[OT] Invalid host address

[Mike Bonner]

Seriously doubt it would apply to macs. The note in the dictionary says
that on windows machines, if a proxy is set it will use it automatically,
no such note on a mac. Though I guess its possible, depending on the way LC
determines if a proxy has been set.

Too bad, it fit SO well for windows machines.  Maybe something will pop
into my head. (though, I guess it wouldn't hurt to see if stale proxy
settings on a mac will do the same thing)

On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 7:21 PM, J. Landman Gay <jacque at hyperactivesw.com>
wrote:

> I'm not sure about the other users but the latest one is on OS X. Could
> this affect Macs too?
>
>
> On 3/2/2015 8:04 PM, Mike Bonner wrote:
>
>> OH, thought just occurred to me, based on something that happened in
>> another thread.  If they're on windows, and had a proxy set up at some
>> point, then the proxy was disabled.. The information about the proxy still
>> shows up greyed in the settings.  And it seems that LC decides the proxy
>> is
>> still active even though it isn't.  The browser would work, because it
>> knows the proxy has been disabled.   The solution, is to clear the proxy
>> information from the settings, even though the proxy settings are
>> technically already disabled.
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 6:58 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnmike at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  The hosts file can be set up to provide specific name to ip address
>>> mappings.  99.9% of the time its not used, and if it is, its often a
>>> hijack. Along with the hijack thing, its also possible that a proxy has
>>> been set up unbeknownst to the user, and its munging something as it
>>> decides where they want to direct the user, rather than where the user
>>> actually wants to go.
>>>
>>> Can you post some of the gibberish?
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 6:53 PM, J. Landman Gay <jacque at hyperactivesw.com
>>> >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>  Out of thousands of users, occasionally one can't connect and repeatedly
>>>> gets an invalid host address error. What causes those? All users are
>>>> sending to the same server at the same domain. Naturally they all say
>>>> it's
>>>> only our app and never happens in a browser.
>>>>
>>>> Everything I've found about it is mostly gibberish to me. Is this
>>>> something to do with the hosts file on the computer? The latest report
>>>> says
>>>> it happens on different networks (home and school) so I assume it's
>>>> specific to his machine.
>>>>
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