DAL Emergency Calls The US State Dept [re: TLSA lookup]

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On Mon, 25 Oct 2021 15:45:59 -0400
Karl Semich <0xloem at gmail.com> wrote:

> >
> >         furthermore
> >
> >         telnet stimson.state.gov 25
> >         telnet: can't connect to remote host (169.252.4.132): No route to
> > host
> >
> >         telnet stimson.state.gov 80
> >         connects
> >
> >         so, at face value, nothing is listening on port 25
> >
> 
> 0.o is that a real log?
> 
> The error message pertains to the host, not the port.

	that's what busybox's telnet says. Python says 

	socket.error: [Errno 113] No route to host

	so it looks like the idiotic message "no route to host" means : can't connect to x.x.x.x:port -- so the error message pertains to the host:port combination and it's badly worded.



> 
> I'm having experiences like that, too.
> 
> >