Editing Host File

[newagehippie]

Neil or anyone got a host file IP to edit for the resale. Worked a treat last time.

[eoinca]

I doubt that will work again, they'll have made sure they fixed it.

[Divein]

It's not going to work this time they got wind of it last time and put a stop to it

[dan05delaney]

it won't work, don't attempt it you could end up putting yourself n a worse position than everyone else

[eFestivals]

it won't make any difference.

it only worked last time because they'd made an error with the DNS entry for the glastonbury.seetickets.com sub-domain - changing the hosts file meant that your computer worked around that bad DNS entry.

I've of course checked the DNS entry this morning, and it's all correct this time.

[newagehippie]

Okey Dokes... Into the fray like a blindman walking the tightrope then..

All the best all!

[Paul ™]

SO anyone who changed it last time be better changing it back or you reduce your chance by 50%

[Neville Street]

Paul - I know I changed it back, but how do I check?

[craiga]

it was pure coincidence it worked the last time. I didn't change my hosts file, yet a quick DNS lookup from my PC showed the same IP that everyone else was adding to their host file

[eFestivals]

it was pure coincidence it worked the last time. I didn't change my hosts file, yet a quick DNS lookup from my PC showed the same IP that everyone else was adding to their host file

it wasn't a coincidence.

At the point you did the DNS lookup it must be the case that See had corrected the DNS entry.

[craiga]

it wasn't a coincidence.

At the point you did the DNS lookup it must be the case that See had corrected the DNS entry.

[chubbyhamster61]

My concern sits around some man-in-the-middle attacks next year during general sale when some chancers may put out a false IP to get people's details.

[eFestivals]

Yet I had the correct DNS value prior to people editing the host file and getting success. As you say, it's coincidence.

See put the correct DNS entry in place at just about spot-on 10am.

They put a wrong entry in place at about 9:40.

Prior to that, it was wrong. It was still possible to buy tickets despite that wrong entry (because there was another, good entry), but you had to get lucky with which of the two entries your PC tried to access. It would have had to have tried using only the good entry.

Changing the hosts file worked around that bad DNS entry.

If there was nothing to it, I wonder why the boss at see has got incrediably pissed off with me about it, because I told users here how to work around the issue with the hosts file but didn't get in touch with him to let him know what the problem was.

[dan05delaney]

See put the correct DNS entry in place at just about spot-on 10am.

They put a wrong entry in place at about 9:40.

Prior to that, it was wrong. It was still possible to buy tickets despite that wrong entry (because there was another, good entry), but you had to get lucky with which of the two entries your PC tried to access. It would have had to have tried using only the good entry.

Changing the hosts file worked around that bad DNS entry.

If there was nothing to it, I wonder why the boss at see has got incrediably pissed off with me about it, because I told users here how to work around the issue with the hosts file but didn't get in touch with him to let him know what the problem was.

[beaker]

SO anyone who changed it last time be better changing it back or you reduce your chance by 50%

[eFestivals]

I changed it for main sale but have not changed it back. How do I do this and what do I change it to? Thanks in advance

Google to find out how to edit the hosts file for your particular operating system.

What you need to do is simply remove all of the line that includes glastonbury.seetickets.com