hkdata.crabdance.com or hkdata.fairuse.org not found

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Woodstock
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Re: hkdata.crabdance.com or hkdata.fairuse.org not found

Post by Woodstock »

I'm kind surprized this is still an issue after 5 months....
Five MONTHS? Look at the date of the first message of this thread... Five YEARS, so far.

The blocking of the key domain isn't tied just to MakeMKV, but it is tied to where the author is located. This forum gets away with being able to be resolved in DNS because it is separate. Originally, the keys were pulled from the makemkv.com domain, until they started to make this domain "go away" as a "piracy-supporting domain". The author separated the domain to keep the forum alive.

Crabdance and fairuse have endeavored to support "questionable" places for years, but a number of DNS-resolution companies have been complying with legal dictates to isolate those places. If your DNS provider is one of them, you cannot resolve ANY host in *.crabdance.com or *.fairuse.org, as well as dozens (hundreds?) of others. That's why you need to either (a) use a DNS provider that isn't blocking them, or (b) bypass DNS look-up using an entry in your hosts file. Sometimes, you need to use a VPN connection to bypass some providers, WHEN YOU NEED TO DO A LOOKUP.

That last part is the key - you do not have to enable a connection to the key server to run MakeMKV, unless you need a key for a new disk. If you don't rip 4K disks, who cares?

Right now, both hkdata.crabdance.com and hkdata.fairuse.org are off-line, but the statement posted in this message does still work. The host is there, but the DNS entry isn't.
mike admin
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Re: hkdata.crabdance.com or hkdata.fairuse.org not found

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Fixed, should work now. As a side note, these resources do not require a valid DNS entry to be operational.
HarryKrishner
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Re: hkdata.crabdance.com or hkdata.fairuse.org not found

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mike admin wrote:
Mon Jun 17, 2024 8:45 pm
Fixed, should work now. As a side note, these resources do not require a valid DNS entry to be operational.
Do we still need VPN when trying to download keys? I'm still getting "Automatic HK downloading is disabled or failed." error when trying to do Super Mario Bros (1993) UHD viewtopic.php?f=12&t=33912.
dcoke22
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Re: hkdata.crabdance.com or hkdata.fairuse.org not found

Post by dcoke22 »

HarryKrishner wrote:
Mon Jul 01, 2024 3:56 am
mike admin wrote:
Mon Jun 17, 2024 8:45 pm
Fixed, should work now. As a side note, these resources do not require a valid DNS entry to be operational.
Do we still need VPN when trying to download keys? I'm still getting "Automatic HK downloading is disabled or failed." error when trying to do Super Mario Bros (1993) UHD viewtopic.php?f=12&t=33912.
It would appear that you do.
MartyMcNuts
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Re: hkdata.crabdance.com or hkdata.fairuse.org not found

Post by MartyMcNuts »

Hey, does anyone know if there has been any recent key updates? My last update was August 1st. Haven't had any HK download messages at all.

Also, has anyone heard from Mike at all? He hasn't posted since June.
Cheers :D
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Re: hkdata.crabdance.com or hkdata.fairuse.org not found

Post by dcoke22 »

MartyMcNuts wrote:
Sat Aug 10, 2024 3:38 am
Hey, does anyone know if there has been any recent key updates? My last update was August 1st. Haven't had any HK download messages at all.

Also, has anyone heard from Mike at all? He hasn't posted since June.
My MakeMKV downloaded new HK data today, but it has probably been a few weeks since it needed to try. In my _private_data.tar file, I assume the hashed keys are stored in the hkd_********.bin files. They seem to be named in a base16 way (0..f). The file with the largest name in mine is hkd_0000025f.bin.
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Re: hkdata.crabdance.com or hkdata.fairuse.org not found

Post by MartyMcNuts »

dcoke22 wrote:
Tue Aug 20, 2024 2:15 pm
MartyMcNuts wrote:
Sat Aug 10, 2024 3:38 am
Hey, does anyone know if there has been any recent key updates? My last update was August 1st. Haven't had any HK download messages at all.

Also, has anyone heard from Mike at all? He hasn't posted since June.
My MakeMKV downloaded new HK data today, but it has probably been a few weeks since it needed to try. In my _private_data.tar file, I assume the hashed keys are stored in the hkd_********.bin files. They seem to be named in a base16 way (0..f). The file with the largest name in mine is hkd_0000025f.bin.
Yeah, I did get a new HK download a few days ago.
Cheers :D
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