[kictanet] IEBC Website - Polling stations with no GSM Coverage

Sun Aug 6 16:21:27 EAT 2017

Seems to be hosted on Google now. Or currently being moved to Google
servers?

SMM

*"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one
who takes a city." Prov 16:32*

On Sun, Aug 6, 2017 at 4:04 PM, Odhiambo Washington via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> I think it's deliberately shutdown to deny citizens some information. The
> website is hosted on Amazon (based on the DNS information) and I think the
> reason for this is for the resilience of Amazon hosting.
>
> [wash at gw ~]$ *ping voterstatus.iebc.or.ke <http://voterstatus.iebc.or.ke>*
> PING voterstatus.iebc.or.ke (104.199.107.165): 56 data bytes
> 64 bytes from 104.199.107.165: icmp_seq=0 ttl=57 time=138.073 ms
> ^C
> --- voterstatus.iebc.or.ke ping statistics ---
> 1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
> round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 138.073/138.073/138.073/0.000 ms
> [wash at gw ~]$ *dig -x 104.199.107.165*
>
> ; <<>> DiG 9.9.9-P4 <<>> -x 104.199.107.165
> ;; global options: +cmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 37880
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 4, ADDITIONAL: 9
>
> ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
> ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;165.107.199.104.in-addr.arpa.  IN      PTR
>
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> 165.107.199.104.in-addr.arpa. 120 IN    PTR     165.107.199.104.bc.
> googleusercontent.com.
>
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> 199.104.in-addr.arpa.   86400   IN      NS
> ns-gce-public2.googledomains.com.
> 199.104.in-addr.arpa.   86400   IN      NS
> ns-gce-public4.googledomains.com.
> 199.104.in-addr.arpa.   86400   IN      NS
> ns-gce-public3.googledomains.com.
> 199.104.in-addr.arpa.   86400   IN      NS
> ns-gce-public1.googledomains.com.
>
> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> ns-gce-public1.googledomains.com. 345600 IN A   216.239.32.102
> ns-gce-public2.googledomains.com. 345600 IN A   216.239.34.102
> ns-gce-public3.googledomains.com. 345600 IN A   216.239.36.102
> ns-gce-public4.googledomains.com. 345600 IN A   216.239.38.102
> ns-gce-public1.googledomains.com. 345600 IN AAAA 2001:4860:4802:32::66
> ns-gce-public2.googledomains.com. 345600 IN AAAA 2001:4860:4802:34::66
> ns-gce-public3.googledomains.com. 345600 IN AAAA 2001:4860:4802:36::66
> ns-gce-public4.googledomains.com. 345600 IN AAAA 2001:4860:4802:38::66
>
> ;; Query time: 451 msec
> ;; SERVER: 192.168.55.254#53(192.168.55.254)
> ;; WHEN: Sun Aug 06 16:05:24 EAT 2017
> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 417
>
> [wash at gw ~]$
> [wash at gw ~]$* ping www.iebc.or.ke <http://www.iebc.or.ke>*
> PING *iebc-prod-lb-1440964940.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com
> <http://iebc-prod-lb-1440964940.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com>*
> (34.250.71.110): 56 data bytes
> ^C
> --- iebc-prod-lb-1440964940.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com ping statistics
> ---
> 4 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss
>
> If anyone did not already download what they wanted from WWW.iebc.or.ke,
> the owners have decided to prevent that by deliberately shutting down the
> Amazon instance!
>
>
> On 6 August 2017 at 13:21, awatila--- via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> insufficient capacity planning?
>>
>> On Aug 6, 2017 11:52 AM, John Kieti via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Listers,
>>
>> Been checking the IEBC website since Friday morning - Observing
>> persistent outage of the main section www.iebc.or.ke (voter status
>> section still reliably accessible voterstatus.iebc.or.ke). Not very good
>> timing for service outages. Been hopeful the main site will be back sooner.
>>
>> Anyways am looking for the list of 11,155 polling stations without
>> network coverage as per the attached summary. Supposedly it is on the
>> website. Anyone with the itemised list?
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> --
>>
>> John Kieti
>> Phone: +254-735-764242 // +254-722-764242
>> Twitter: @johnKieti // Skype:  jkieti
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>>
>> The ordinary just won't do
>>
>>
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>
> --
> Best regards,
> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
> Nairobi,KE
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