I suspect the api.desura.com needs to be "fixed" too... it currently points to 52.11.195.124 (amazon ec2) but dead too.
That or the client uses hardcoded IPs in its core. Tried to locate the hexstrings in it but didn't found a trace so far.
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I get an ssl error with the client (sec_e_wrong_principal)
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I see....
my client (freshly installed) does do nothing ... i does fire it up. Running wireshark it seems not even trying to connect. (nor any dns queries aside of the host patched) Dunno where i'm hosing up. Might try an older linux client.
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Actually i tried on win. I meant as an alternative to try... but anyways if there is an SSL error (they do check the cert; and the host moved .. it sounds grave..)
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The client is open source. They're using cURL to handle the login. The problem is when we do the hosts trick, we're pointing it to a server which is giving us a certificate for indieroyale.com which is invalid for desura.com. cURL has an option to disable checking the host. I'm trying to see if I can build the client with that cURL setting to see if I can't get it to login.
Edit: Oh dear the dependencies. Don't think I'll be able to build against Windows.
Should be in src\static\util\code\UtilWeb.cpp
Around line 768 you'll find: res = curl_easy_perform( m_pCurlHandle );
Put another couple lines before that:
curl_easy_setopt( m_pCurlHandle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false );
curl_easy_setopt( m_pCurlHandle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false );
That should fix the SSL errors.
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well, i have a strong feeling that we can wawe goodbye to Desura
to be honest (and this might be a contreversial opinion): Desura was simply garbage. Like even back in the days when i took a look at their catalogue it was just full of games that would have been rejected even from flash game sites.
lets just say that I dont have much faith in the longevity of itch.io either unless they do some serious rewamp of the games they let in.
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full of games that would have been rejected even from flash game sites.
you know, all those now flood Stream through open-gate greenlight, which is also the reason for Desura's death.
itch is run by basically just one person, so it won't go down due to financials at least
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i see what you mean, yeah.
one can hope that the market will filter out those games. After all if those cannot get much sales, they will hopefully get scarce.with time.
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http://www.steamgifts.com/go/comment/CI47G8k
(yes quality control is so direly needed right now)
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Thankfully I never bought anything there and my account only had free-to-play games. If I lost something I paid for because of this, I'd be really mad.
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I never bought anything on Desura directly, almost everything I had on there came from bundles. So, technically, I lost a bunch of stuff I paid for, even if it was only pennies. Fortunately, a good portion is also on Steam and Steam keys were provided as well so I'm not really losing that much.
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Well, Desura hasn't been paying devs and being somewhere in-between life and death in the state of bankruptcy for a long time now....
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Just look at all the Desura keys still listed for sale on various sites.
What a waste.
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This was going to happen sooner or later. Already have everything backed up from there.
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Thanks to all who put up hosts file info and how to do it, downloading some stuff now.
Cross referencing everything with my Steam library + Groupees as some of these games have download links on Groupees so no need to grab them all from Desura at this time.
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thankfully i already downloaded the stuff i cared about some months ago.
still i hoped in some miracle, such as gog buying the paying user base from desura and adding it to its system...
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Update from me: Got in, got my games. All is good now...All is good. Just had to add an exception through firefox for the mismatched hosts but it's fine :P
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In order to be able to log in via the website I also had to add secure.desura.com to the hosts file with the same IP address and add a security exception to Firefox.
edit: still can't log in with the Desura client though
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Thanks a lot for this Wind, I was in the process of making backups months ago but decided it wasn't worth the effort when it never died.
If anyone is looking to make backups, I recommend the browser add-on Desura Key Scraper. It allows you to export download links as well as download all your serial keys to file. I'd recommend not only backing up your files, but your keys as well. In my experience, a majority of devs will offer you an Itch.io or Steam copy if available and you can prove you own it!
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they will? maybe i should go get some desura keys since they are much cheaper then steam keys
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I wouldn't go buying or trading for them just due to the chance. It takes a lot of time to go out of your way to contact each individual dev and see if they'll offer a copy elsewhere due to Desura issues or not. Keep in mind that a lot of bundle keys traders will have also came with a key from elsewhere, which I've had devs tell me I'm out of luck because of that before.
But yea, some devs will be nice enough to offer a copy elsewhere in my experience. Of my ~400 Desura games, almost all of the devs who have their game on Steam (That I contacted because I didn't have already) were willing to supply me with a Steam key.
I wouldn't go buying them directly from Desura though, mostly because the developers will never see that money. :c
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Oh i obv i wont buy from desura (can you even buy anymore?) , i was thinking of getting some of those keys from tremorgames then again all the popular were long gone , so im out of luck either way
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I'm not sure if you can anymore. I'd recommend you try the trade section here, I got a vast majority of my Desura keys from there. A lot of traders will normally trade a Desura key for 1-2 cards, or I've seen up to 5 Desura Keys for 1 Steam key.
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In regards to downloading the latest versions of games as the Desura client would in wake of the Desura client not working:
There's documentation on the Desura API here: https://github.com/desura/desura-app/wiki/APIMemberData
Using that API you can see your games just like the Desura app does. After you're logged in, your entire library in XML format can be seen at:
http://api.desura.com/1/memberdata
For me this shows games I own that aren't listed on the Desura collection page, such as the removed and infamous 'Zilm'.
Should be able to download the same versions of the games that the client does by utilizing the API (handy for games that have outdated ZIPs on the site or no builds at all). From what I can tell you just need valid cookies and you send POST data to the API (so you'd use cURL... like the actual Desura client does, haha).
edit: Damn. The API isn't returning a server url to download from. This either means the API documentation is out of date or that the API isn't functioning properly and the client wouldn't work even if we could login.
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I updated my hosts file with the 3 lines posted in the OP, along with 3 additional lines found in a post here, which allows me to load up the page in Chrome. The sign-in link results in a frowny face, though. In Firefox, the sign-in link results in:
"secure.desura.com uses an invalid security certificate. The certificate is only valid for the following names: www.indieroyale.com, static.indieroyale.com, indieroyale.com, secure.indieroyale.com (Error code: ssl_error_bad_cert_domain)"
Any ideas? Thanks!
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In your browser, go to: https://secure.desura.com/members/login
On the certificate error page, add an exception or continue anyway.
Then you'll be able to login.
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My hero. Found out I had 238 games there. Bunch of crap, though.
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Until I started coming here I was unaware of its existence. Admittedly, I have never used it or even seen it.
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Oh snap. Got the client going with the help of Olly.
Got Wireshark going to see if I can figure out how it downloads stuff.
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Aha! So the API did change :)
Send POSTs to http://api.desura.com/2/itemdownloadurl instead of http://api.desura.com/1/itemdownloadurl
This will generate a link to the game's .mcf file on cloudfront.
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did you try the Firefox trick?
https://secure.desura.com/members/login and add exception.
This is after editing your posts file
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Can someone please do a mini noob guide. i mean i added stuff from op to the host file, i am getting the desura site fine, but logging in is a problem, in whatever browser i try.
Connection timed out, nothing about adding exceptions.
NVM found it so host file has to look like this:
54.186.210.232 desura.com
54.186.210.232 www.desura.com
54.186.210.232 secure.desura.com
54.186.210.232 static.desura.com
54.186.210.232 www.indieroyale.com
54.186.210.232 static.indieroyale.com
54.186.210.232 secure.indieroyale.com
2I5LD-FJFMA-5F731-W48DQ-35CMV drip drip might work, dunno.
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Bump! Desura seems again down. This time the mirror seems to bitten the dust
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Thanks for input... redditors found another IP that works: 54.187.117.12
Btw any insight where they scourged the backup hosts ips? Scanning ranges through amazon ec2 hosting service?
[edit] currently working on a more or less comprensible backup solution as the official client has the difficulties with ssl (without patching it)
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I took mine (original 54.186.210.232 which I posted to Neogaf, and this from their other sites)
Using nslookup:
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: dailyroyale.com
Addresses: 54.68.212.82
54.218.59.207
Name: indieroyale.com
Addresses: 54.244.7.202
54.187.117.12
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LOL i see... not too familiar with DNS thought that you'd receive one IP as a solution to a request. Which might rotate for a loadbalancing scheme (so grateful that the Desura tech guys actually employed such one). So i never tried resolving it by hand. :)
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SSL errors are because IPs are ment for different sites and server server wrong certificate. SSL needs different IP for each site for full compatibility.
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Sure. The reason is clear. It still needs a solution for anybody to be content with. I tried DesuraDumper which works to a degree but throws DotNet errors when it comes to grabbing CDN links. I suspect that there is a slight problem with .NET4.0 (might need 4.5 dunno).
EDIT: as posted above i'll pondering wheter there is need for another solution beyond DesuraDumper (or if this does whats needed)
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Excellent both IPs down for me.
EDIT: one of the IPs works now again
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Looks like Desura is working enough for me to be logged in and see my collection.
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Yea, get it dumped asap! I wrote a preliminary dumper using its own API. Can supply it if needed though i'd rather clean it up a little. It can be deployed on a server so works pretty quickly.
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Looks like Desura's down again, folks. Was working fine for me this morning, but now it's suddenly gone down yet again.
EDIT: Whoop, nevermind. Turns out that the hosts trick from this thread just stopped working. Desura's still accessible without the hosts trick.
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http://www.desura.com/games/ostrich-island
Seems to be working today ,15th April.
edit :
The owner of secure.desura.com has configured their website improperly. To protect your information from being stolen, Firefox has not connected to this website.
Can't log in to ask them about this.
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cant load the site
Cant connect to the site(probably because the servers shut down)
RIP
From starwol
secure.desura.com <- might have to add this one too
back up your games b4 its gone for good!
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