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Hello !Friendica Support

I am trying in vain to add a Friedica contact to my contacts. Unfortunately Friendica always says "Network type not recognized". When I test the address via Webfinger, the result is an empty Arry.

When the other instance tries to add me as a contact, it doesn't work either.

Both are Friendica instances and both instances have also successfully added contacts.

What should we or I look for in the log file?
!Friendica Support
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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@Montag Can you provide said contact for us to test from our nodes? Probing your own contact return the expected information from my node.
@Montag
Montag
Montag  
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@Hypolite Petovan it is c47@fr.nixre.net
@Hypolite Petovan
Tuxi ⁂
Tuxi ⁂  
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@Montag
So for me, I was able to add this contact without any problems.
@Hypolite Petovan
@Hypolite Petovan @Montag
Montag
Montag  
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@Hypolite Petovan here is an excerpt of the logfile when I check the address with webfinger.

https://paste.schleicloud.de/?b886fb5454e5646d#RJa4wriwgNPBMnxmFeBTjSGZf9ZcusSQmKZkb7PkUHG
@Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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@Montag Have you tried adding this contact using their full profile URL? Their WebFinger implementation seems to be broken at the moment.
@Montag
Montag
Montag  
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@Hypolite Petovan Yes, I have tried, the result is unfortunately the same.
@Hypolite Petovan
Montag
Montag  
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@Hypolite Petovan I have now tried once successfully to add it as a contact on my test account on libranet. This worked without any problems. Then the problem seems to be with my instance, right?
@Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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@Montag
Montag
Montag  
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@Hypolite Petovan for me it looks like this ...

Array
(
    [name] => https://fr.nixre.net/profile/c47/
    [given_name] => 
    [family_name] => 
    [nick] => https://fr.nixre.net/profile/c47/
    [guid] => 
    [url] => https://fr.nixre.net/profile/c47/
    [addr] => 
    [alias] => 
    [photo] => https://friendica.xyz/images/person-300.jpg
    [photo_medium] => 
    [photo_small] => 
    [header] => 
    [account-type] => 
    [community] => 
    [keywords] => 
    [location] => 
    [about] => 
    [xmpp] => 
    [matrix] => 
    [hide] => 
    [batch] => 
    [notify] => 
    [poll] => 
    [request] => 
    [confirm] => 
    [subscribe] => 
    [poco] => 
    [following] => 
    [followers] => 
    [inbox] => 
    [outbox] => 
    [sharedinbox] => 
    [priority] => 0
    [network] => unkn
    [pubkey] => 
    [manually-approve] => 
    [baseurl] => 
    [gsid] => 
    [networks] => Array
        (
        )

)
@Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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@Montag I was wondering if your domain might have been blocked but it doesn't look like it: https://fr.nixre.net/friendica
@Montag
Montag
Montag  
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@Hypolite Petovan i have now tested an address with webfinger and probe, from which I know that my instance of it is blocked. And the result actually looks exactly like the one at Rebeka. However, since she has also already tried to add me as a contact, it can't actually be. Very weird ...
@Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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@Montag I'm curious about both of these:
2023-04-28T15:47:20Z index [DEBUG]: construct {"url":"https://fr.nixre.net/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct%3Ac47%40fr.nixre.net","returncode":500,"result":""} - {"file":"CurlResult.php","line":143,"function":"__construct","request-id":"644bea8817fd4","uid":"965da3","process_id":910}
2023-04-28T15:47:20Z index [DEBUG]: construct {"url":"https://fr.nixre.net/.well-known/host-meta","returncode":500,"result":""} - {"file":"CurlResult.php","line":143,"function":"__construct","request-id":"644bea8817fd4","uid":"965da3","process_id":910}

Neither of these URL return the 500 error code when I access them in my browser.
@Montag
Montag
Montag  
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@Hypolite Petovan
When I access my webspace via ssh and try this, the result looks like this
$ curl https://fr.nixre.net/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct%3Ac47@fr.nixre.net
curl: (35) error:1407742E:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:tlsv1 alert protocol version


And this is the result when I try with your address. And this is probably how it should look like. So the problem is probably on my end.
curl https://friendica.mrpetovan.com/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct%3Ahypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com
{
    "subject": "acct:hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com",
    "aliases": [
        "https://friendica.mrpetovan.com/~hypolite",
        "https://friendica.mrpetovan.com/profile/hypolite"
    ],
    "links": [
        {
            "rel": "http://purl.org/macgirvin/dfrn/1.0",
            "href": "https://friendica.mrpetovan.com/profile/hypolite"
.
.
.
@Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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@Montag Indeed, it looks like a problem from your server, good luck with that!
@Montag
Montag
Montag  
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@Hypolite Petovan Hm, I rather hoped that you write: I have found the solution! 😉
@Hypolite Petovan
Montag
Montag  
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@Hypolite Petovan
$ curl -V
curl 7.83.1
Release-Date: 2022-05-11
Protocols: dict file ftp ftps gopher gophers http https imap imaps ldap ldaps mqtt pop3 pop3s rtsp scp sftp smb smbs smtp smtps telnet tftp 
Features: alt-svc AsynchDNS brotli HSTS HTTP2 HTTPS-proxy IDN IPv6 Largefile libz NTLM NTLM_WB PSL SSL UnixSockets
@Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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@Montag Drat, this looks good. Most Internet advice around this error is about outdated curl binaries.
@Montag
Montag
Montag  
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Ok, so now i just need to figure out how to install a current curl version on my webspace. But I will take a look at that tomorrow. 😉

Surely there are more people here who have hosted Friendica at #Uberspace. Has anyone of you ever done that? 😉

Thanks @Hypolite Petovan for your help and time.
#uberspace @Hypolite Petovan
Rebeka Catalina
Rebeka Catalina  
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@Hypolite Petovan @Montag @Schaf
Rebeka Catalina
Rebeka Catalina  
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Oh... and this happes to me so far with users from instances that are hosted on uberspace. With users from instances hosted elsewhere I can connect successfully 😕
Montag
Montag  
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Danke für den Tip, funktioniert leider auch nicht ...
Montag
Montag  
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@agarbathi stimmt, auf der Konsole gibt es ein "301 Moved Permanently". Ich werde die Tage mal versuchen, eine aktuelle cURL Version zu installieren und dann weiter schauen.
@agarbathi
Montag
Montag  
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Da ja einige der kleineren Instanzen hier auf #Uberspace gehostet sind mache ich das natürlich. Noch habe ich zwar keinen Plan, wie ich das mit dem aktualisieren machen soll, aber mal schauen.
#uberspace
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