[carimura]

anybody else have issues with archive.is lately? Tried two computers multiple browsers and all I get is a never-ending security check, sometimes with a captcha to really laugh at me.

[lazyeye]

Just put the fixed IP addresses for the various archive.?? domains in your hosts file. This completely resolved the problem for me.

[greenyoda]

Even easier: Switch your browser's DNS-over-HTTPS configuration to another DNS provider. NextDNS works OK for me.

[lazyeye]

Great suggestion. Have just done this now too.

For Windows users, YogaDNS is a great little app for managing DNS configuration. Can set up DNS rules depending on domain name etc.

I actually use PiHole and added Local DNS entries for the archive.* domains in my PiHole config to fix the issue across my local network.

[noloblo]

can you paste the relevant /etc/hosts lines

[codetrotter]

IP addresses might vary depending on geo location or time. Here is what I get from DNS currently, that you can put in your /etc/hosts

51.38.69.52 archive.is archive.today

41.77.143.21 archive.ph archive.li archive.vn archive.fo archive.md

And if all else fails, install Tor and access their site at archiveiya74codqgiixo33q62qlrqtkgmcitqx5u2oeqnmn5bpcbiyd.onion

[greyw]

Its cloudflare dns

[javawizard]

As in 1.1.1.1? I don't use 1.1.1.1 for my DNS provider and yet I still get the never ending validation loop.

I am on Google Fiber though, so I probably use 8.8.8.8 without explicitly meaning to. Perhaps this is a problem shared by both Cloudflare and Google's DNS proxies?

[abm53]

I use a Google mesh network and get the same issue, which I assume is related to it using 8.8.8.8 by default.

[vlovich123]

If you’re on iOS / Mac and have Apple private relay that would also use 1.1.1.1

[javawizard]

Oh interesting, good to know. I don't use Apple private relay so that wouldn't be the problem for me.

[driverdan]

It's not Cloudflare, it's the owner of archive.is intentionally messing with CF DNS so you can't access the site if you use it.

[EFreethought]

I have a lot of trouble when I use the search on archive.is, even if I use different DNS providers.

One trick that might help: I have found if I use a bookmarked page from archive.is, I can get to that. From there I can put in the original URL in the "Saved from" bar, and hit "Search", then I can usually get to an archive of the article.

[el_benhameen]

I think it’s more general than this, but I have a hunch that iCloud private relay sets off the security gremlins.

[viewtransform]

To fix this in Firefox

Settings | Privacy & Security | DNS over HTTPS | Increased Protection | Choose Provider | NextDNS

[rsweeney21]

Yes! Only happens on archive.is for me.

[stillwithit]

Has happened with various archive.* for me

[rossdavidh]

Same

[ct0]

no problem for me on nextdns