In the immortal words of Mariusz PÄkala: > On 2005-01-13 01:47:27 -0800 (Thu, Jan), Ed Epstein wrote: > > The server it synced to was raptor.gentoo.org, and the stated IP address > > was 128.193.0.161. However, as far as I can tell, that IP address is in > > fact hillary.x.osuosl.org, and raptor.gentoo.org is 140.211.166.165. > > > > Now, I know that there is a rotation going on so maybe both of those > > machines are rsync mirrors and it's just the database that needs to be > > updated or something, but I'm really paranoid about my system's security > > right now so I am checking out every little thing that goes wrong or that > > seems weird as best as I can. > > Being paranoid is good! :-) > > > So is this discrepancy between domain name and IP address something to be > > concerned about, or am I a bit touchy right now? > > lisa root # host 128.193.0.161 > 161.0.193.128.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer hillary.x.osuosl.org. > > lisa root # host 140.211.166.165 > 165.166.211.140.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer raptor.gentoo.osuosl.org. > > lisa root # host hillary.x.osuosl.org > hillary.x.osuosl.org has address 128.193.0.161 > > lisa root # host raptor.gentoo.osuosl.org > raptor.gentoo.osuosl.org has address 140.211.166.165 > > lisa root # host raptor.gentoo.org > raptor.gentoo.org has address 140.211.166.165 > > lisa root # jwhois osuosl.org > [...snip...] > Domain ID:D101647374-LROR > Domain Name:OSUOSL.ORG > Created On:11-Oct-2003 17:25:06 UTC > Last Updated On:13-Apr-2004 17:30:07 UTC > Expiration Date:11-Oct-2005 17:25:06 UTC > Sponsoring Registrar:TierraNet Inc. dba DomainDiscover (R86-LROR) > Status:OK > Registrant ID:DDDD-0001053646 > Registrant Name:Scott Kveton > Registrant Organization:Oregon State University > ... > Registrant Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Admin ID:DDDD-0001053646 > Admin Name:Scott Kveton > Admin Organization:Oregon State University > ... > > So, if DNS servers that gave me these addresses are trustworthy (I am > using djbdns cache) both hosts belong to the same domain, > which belongs to Oregon State University. > > raptor.gentoo.org is the same as raptor.gentoo.osuosl.org. > I suppose that is no problem. Hovewer who knows what is going on inside > the University... ;-)
Thanks for your response. I decided that the output of the emerge command wasn't enough, so I hooked up an old laptop running openbsd to a hub and plugged that inline outside of my firewall. The next time I synced, I got connected to heron.gentoo.org and everything seemed to match up; i.e., I was in fact connected to the server that I was being told I was connecting to. So I let the sync run. It seems to have worked and my computer hasn't exploded but I shall remain as vigilant as possible. Huzzah! --Ed -- "It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this." --Bertrand Russell. "The American empire is ideological, not territorial. We are the most ideological people in the world, and we are so united in our view that we don't understand there can be other views." --Lt. Gen. William Odom, ret. (Former Director of NSA). "Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love." --Charlie Brown "Let us endeavour to live our lives so that when we die even the undertaker will be sorry." --Mark Twain -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
