Anyone else seeing the tech exams site being blocked by OpenDNS?
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OptionsMeggo Registered Users Posts: 197 AdminI'm filing a ticket now. They did some maintenance on the forum today (related to DNS/SSL) so it's probably a result of that. More on that to come.
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OptionsiBrokeIT Member Posts: 1,318 ■■■■■■■■■□Thank you for getting in touch with us at Cisco Umbrella support.
A CNAME of this domain -
<a rel="nofollow" href="https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/HNFXC9rL02cAv2YKU3_ufZ?domain=site-6030959.onvanilla.net">site-6030959.onvanilla.net</a>
- is currently categorized as a Newly Seen Domain, which is resulting in this domain - community.infosecinstitute.com - being blocked. You can read more about this category, and why we block new domains here:This is a time based category, and assuming there is no other malicious activity seen, the domain will be unblocked automatically in approximately 48-72 hours. Your policy's security settings has caused the Newly Seen Domains category to be blocked. If you would like to access this domain, you can always add this domain to your allow list for the applicable policy. Alternatively, you can disable the Newly Seen Domains security setting. Please note that these actions may open up your network to malicious activity.
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OptionsJDMurray Admin Posts: 13,026 AdminA domain that is 71 days old is "newly seen?" It must not have been in much use before now.
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OptionsJDMurray Admin Posts: 13,026 AdminCan you temporarily switch your DNS settings to CloudFlare (1.1.1.1, 1.0.0.1) or Quad9 (9.9.9.9, 149.112.112.112)? TE works fine using these DNS services.
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OptionsiBrokeIT Member Posts: 1,318 ■■■■■■■■■□JDMurray said:Can you temporarily switch your DNS settings to CloudFlare (1.1.1.1, 1.0.0.1) or Quad9 (9.9.9.9, 149.112.112.112)? TE works fine using these DNS services.2019: GPEN | GCFE | GXPN | GICSP | CySA+
2020: GCIP | GCIA
2021: GRID | GDSA | Pentest+
2022: GMON | GDAT
2023: GREM | GSE | GCFA
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OptionsMeggo Registered Users Posts: 197 AdminI'm really sorry this is still happening. I will update the thread here when I know more.