"traceroute -I domain.com" as root might help track down the problem.
On Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:03:41 -0500 Nathan Moore <ntmo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Context: small academic cluster of SL5.8 machines, x86_64. > > Recently, some of the machines on the cluster stopped being able to > access the outside internet. Machines can still update via ftp, yum, > nslookup, and ping, but http requests beyond the local cluster seem > to be universally denied. I've never encountered a problem like this > before (and it is probably my own fault, as I am a self-taught > sys-admin), but I'm wondering if anyone else has seen a similar > problem. > > Bonus points if you can tell me where in /etc or /var I should look > to find the offending config file. > > regards, > > NTM