On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:59:24 +0100 Csaba Kiraly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>If you did not specify your IP within the torrc, tor tries to guess it >based on your hostname ... and this goes wrong if the DNS is wrong! As stated in the text you top-posted, if you had read it, I specified a host+domain name in torrc. That host+domain name combination is updated at dyndns.org upon system startup and within ten minutes of any change. I use inadyn to test and update the dyndns.org name server data base. >I think messages related to this are at info level, so you can have a >look at info level logs. > >If you are running on Linux, look at your /etc/hosts file. I run FreeBSD 6-STABLE. There is no entry in /etc/hosts because /etc/nsswitch.conf is set to have the resolver routines check /etc/hosts before querying name servers. An entry in /etc/hosts for the chosen host+domain name combination at dyndns.org would defeat the purpose of using inadyn and the dyndns.org service. Although I have not spent time to familiarize myself with the tor source code, especially since I have yet to encounter written documentation of its internal structure, I am not an idiot. I have also been doing UNIX system administration for two decades. >Check also what you get from DNS lookup for your hostname with >"nslookup" (both Linux and Windows). > nslookup is a pain in the butt. I normally use dig. In any case, as stated in the text that you ignored, the IP address had not changed. Therefore it had not been altered at dyndns.org. And, yes, I did check. The address had not changed at dyndns.org, and it had not changed here. The ADSL modem+router's log showed only the initial PPPoE exchange that resulted from plugging it in. If the IP address had changed, all of that would have had to appear in the modem+router's log. tor has now been up and running for just over five hours since I stopped and restarted it because of the problem. There has been no recurrence during this time. Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG ********************************************************************** * Internet: bennett at cs.niu.edu * *--------------------------------------------------------------------* * "A well regulated and disciplined militia, is at all times a good * * objection to the introduction of that bane of all free governments * * -- a standing army." * * -- Gov. John Hancock, New York Journal, 28 January 1790 * **********************************************************************