GhostNET Python Script no longer working

zuw · October 29, 2022, 9:44pm

Hi guys,

I got manjaro and endeavourOS Linux Distros in VirtualBox.
GhostNET script was working fine before in both distros. Now it always throws the same error.

socket.gaierror: [Errno -3] Temporary failure in name resolution

The error clearly shows DNS is not working.

I am trying to figure out why.
To those of you more experienced, why is the DNS not working.
What possible fixes can you recommend?
Should i analyze the script carefully and see if i can conclude what’s wrong?

Parrot OS anonsurf works fine.
Could my ISP be blocking the script from running?
It was working before.

I don’t have a VPN service right now, cos if i did i could test if it’s the ISP blocking it.

github.com

mach1el/GhostNET/blob/master/ghostnet

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding:utf-8 -*-

import os
import sys
import time
import socket
import random
import getpass
from os.path import isfile
from subprocess import call
from urllib.request import urlopen
from time import strftime,localtime

class Faded:
	_iface = None
	torrc = '/etc/tor/torrc'

	def __init__(self):
		Faded._iface = iface()

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After i issue ghostnet start the internet connectivity is cut off.
When i do [anon ~]# ghostnet status
The following error Traceback is thrown.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/urllib/request.py", line 1348, in do_open
    h.request(req.get_method(), req.selector, req.data, headers,
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/http/client.py", line 1282, in request
    self._send_request(method, url, body, headers, encode_chunked)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/http/client.py", line 1328, in _send_request
    self.endheaders(body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/http/client.py", line 1277, in endheaders
    self._send_output(message_body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/http/client.py", line 1037, in _send_output
    self.send(msg)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/http/client.py", line 975, in send
    self.connect()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/http/client.py", line 941, in connect
    self.sock = self._create_connection(
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/socket.py", line 824, in create_connection
    for res in getaddrinfo(host, port, 0, SOCK_STREAM):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/socket.py", line 955, in getaddrinfo
    for res in _socket.getaddrinfo(host, port, family, type, proto, flags):
socket.gaierror: [Errno -3] Temporary failure in name resolution

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ghostnet", line 463, in <module>
    check()
  File "/usr/bin/ghostnet", line 446, in check
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/ghostnet", line 460, in main
    DoJob(job)
  File "/usr/bin/ghostnet", line 137, in __init__
    self.status()
  File "/usr/bin/ghostnet", line 178, in status
    DoJob.check_status()
  File "/usr/bin/ghostnet", line 117, in check_status
    getip = urlopen('http://ipinfo.io/ip').read()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/urllib/request.py", line 216, in urlopen
    return opener.open(url, data, timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/urllib/request.py", line 519, in open
    response = self._open(req, data)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/urllib/request.py", line 536, in _open
    result = self._call_chain(self.handle_open, protocol, protocol +
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/urllib/request.py", line 496, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/urllib/request.py", line 1377, in http_open
    return self.do_open(http.client.HTTPConnection, req)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/urllib/request.py", line 1351, in do_open
    raise URLError(err)
urllib.error.URLError: <urlopen error [Errno -3] Temporary failure in name resolution>

barry-scott · October 29, 2022, 10:25pm

I think you are right and this is nothing to do with python, its a network issue, why ask here?

I would add code to the script to find out what name is being looked up and use that name to debug your dns/network setup outside of python using tools like dig.

zuw · October 29, 2022, 10:38pm

My coding knowledge is still very, very limited.
I was looking more or less for what you already said. That it’s not an issue with the python code itself, but a network issue.

It’ just strange this stopped working all of a sudden.

vbrozik · October 30, 2022, 11:39am

The application is missing error handling. Reasonable application should show a useful error message including the address it has problems to access.

Anyway in the traceback you see an URL it is trying to access:

Can you access it from your web browser? Can you do the same when you disable use of a proxy in your browser / network settings?

zuw · October 30, 2022, 6:34pm

This URL checks what IP address you are using.
Yes i can access it whether with proxy on or off.

I’m reading the script carefully but if there’s anything else you can chime it’s greatly appreciated.

barry-scott · October 30, 2022, 8:11pm

In the browser you will notice that if you start with

http://ipinfo.io/ip

There is a redirect to

https://ipinfo.io/ip

Maybe the code is not handling the redirect. Better yet should use https:.

zuw · October 31, 2022, 6:57pm

Yes i changed to “https:” in the script. Same error!
I’ll spend some more time reading the script, but I don’t have the knowledge to fix this.

mbro1977 · July 10, 2023, 10:01pm

As of July 10 2023 GhostNet works great for me. It has to be a network issue. I have several laptops each running manjaro and arch. ghost net is solid and tor.service active. my IP addresses changes every 10 minutes and moves me all over the globe