# Rubyonrails.org Website Blocked

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyonrails-org-website-blocked/59647>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 5, 2006, 12:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyonrails-org-website-blocked/59647 "2006-05-05T00:36:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![vanik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/ac8455/32.png) [@vanik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vanik)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 12:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyonrails-org-website-blocked/59647/1 "2006-05-05T00:36:33Z")

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Hi Everyone,

This is basically an FYI because I don’t think there is much that can be  
done about it. I work at a DoD lab and up until very recently I had no  
problems at all getting to [rubyonrails.org](http://rubyonrails.org). All week long I have not  
been able to visit the site and I finally gave up and submitted a  
trouble call to our network help desk. I was told that the site was in  
a class B range that is being blocked by the “core router”. What that  
means is that this is not a local firewall policy, it is blocked much  
higher up the food chain from me.

So, if anyone else works for the DoD and has been having trouble getting  
there too, now you probably know why. And let me tell you, trying to  
use the google cache of the site is like reading war and peace through a  
keyhole ☹

Gary H.

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**Author:** ![vanik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/ac8455/32.png) [@vanik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vanik)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 1:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyonrails-org-website-blocked/59647/2 "2006-05-05T01:35:00Z")

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Gary,

That’s rough news man ☹

But, if you are trying to access the API, you could try a site like  
[http://railshelp.com/](http://railshelp.com/) Of course, that will only get you the API and not  
the  
blog, wiki, and other features of the [rubyonrails.org](http://rubyonrails.org) site.

Best,  
Ryan

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**Author:** ![vanik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/ac8455/32.png) [@vanik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vanik)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 1:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyonrails-org-website-blocked/59647/3 "2006-05-05T01:47:30Z")

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Hmm, I bet this might be related to Rails’ recent association with  
cocaine. 😛

[http://www.loudthinking.com/arc/000588.html](http://www.loudthinking.com/arc/000588.html)

Joe

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**Author:** ![vanik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/ac8455/32.png) [@vanik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vanik)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 5:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyonrails-org-website-blocked/59647/4 "2006-05-05T05:18:18Z")

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“Rails” has always been slang for “lines” of cocaine. I honestly  
thought that’s what Ruby on Rails was named after lol