connection failed on port 8080 trying 80
05:47:49:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 129.32.209.202:80
05:48:10:ERROR:WU00:FS01:Exception: Failed to connect to 129.32.209.202:80: An attempt to establish a connection was unsuccessful because the required response was not received from another computer within the required time, or an already established connection was terminated due to an incorrect response from an already connected computer.
05:48:10:WU00:FS01:Connecting to assign1.foldingathome.org:80
05:48:12:WU00:FS01:Assigned to work server 129.32.209.202
05:48:12:WU00:FS01:Requesting new work unit for slot 01: gpu:1:0 GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070 Ti] from 129.32.209.202
05:48:12:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 129.32.209.202:8080
05:48:33:WARNING:WU00:FS01:WorkServer connection failed on port 8080 trying 80
05:48:33:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 129.32.209.202:80
05:48:54:ERROR:WU00:FS01:Exception: Failed to connect to 129.32.209.202:80: An attempt to establish a connection was unsuccessful because the required response was not received from another computer within the required time, or an already established connection was terminated due to an incorrect response from an already connected computer.
05:49:11:WU00:FS01:Connecting to assign1.foldingathome.org:80
05:49:12:WU00:FS01:Assigned to work server 129.32.209.202
05:49:12:WU00:FS01:Requesting new work unit for slot 01: gpu:1:0 GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070 Ti] from 129.32.209.202
05:49:12:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 129.32.209.202:8080
05:49:33:WARNING:WU00:FS01:WorkServer connection failed on port 8080 trying 80
05:49:33:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 129.32.209.202:80
05:49:54:ERROR:WU00:FS01:Exception: Failed to connect to 129.32.209.202:80: An attempt to establish a connection was unsuccessful because the required response was not received from another computer within the required time, or an already established connection was terminated due to an incorrect response from an already connected computer.
05:50:48:WU00:FS01:Connecting to assign1.foldingathome.org:80
05:50:49:WU00:FS01:Assigned to work server 129.32.209.202
05:50:49:WU00:FS01:Requesting new work unit for slot 01: gpu:1:0 GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070 Ti] from 129.32.209.202
05:50:49:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 129.32.209.202:8080
05:51:10:WARNING:WU00:FS01:WorkServer connection failed on port 8080 trying 80
05:51:10:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 129.32.209.202:80
05:51:31:ERROR:WU00:FS01:Exception: Failed to connect to 129.32.209.202:80: An attempt to establish a connection was unsuccessful because the required response was not received from another computer within the required time, or an already established connection was terminated due to an incorrect response from an already connected computer.
05:53:49:WU00:FS01:Connecting to assign1.foldingathome.org:80
05:53:51:ERROR:Receive error: 10053: A program on your host computer terminated the established connection.
05:54:11:WARNING:WU00:FS01:Failed to get assignment from 'assign1.foldingathome.org:80': Failed to connect to assign1.foldingathome.org:80: An attempt to establish a connection was unsuccessful because the required response was not received from another computer within the required time, or an already established connection was terminated due to an incorrect response from an already connected computer.
05:54:11:WU00:FS01:Connecting to assign2.foldingathome.org:80
05:54:12:WU00:FS01:Assigned to work server 129.32.209.202
05:54:12:WU00:FS01:Requesting new work unit for slot 01: gpu:1:0 GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070 Ti] from 129.32.209.202
05:54:12:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 129.32.209.202:8080
05:54:33:WARNING:WU00:FS01:WorkServer connection failed on port 8080 trying 80
05:54:33:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 129.32.209.202:80
05:54:54:ERROR:WU00:FS01:Exception: Failed to connect to 129.32.209.202:80: An attempt to establish a connection was unsuccessful because the required response was not received from another computer within the required time, or an already established connection was terminated due to an incorrect response from an already connected computer.
05:58:05:WU00:FS01:Connecting to assign1.foldingathome.org:80
05:58:06:ERROR:Receive error: 10053: A program on your host computer terminated the established connection.
05:58:07:WU00:FS01:Assigned to work server 129.32.209.202
05:58:26:WU00:FS01:Requesting new work unit for slot 01: gpu:1:0 GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070 Ti] from 129.32.209.202
05:58:26:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 129.32.209.202:8080
05:58:47:WARNING:WU00:FS01:WorkServer connection failed on port 8080 trying 80
05:58:47:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 129.32.209.202:80
05:59:08:ERROR:WU00:FS01:Exception: Failed to connect to 129.32.209.202:80: An attempt to establish a connection was unsuccessful because the required response was not received from another computer within the required time, or an already established connection was terminated due to an incorrect response from an already connected computer.

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C:\Windows\system32>tracert 129.32.209.202

Trace route to 129.32.209.202 with max 30 hops

  1    <1 мс    <1 мс    <1 мс  KEENETIC_GIGA [192.168.1.1]
  2     1 ms    <1 мс     1 ms  5.187.73.6
  3     *        *        *     Timed out request.
  4     1 ms     3 ms    23 ms  10.49.0.1
  5     1 ms    <1 мс     1 ms  5.187.73.115
  6    12 ms    12 ms     9 ms  5.187.73.95
  7    11 ms    10 ms    10 ms  netbynet-kvant-telecom.ti.ru [89.20.133.10]
  8    47 ms    46 ms    46 ms  212.1.239.118
  9    52 ms    52 ms    52 ms  be4766.nr21.b015761-2.fra06.atlas.cogentco.com [149.14.69.217]
 10    54 ms    54 ms    54 ms  be2472.agr21.fra06.atlas.cogentco.com [154.25.11.177]
 11    50 ms    50 ms    50 ms  be2844.rcr22.fra06.atlas.cogentco.com [130.117.0.29]
 12    52 ms    53 ms    52 ms  be2845.ccr41.fra03.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.56.189]
 13    56 ms    56 ms    56 ms  be2799.ccr41.par01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.58.234]
 14   129 ms   129 ms   129 ms  be3627.ccr41.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com [66.28.4.197]
 15   130 ms   129 ms   129 ms  be2364.rcr21.phl01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.3.142]
 16   130 ms   131 ms   132 ms  be3163.rcr21.phl03.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.7.2]
 17   124 ms   124 ms   124 ms  38.140.148.75
 18     *        *        *     Timed out request.
 19     *        *        *     Timed out request.
 20     *        *        *     Timed out request.
 21     *        *        *     Timed out request.
 22     *        *        *     Timed out request.
 23     *        *        *     Timed out request.
 24     *        *        *     Timed out request.
 25     *        *        *     Timed out request.
 26     *        *        *     Timed out request.
 27     *        *        *     Timed out request.
 28     *        *        *     Timed out request.
 29     *        *        *     Timed out request.
 30     *        *        *     Timed out request.

The trace is complete.

Geographically, I am located in the Russian Federation

[Andre_Ti]

The problem is still relevant.
Write if you no longer need help with folding.

[Joe_H]

What IP number are you connecting from? I have sent a message to the researcher running that lab.

[Andre_Ti]

What IP number are you connecting from? I have sent a message to the researcher running that lab.

Thanks for the feedback.
My ISP assigns dynamic addresses when a new session is established. Now it is 109.106.140.56.
The rest of the route is shown in the trace.

[Andre_Ti]

What IP number are you connecting from? I have sent a message to the researcher running that lab.

Please let me know if there is any new information.
The problem is still relevant.

[Joe_H]

Have not heard anything new on this. About the only thing I can add is that there is a lot of spam reported from the ISP that has that IP range, it is possible it has been added to a block list. I have temporarily blocked several IP numbers from that ISP from this forum in the last few weeks myself.

[Knish]

oddly, I can see the server's FAH response page in my browser at http://129.32.209.202/
but 1 of my machines still can't send to it the bad wu results for the past 23 ish hours even tho it has completed other wus since then

[Andre_Ti]

Returning to this topic, I can demonstrate the result of accessibility around the world.
I draw your attention to the blocking of all Russian addresses.
https://ping-admin.com/free_test/result ... ve01r.html

[Duce H_K_]

Hello there. Currently I don't crunch for folding, my CPU is used for WCG.
Folding at home servers listed here are not available from my ISP too (AS50543). Traceroute command gives timeout stars at 8, 9, 16 and further hops.

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>tracert -h 255 vav19.fah.temple.edu [129.32.209.202]:
...
  5    20 ms    21 ms    21 ms  ae3-110.rt.es.voz.ru.retn.net [87.245.243.61]
  6    49 ms    49 ms    49 ms  ae1-5.rt.irx.fkt.de.retn.net [87.245.232.244]
  7     *        *       49 ms  s11-1-2-0.london2-cr2.bbnplanet.net [195.16.162.205]
  8     *        *        *     
  9     *        *        *     
 10    61 ms    60 ms    60 ms  be2846.ccr42.fra03.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.37.29]
 11    61 ms    62 ms    61 ms  be2800.ccr42.par01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.58.238]
 12   123 ms   124 ms   124 ms  be3628.ccr42.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.27.169]
 13   144 ms   144 ms   143 ms  be2333.rcr22.phl01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.5.2]
 14   127 ms   127 ms   128 ms  be3164.rcr21.phl03.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.25.142]
 15   128 ms   128 ms   128 ms  38.140.148.75
 16     *        *        *     
 17     *        *        *     
 18     *        *        *     
 19     *        *        *  
 ...
 238     *        *     ^C aborted 

Why do they spam from Voronezh or my location so much for ban appliance I have no idea. The only way if you want to continue folding, in situation herein, is that you should Look for proxies in Simpheropol, Evpatoria or outside Russia. Let's hope bad times for international science will soon pass away.

[PaulTV]

Treceroute often is blocked, so is not a reliable test. Better might be to do a telnet to that address on port 80.

[Duce H_K_]

If ICMP is blocked at target host as standard sysadmin rule and http(s:) is not blocked then yes, it's not reliable test. But I looked up last responding host in my tracert hop #15 - it's Temple University. Packets follow right way. Not only icmp packets and I do believe also http packets. Next host supposed at hop #16 is F@H work server. Where ICMP is blocked and it is OK, but http shouldn't be blocked you agree with it? I don't have telnet installed on my system but when I tested 129.32.209.202:80 & 129.32.209.202:8080 using iperf with small TCP window size - the response has timed out. Besides two external online tests: one inside Russia fails and another one outside Russia https://reqbin.com/ responds correctly

I would like if topic starter tries to retrieve confirmation that his provider, Svyaz-Telecom Voronezh, detected spam activity towards Folding At Home Hosts.

[Joe_H]

Let's hope bad times for international science will soon pass away.

I hope that comes, but the spammers are persistent from Russian sites. As I was reading this Monday I was just finishing the process of deleting spam from an IP in Russia and blocking further spam attempts from that poster. They came back later in the day from a different IP in that city.

Right now the most common source of spam I see here on the forum is Russia. After that in no particular order are Ukraine, Belarus, Romania, Poland and a few other former Soviet republics or Eastern European countries. Some of the ISPs seem to be looking away from the spammer activity, just collecting the cash paid for the accounts.

[Duce H_K_]

Today my team has turned 20 years old working. No further comments (you see it all anyway).

[Andre_Ti]

I hope that comes, but the spammers are persistent from Russian sites.

I would like to return to the topic of server unavailability and spam problems.

Now I'm folding on the GPU and I often have to wait for switching to other servers because the address 129.32.209.202 is now in the priority for the next task (maybe there is a key for the software to quickly skip certain server addresses, but I don't know about such). My list of main available servers from which I will download/upload WU 206.223.170.146, 128.174.73.78, 128.174.73.74, 140.163.4.200.
I still have confirmation of similar problems with access from other cities and from other providers of the Russian Federation.

The question is, if the spam from the Russian Federation is so high (my ISP was unable to confirm the mass mailing to Temple University), then why are other servers and my access to this forum active?
Also, the Temple University website is not available to me, but when VPN is turned on, access is restored.
As a result, the situation with such a point blocking is not clear.

[Joe_H]

I have in the past contacted the person who is in charge of the Temple F@h servers. He has not commented on this and chosen not to reply here. So I don't know the source of the blocking. It may be usage by the university IT of block lists supplied by other organizations or from another policy set by the university as a private institution.

I don't follow the sites that track DOS attacks, just spam sources. I only looked at two blocks of IP addresses connected to your ISP, both had spam reported as originating from there. Compared to some other sources, not at a high rate but some spam and not enough for me to block that ISP. This forum is on an entirely different server than those set up as work servers and can run under its own policies. As for spam from the Russian Federation as a whole, I see several posts a day that make it through the first spam traps, and several more account creations from known spammers that originate in Russia. For example here is the opening bit from a spam post that arrived this morning:

Это действительно важно, что вы знаете от советов по футболу, распространенные ставки и футбольные шансы. До тех пор, пока вещи хорошо сбалансированы и держали под управлением под управлением, спортивные книги добираются до прогулки с

The whole thing goes on for several paragraphs and links to a website in Russia. Not sure which they were pushing more, sports betting or participation in cryptocurrencies.

So if a VPN works, then use it for now. This situation will probably continue into the near future. The US has not imposed sanctions that include network traffic, but the EU has done so on the Russian Federation based on what I have heard from a network admin working there.