Website inaccessible in Turkey

DenizBasgoren commented 4 years ago

When I try to enter your website, i get redirected somewhere.

http://88.255.216.16/landpage?op=1&ms=http://sfml-dev.org/

If I try to go to /documentation/2.5.1, then I get the following error on my Firefox:

SSL_ERROR_RX_RECORD_TOO_LONG

Could you please host your documentation elsewhere, like for example on Github pages? And, do you permit me to copy and host the docs website elsewhere?

eXpl0it3r commented 4 years ago

We're currently looking into the issue. In the meantime you can find all the downloads including the documentation here: https://github.com/SFML/SFML/releases/tag/2.5.1

TankOs commented 4 years ago

@DenizBasgoren Thanks for reporting.

We have received multiple reports from Turkey from people having problems connecting to SFML's website. At the moment I think it's a national issue in your country. What leads me to this conclusion is:

If our server was just not be reachable from you, then you would not have been redirected in any way. This might also be caused by a browser extension or your ISP. Please try https://sfml-dev.org/ instead of http://sfml-dev.org/.
I checked a specific IP from Turkey against our spam block list, no match.
SSL_ERROR_RX_RECORD_TOO_LONG is usually seen when HTTPS is expected, but HTTP is served.
Website is perfectly reachable from here: https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/sfml-dev.org

Can you please send me your public IP address, so I can check yours with our blacklist as well? You can grab it here, for example: http://checkip.dyndns.org/

eXpl0it3r commented 4 years ago

From the reports I got, some have reported to receive a timeout when trying to access the HTTP URL: http://sfml-dev.org/ip-provider.php

If anyone knows how to get a site unblocked, let us know.

DenizBasgoren commented 4 years ago

My public ip, as reported by dyndns is 37.154.231.202. I'll post some more info to help you track the problem out.

Last time I tried to access your website was 5 months ago, and I had no problems. This is the first time I tried to enter ever since.

http://sfml-dev.org/ redirects me to the above mentioned ip (which i found out to be of isp), after a wait of 5 seconds the first time, and after no wait after the second time.

https://sfml-dev.org fails immediately with the error (on firefox)

Secure Connection Failed

An error occurred during a connection to sfml-dev.org. SSL received a record that exceeded the maximum permissible length. Error code: SSL_ERROR_RX_RECORD_TOO_LONG

The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified.
Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem.

on chrome mobile, the https link first redirected to the isp's ip, then redirected to the error page with the following error

This site can’t provide a secure connection sfml-dev.org sent an invalid response. ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR

HTTP URL: http://sfml-dev.org/ip-provider.php redirects to the isp's url with no wait (not likely to be a timeout)

mertcanekiz commented 4 years ago

I am also facing the same issue, both from desktop and mobile data.

eXpl0it3r commented 4 years ago

I was informed that it's apparently possible to get the domain unlisted from the block list, but unfortunately, when trying to access the URL, the request simply times out. Maybe they only allow access from inside Turkey?

Can anyone access the following URL and if you can, would it be possible to fill out the form or get us the contact details, so we can send an unblock request?

https://www.usom.gov.tr/iletisim.html

mertcanekiz commented 4 years ago

The page does not have a contact form as far as I can see, but the contact details are:

iletisim@usom.gov.tr

By the way, I would be willing to help if you need to communicate in Turkish.

eXpl0it3r commented 4 years ago

If you could provide a translation (and/or suggestions) to the follow text, so I can send both English & Turkish texts and hope that they accept emails from outside Turkey...

Dear Sir or Madam In recent months it has come to our attention that our website's domain [1] has been blocked in Turkey [2]. The Simple and Fast Multimedia Library (SFML) [3] is an open source C++ library [4] and widely used as teaching tool by universities. There are a lot of people all around the world creating games or learning C++ with the help of SFML. We believe our domain (sfml-dev.org) was blocked by accident and would kindly ask you to remove us from the blocking list.

Kind regards

[1] https://www.sfml-dev.org/ [2] https://github.com/SFML/SFML-Website/issues/137 [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_and_Fast_Multimedia_Library [4] https://github.com/SFML/SFML

maidis commented 4 years ago

Turkish translation of the e-mail draft::

Sayın yetkili merhaba,

Son aylarda internet sitemizin alan adının [1] Türkiye'de engellendiğini fark ettik [2].

Simple and Fast Multimedia Library (SFML) [3] özgür bir C++ kütüphanesidir [4] ve üniversiteler tarafından öğretim aracı olarak yaygın olarak kullanılmaktadır. Dünyanın her yerinde SFML kullanarak oyun geliştiren ve C++ öğrenen birçok insan vardır.

Alan adımızın (sfml-dev.org) yanlışlıkla engellendiğine inanıyoruz ve bizi engelleme listesinden çıkarmanızı rica ediyoruz.

Saygılarımızla, SFML Geliştirme Ekibi.

[1] https://www.sfml-dev.org/ [2] https://github.com/SFML/SFML-Website/issues/137 [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_and_Fast_Multimedia_Library [4] https://github.com/SFML/SFML

maidis commented 4 years ago

I have now noticed the reason for this blocking: "-dev".

It seems that someone had tried to block fraudulent sites that imitate the E-Devlet (E-Government Gateway) [1] site without enough control.

[1] https://www.turkiye.gov.tr/ (I do not remember clearly, but I think the old domain name was www.e-devlet.gov.tr.)

mertcanekiz commented 4 years ago

@maidis I bet you are right and that is the reason. I hope they understand and fix this soon.

Also, I can vouch for that translation, looks good.

eXpl0it3r commented 4 years ago

Thanks a lot for the translation and double check. I've sent them an email, so let's see how things go. Let us know when you notice that the site is reachable again.

maidis commented 4 years ago

I guess there is no feedback from the authorities, right? Shall we email as well as users? Should we contact CIMER [1] or BTK [2]?

[1] https://www.btk.gov.tr/ [2] https://www.cimer.gov.tr/

eXpl0it3r commented 4 years ago

Yes, I've not received any response to my email. I guess it can't hurt if others contact them as well.

maidis commented 4 years ago

I sent a similar e-mail to usom.gov.tr's both ihbar and iletisim e-mail adresses. It's sad but understandable that such an event has occurred. But it's a very different and important issue that such a situation cannot be solved in such a long time :(

I compiled the SFML API documentation as PDF to make easier of the lives of people living in Turkey a little bit:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/f08sgwqys8myjpt/sfml-refman.pdf

eXpl0it3r commented 4 years ago

Note that the documentation as well as the other downloads can be accessed on GitHub as well: https://github.com/SFML/SFML/releases/tag/2.5.1

maidis commented 4 years ago

I was informed that it's apparently possible to get the domain unlisted from the block list,

It seems that finally they removed SFM's website from the list. 🎉🥳

@mertcanekiz, @DenizBasgoren, Can you access the site without any VPN?

mertcanekiz commented 4 years ago

Yes! I can access the website now. Great job everyone, I'm happy this got resolved

eXpl0it3r commented 4 years ago

Great news! Thanks for everyone who reached out and I'm sorry for the inconveniences. 🙂

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