On: Examining the covidtests.gov architecture

[hwers]

Funny since the first thing I get when pressing the main central button on that site is just a blank page saying

{ "error": "QWNjZXNzIG1haW4gcHJvZ3JhbS4gQWNjZXNzIG1haW4gc2VjdXJpdHkuIEFjY2VzcyBtYWluIHByb2dyYW0gZ3JpZC4=" }

[mholt → hwers]

lol: "Access main program. Access main security. Access main program grid."

Alrighty then.

[throwanem → mholt]

It's a Jurassic Park reference. Somebody had a little fun.

[VaxWithSex → throwanem]

Oh, I just figured that out 10 minutes ago. Should have read the posts here first :D

[tlb → hwers]

I got this too, from the UK (I'm pre-ordering before heading back to the US). I suspect it's trigged by non-US IP addresses. Using a VPN fixed it.

But how lame to give such an opaque error to so many people.

[danieltrembath → hwers]

Same thing here. Site seems down. I'm accessing it internationally, without a VPN.

To further the learning, can anyone guess which part of the stack is likely generating the error?

[ljm → hwers]

I suppose that's better than 'Something went wrong'.

[wslack → hwers]

Try accessing off of VPN.

[hwers → wslack]

I’m just using my normal phone browser

[tenken → hwers]

Are you on a GoogleFi connection with their VPN service on in the background? :D

[hwers → tenken]

Nope :)