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unable to make any update from sudan unless we use VPN connection

Bug #1320466 reported by mhd
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mhd

Bug Description

for an year or more ; we can't update Ubuntu from Sudan , when we try (sudo apt-get update ) gives this error massege ::
E: GPG error: http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease: Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NODATA' (does the network require authentication?)

this issue affect on many many users .
How can we fix this ?

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mhd (mhdforums)
description: updated
Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → mhd (mhdforums)
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Chris Bainbridge (chris-bainbridge) wrote :

Can you try : wget -S http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/InRelease

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Moaz Ibrahim (moazhmi) wrote :

I thnk the link is down...

Have you gusy found a way though.

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Chris Bainbridge (chris-bainbridge) wrote :

@Moaz what error do you get? Do you still get the error above (http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease: Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NODATA') ?

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Moaz Ibrahim (moazhmi) wrote :

Yup!

Its the same error text , tried to download through other servers but the same issue is at hand.

I revert back to 12.04 LTS and the updates are fine! , what are your thoughts...

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Chris Bainbridge (chris-bainbridge) wrote :

Can you try : wget -S http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/InRelease

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Moaz Ibrahim (moazhmi) wrote :

moazhmi@moazhmi-K52F:~$ wget -S http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/InRelease
--2014-06-04 17:34:52-- http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/InRelease
Resolving extras.ubuntu.com (extras.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.92.152
Connecting to extras.ubuntu.com (extras.ubuntu.com)|91.189.92.152|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response...
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
  Content-Length: 213
  Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2014 14:34:52 GMT
  Server: Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu)
  Connection: Keep-Alive
  Vary: Accept-Encoding
Length: 213 [text/html]
Saving to: ‘InRelease’

100%[======================================>] 213 --.-K/s in 0s

2014-06-04 17:34:52 (22.1 MB/s) - ‘InRelease’ saved [213/213]

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Moaz Ibrahim (moazhmi) wrote :

after

 wget -O - http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/InRelease

moazhmi@moazhmi-K52F:~$ wget -O - http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/InRelease
--2014-06-04 17:52:18-- http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/InRelease
Resolving extras.ubuntu.com (extras.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.92.152
Connecting to extras.ubuntu.com (extras.ubuntu.com)|91.189.92.152|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 213 [text/html]
Saving to: ‘STDOUT’

 0% [ ] 0 --.-K/s <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>404</title>
<meta http-equiv="Cache-Control" content="no-cache"/>
</head>
<body>
<p>
Not Found
</p>
</body>
</html>
100%[======================================>] 213 --.-K/s in 0s

2014-06-04 17:52:20 (17.4 MB/s) - written to stdout [213/213]

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Chris Bainbridge (chris-bainbridge) wrote :

Your ISP is using a broken transparent proxy (internet filter) that is returning "200 OK" where it should be returning "404 Not Found". The correct response should be:

$ wget http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/InRelease
--2014-06-04 16:00:01-- http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/InRelease
Resolving extras.ubuntu.com (extras.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.92.152
Connecting to extras.ubuntu.com (extras.ubuntu.com)|91.189.92.152|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2014-06-04 16:00:02 ERROR 404: Not Found.

You will need to raise a complaint with your ISP to get this fixed (or use a VPN outside of Sudan).

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Moaz Ibrahim (moazhmi) wrote :

Thanks Chris for taking the time to indulge in this.!

Cheers

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mhd (mhdforums) wrote :

I think it's all about Zain internet , I'm using MTN connect and it is fine ,
but why Zain is good on 12.04 ............. I couldn't understand !!!!!!!!!

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mhd (mhdforums) wrote :

this is the result using MTN :

 wget http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/InRelease
--2014-06-06 09:34:25-- http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/InRelease
Resolving extras.ubuntu.com (extras.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.92.152
Connecting to extras.ubuntu.com (extras.ubuntu.com)|91.189.92.152|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2014-06-06 09:34:34 ERROR 404: Not Found.

" similar to Chris result "

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Chris Bainbridge (chris-bainbridge) wrote :

> why Zain is good on 12.04 ............. I couldn't understand

Perhaps you do not have the extras repository enabled in 12.04?

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Moaz Ibrahim (moazhmi) wrote :

Gents.

Am I able to set up a VPN through TOR? or do I have to look a VPN package available online.

@mhd whats the VPN you used to bypass this issue earlier before moving onto MTN?

I wouldnt want to change my current ISP (Zain) as I am pleased with its speed for this part of the world.

For the moment I have appled the TOR proxy (Socks) system wide and its fine when browsing and like. However it doenst by pass the transparent proxy mentioned by @chris.

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