> There is something strange here.... > > When I lookup "www.google.com", I get: > > carcharias ~ # host www.google.com > www.google.com has address 66.102.7.104 > carcharias ~ # host 66.102.7.104 > 104.7.102.66.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer www.google.com. > > However for www.google.com, you get 72.14.203.104. But that address > doesn't resolve to a host name when I do a reverse lookup. > > carcharias ~ # host 72.14.203.104 > 104.203.14.72.in-addr.arpa has no PTR record > > If I had to make a guess, I would say that your ISP has got some kind > of proxy service setup that lies to you about the address of > www.google.com, so that you actually connect through one of their > servers. > google.com isn't a good test case. They use some Really advanced load balancing/routing/ localization algorithism for their network. Best to use a smaller, single-homed Name for a test.
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