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Since I know there are dual-citizenship members here, I'm copying what has gotten some (if not all) people through the back door and into LHC:
Add this line to your Hosts file:
204.157.9.96 forums.longhaircommunity.com
If all is working, you should be able to access the forums at an internal link like this:
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=4
Further instructions
This hasn't worked for me. It could be the firewall I'm behind but I've heard from other members of LHC that they can't get in either even with this backdoor option.
Thanks for the advice though.
It was worth a try...firewalls and nannyware both may derail this...for a variety of reasons.
I've not managed to get onto LHC through this route either, but I did get through to the hacker's page with a message in a (to me) strange language (might be Hungarian).
Hope that things get sorted out soon. Thanks for keeping us in touch.
Or you could just type in http://204.157.9.96/forumdisplay.php?f=4 instead.
JeffL
http://204.157.9.96/forumdisplay.php?f=4 didn't work at all but http://204.157.9.96/ got me to the front page. I couldn't do anything at that point, however.
The problem with not intercepting the URL is that whenever you click on something it tries to call up an lhc.com address and it gets lost again.
FWIW, the admins are working on the issue.
I tried this when there were problems before, but it didn't work then or now.
Hi, I did all this and I guess it worked, that is to say I was able to see all the posts but it's so big and general it's kind of a time suck for me. what was interesting though is the instructions for windows and all the stuff that has to be done with that os for the shortcut to work. anyway, thanks for the information.
Heh. LHC a time suck? I'd get more done at home if I had a TV on all the time.
Robert, you are wonderful, as always. Ursula's instructions worked for me which was a great relief since I've got a swap thread going and needed to grab a mailing address from the PM box. Whew!
Dual citizen (and leaving to fly back to CA in 1 1/2 hours so should really get to bed),
Elizabeth
Heading for Ebisu after work...
For those like me who are clueless what is an LHC?
Does this mean there is no way to access it without a host file?
aka the Long Hair Community...forums and whatnot, with a focus like the MLHH (although mostly women).
The DNS was hacked, so, yeah, have to use the hosts file to get to and navigate it.
Hi...I'm also a member of LHC and came looking for news....I read about the fix, but I log on at work so can't try (let alone understand) it.....anyone know what happened or in touch with anyone else from there with news of whats happening? I need my fix! ...
Darl_in1
PS...sorry I know its a bit cheeky to hi jack another site for news of LHC!