Re: dns at home

2012-10-03 Thread Michael Butash
Caching bind server install is I think as easy as "apt-get install bind9" still on ubuntu (behind a firewall mind you). I run a pair of bind servers, but mostly because I run some internal domains at home to keep track of various server instances and devices. My good old dns ser

Re: dns at home

2012-10-03 Thread JD Austin
Heh! Like minds think alike :) On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 1:39 PM, kitepi...@kitepilot.com < kitepi...@kitepilot.com> wrote: > I would save myself the grief of running a DNS and set my resolv.conf to > 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 > See: > http://www.linuxfromscratch.**org/lfs/vie

Re: dns at home

2012-10-03 Thread JD Austin
An easier solution would be to switch to a public DNS like Open DNS: 208.67.220.220 208.67.222.222 Google: 4.4.4.4 8.8.8.8 I NEVER use my ISPs DNS servers :) JD On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Derek Trotter wrote: > Since I signed up with my ISP I've had trouble with dns. Someti

Re: dns at home

2012-10-03 Thread kitepi...@kitepilot.com
I would save myself the grief of running a DNS and set my resolv.conf to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 See: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter07/network.html ET Derek Trotter writes: Since I signed up with my ISP I've had trouble with dns. Sometimes urls take a long ti

Re: dns at home

2012-10-03 Thread James Mcphee
I occassionally have similiar issues. I do 2 things. I have a local DNS server that forwards to OpenDNS. This allows me to fiddle with things as I want, and keeps me off the ISP's horrible DNS services. On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Derek Trotter wrote: > Since I signed up with my

Re: dns at home

2012-10-03 Thread Derek Trotter
Since I signed up with my ISP I've had trouble with dns. Sometimes urls take a long time to resolve. Other times I get errors saying the url couldn't be found. Sometimes a page won't load properly because parts of it come from other urls and those don't resolve. Calls to

Re: dns at home

2012-10-03 Thread JD Austin
Nope and nope :) This is old but covers it pretty well : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=236093 On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Derek Trotter wrote: > I'm thinking of running dns at home on my linux box(kubuntu 8). I don't > want a caching server. Would this be dif

Re: dns at home

2012-10-03 Thread James Mcphee
No, this is somewhat arcane, but depending on what functions you want, can be quite simple. DNS works by reference, so you don't load the world's DNS onto your server. That server will still need valid external DNS servers. I prefer BIND, myself. I have friends that enjoy PowerDNS.

Re: dns at home

2012-10-03 Thread Lisa Kachold
Hi Derek, On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Derek Trotter wrote: > I'm thinking of running dns at home on my linux box(kubuntu 8). I don't > want a caching server. Would this be difficult to set up? Would this > consume a lot of bandwidth? > > There are some security

dns at home

2012-10-03 Thread Derek Trotter
I'm thinking of running dns at home on my linux box(kubuntu 8). I don't want a caching server. Would this be difficult to set up? Would this consume a lot of bandwidth? Thanks -- "One mistake up here and it's half a day out with the undert

Re: Rackspace email & DNS

2011-06-22 Thread Eric Shubert
On 06/18/2011 08:29 AM, keith smith wrote: I agree. I enjoyed installing and configuring Qmail Toaster. However I have lots of other things that demand my time. It's not feasible for me to run a mail server - would be a lot of fun though. There are other considerations as well. I've had a Q

Re: Rackspace email & DNS

2011-06-19 Thread Lisa Kachold
less thing for me to worry about. > > Thank you for working through this with me. > > > Keith Smith > > --- On *Sat, 6/18/11, Lisa Kachold * wrote: > > > From: Lisa Kachold > Subject: Re: Rackspace email & DNS > To: "Main P

Update to mt dns checker

2011-06-19 Thread Dazed_75
#!/bin/bash # ## Adapted from http://www.webupd8.org/2010/09/determine-dns-query-duration-quick.html ## by Larry Thiel 09/26/2010 No Rights Reserved ## modified by LT 10/04/2010 ## modified by LT 06/18/2011 to rearrange display lines (could make 2nd line optional) function checkdns () { local

Re: Rackspace email & DNS

2011-06-18 Thread Bryan O'Neal
t; less thing for me to worry about. > > Thank you for working through this with me. > > > > Keith Smith > > --- On Sat, 6/18/11, Lisa Kachold wrote: > > From: Lisa Kachold > Subject: Re: Rackspace email & DNS > To: "Main P

Re: Rackspace email & DNS

2011-06-18 Thread keith smith
Lisa Kachold wrote: From: Lisa Kachold Subject: Re: Rackspace email & DNS To: "Main PLUG discussion list" Date: Saturday, June 18, 2011, 9:27 AM Yes, that looks like a good deal at Rackspace. Google Aps just changed their service levels. There is also a mail relay optio

Re: Rackspace email & DNS

2011-06-18 Thread Lisa Kachold
> > Keith Smith > > --- On *Sat, 6/18/11, Lisa Kachold * wrote: > > > From: Lisa Kachold > > Subject: Re: Rackspace email & DNS > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > Date: Saturday, June 18, 2011, 8:05 AM > > > It&

Re: Rackspace email & DNS

2011-06-18 Thread keith smith
Lisa Kachold wrote: From: Lisa Kachold Subject: Re: Rackspace email & DNS To: "Main PLUG discussion list" Date: Saturday, June 18, 2011, 8:05 AM It's really fun to run a mail server! With a correctly configured postfix, exim or sendmail it's very fun.  Of course,

Re: Rackspace email & DNS

2011-06-18 Thread Lisa Kachold
> From: Dan Lund > > Subject: Re: Rackspace email & DNS > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > Date: Friday, June 17, 2011, 5:36 PM > > > You get to that amount, and it's on the border of creating your own mail > server. > It's not terribly hard, i

Re: Rackspace email & DNS

2011-06-17 Thread Stephen
sure would like hearing about it. >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> >> Keith Smith >> >> --- On Fri, 6/17/11, Bryan O'Neal wrote: >> >> From: Bryan O'Neal >> Subject: Re: Rackspace email & DNS >

Re: Rackspace email & DNS

2011-06-17 Thread Joseph Sinclair
t need email. > > http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/group/index.html > > If you know of a better plan I, sure would like hearing about it. > > Thanks! > > ---- > > Keith Smith > > --- On Fri, 6/17/11, Bryan O'Neal > wrote: >

Re: Rackspace email & DNS

2011-06-17 Thread keith smith
just need email. http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/group/index.html If you know of a better plan I, sure would like hearing about it. Thanks! Keith Smith --- On Fri, 6/17/11, Bryan O'Neal wrote: From: Bryan O'Neal Subject: Re: Rackspace email & DNS T

Re: Rackspace email & DNS

2011-06-17 Thread Bryan O'Neal
wn > that path and found it was going to take a lot of on going effort.   I's not > the cost of the server, it is the cost of time. > > > > Keith Smith > > --- On Fri, 6/17/11, Dan Lund wrote: > > From: Dan Lund > Subject: Re: Rackspa

Re: Rackspace email & DNS

2011-06-17 Thread keith smith
time. Keith Smith --- On Fri, 6/17/11, Dan Lund wrote: From: Dan Lund Subject: Re: Rackspace email & DNS To: "Main PLUG discussion list" Date: Friday, June 17, 2011, 5:36 PM You get to that amount, and it's on the border of creating your own mail server. It's not

Re: Rackspace email & DNS

2011-06-17 Thread Dan Lund
*Thu, 6/16/11, Bryan O'Neal > * wrote: > > > From: Bryan O'Neal > Subject: Re: Rackspace email & DNS > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > Date: Thursday, June 16, 2011, 9:24 PM > > > No direct experience but I am have only heard good things a

Re: Rackspace email & DNS

2011-06-17 Thread keith smith
hanks!  Keith Smith --- On Thu, 6/16/11, Bryan O'Neal wrote: From: Bryan O'Neal Subject: Re: Rackspace email & DNS To: "Main PLUG discussion list" Date: Thursday, June 16, 2011, 9:24 PM No direct experience but I am have only heard good things about rackspace.

Re: Rackspace email & DNS

2011-06-16 Thread Bryan O'Neal
No direct experience but I am have only heard good things about rackspace. That said I let google do my email. On 6/16/11, keith smith wrote: > > Hi, > > Anyone have experience with Rackspace email and their DNS hosting service ? > They have 10gig mailboxes for $2/mo each.  And D

Rackspace email & DNS

2011-06-16 Thread keith smith
Hi, Anyone have experience with Rackspace email and their DNS hosting service ?  They have 10gig mailboxes for $2/mo each.  And DNS can be added for $5.00/yr. I'm testing their service now. Thanks in advance. Keith

Re: DNS provider

2011-06-02 Thread keith smith
Thank you all for your input on 3rd party DNS providers! Keith Smith --- On Sat, 5/28/11, Bryan O'Neal wrote: From: Bryan O'Neal Subject: Re: DNS provider To: "Main PLUG discussion list" Date: Saturday, May 28, 2011, 10:56 AM I can put in

Re: DNS provider

2011-05-28 Thread Bryan O'Neal
I can put in a second choice for dyndns. I really like that the offer (shockingly) modern features that other dns providers are either unable or unwilling to do. And I have never had a problem - unlike with some other companies. On 5/27/11, Eric Shubert wrote: > On 05/25/2011 11:32 AM, ke

Re: DNS provider

2011-05-27 Thread Eric Shubert
On 05/25/2011 11:32 AM, keith smith wrote: Hi, Any recommendations on a DNS provider that you would stake your reputation, job, career, ETC on? I'm looking for a DNS provider for a healthy online store. The provider must be rock solid. I do not mind spending a few bucks. T

Re: DNS provider

2011-05-25 Thread JD Austin
Ultradns from ultradns.com (now neustar) is the best that I know of. On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 11:32, keith smith wrote: > > Hi, > > Any recommendations on a DNS provider that you would stake your reputation, > job, career, ETC on? > > I'm looking for a DNS provider

RE: DNS provider

2011-05-25 Thread lkrawc...@amhealthgroup.com
Subject: Re: DNS provider Same with www.zoneedit.com<http://www.zoneedit.com>. Been using them over a decade, easy to use, never had an outage. - joe On May 25, 2011 11:35 AM, "Sean Roe" mailto:s...@azbiz.net>> wrote: > We have been very happy with http://www.dn

Re: DNS provider

2011-05-25 Thread Joseph King
t; manage. > > Sean > > On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 11:32 AM, keith smith wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> >> Any recommendations on a DNS provider that you would stake your reputation, >> job, career, ETC on? >> >> I'm looking for a DNS provider for a

Re: DNS provider

2011-05-25 Thread Sean Roe
We have been very happy with http://www.dnsmadeeasy.com/ and http://www.zerigo.com/ . Both highly reliable, redundant and easy to manage. Sean On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 11:32 AM, keith smith wrote: > > Hi, > > Any recommendations on a DNS provider that you would stake your reput

DNS provider

2011-05-25 Thread keith smith
Hi, Any recommendations on a DNS provider that you would stake your reputation, job, career, ETC on? I'm looking for a DNS provider for a healthy online store.  The provider must be rock solid.  I do not mind spending a few bucks. Thanks!  Keith

Re: DNS & Name Servers.

2011-05-02 Thread Eric Shubert
On 04/29/2011 01:45 PM, keith smith wrote: Hi, I have an old lap top on which I have installed CentOS 5.6 and Qmail Toaster. I can send and receive email just fine. Qmail Toaster is working just fine. Now I want to configure Bind. Currently I am using my registrar's DNS. I would like t

Re: DNS & Name Servers.

2011-04-29 Thread Lisa Kachold
igure Bind. Currently I am using my registrar's DNS. I > would like to run my own for the experience of it. > Well, you can have more than one nameserver! > > I only have one IP address on my Internet Account. It is my understanding > I need 2 name servers. If that is tru

Re: DNS & Name Servers.

2011-04-29 Thread Dale Farnsworth
Keith wrote: > Hi, > > I have an old lap top on which I have installed CentOS 5.6 and Qmail > Toaster.  I can send and receive email just fine.  Qmail Toaster is > working just fine. > > Now I want to configure Bind.  Currently I am using my registrar's DNS.  > I wou

DNS & Name Servers.

2011-04-29 Thread keith smith
Hi, I have an old lap top on which I have installed CentOS 5.6 and Qmail Toaster.  I can send and receive email just fine.  Qmail Toaster is working just fine. Now I want to configure Bind.  Currently I am using my registrar's DNS.  I would like to run my own for the experience of it. I

Re: Ubuntu Desktop dns binding help

2011-02-15 Thread Stephen
cause I can insert firewalls, routers, etc... as/where >>> desired to emulate probable scenarios. It's particularly helpful to >>> emulate 4in6 or 6in4 connections when using external providers that do >>> not provide sufficient IPv6 support. >>> >>

Re: Ubuntu Desktop dns binding help

2011-02-15 Thread kitepi...@kitepilot.com
rs that do not provide sufficient IPv6 support. It's just easier to create a hostfile entry on the test client(s) than to create or modify public DNS (sometimes that's not even possible). This is particularly true when the service you're testing is already live and you need to b

Re: Ubuntu Desktop dns binding help

2011-02-15 Thread Ed
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Tom Ostlund wrote: > Hello All, > > I have my LAMP setup working just fine but I would like to setup dns so that > I can fully test the sites that I am working on locally. This is where > google fails me. I can see all kinds of stuff for Ubuntu

Re: Ubuntu Desktop dns binding help

2011-02-15 Thread Kevin Fries
It's particularly helpful to emulate 4in6 or 6in4 connections when using external providers that do not provide sufficient IPv6 support. It's just easier to create a hostfile entry on the test client(s) than to create or modify public DNS (sometimes that's not even possible). This i

Re: Ubuntu Desktop dns binding help

2011-02-15 Thread Stephen
e a hostfile entry on the test client(s) than to > create or modify public DNS (sometimes that's not even possible).  This is > particularly true when the service you're testing is already live and you > need to black-box test a component of an interconnected SOA system.

Re: Ubuntu Desktop dns binding help

2011-02-15 Thread Joseph Sinclair
n6 or 6in4 connections when using external providers that do not provide sufficient IPv6 support. It's just easier to create a hostfile entry on the test client(s) than to create or modify public DNS (sometimes that's not even possible). This is particularly true when the service you'r

Re: Ubuntu Desktop dns binding help

2011-02-15 Thread Kevin Fries
On 02/15/2011 10:42 AM, Joseph Sinclair wrote: Tom, Are you certain you need DNS and not, say, an entry in your hosts file (/etc/hosts)? Usually when testing I just add a hosts entry for the domain in question to the test client boxes and/or servers and that resolves things without having

Re: Ubuntu Desktop dns binding help

2011-02-15 Thread Stephen
It would also give him some good learning on DNS... On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Joseph Sinclair wrote: > Tom, >  Are you certain you need DNS and not, say, an entry in your hosts file > (/etc/hosts)? > Usually when testing I just add a hosts entry for the domain in question to

Re: Ubuntu Desktop dns binding help

2011-02-15 Thread Joseph Sinclair
Tom, Are you certain you need DNS and not, say, an entry in your hosts file (/etc/hosts)? Usually when testing I just add a hosts entry for the domain in question to the test client boxes and/or servers and that resolves things without having to mess with DNS. Tom Ostlund wrote: > Hello

Re: Ubuntu Desktop dns binding help

2011-02-15 Thread Tom Ostlund
p working just fine but I would like to setup dns so that > > I can fully test the sites that I am working on locally. This is where > > google fails me. I can see all kinds of stuff for Ubuntu Server but not > > really anything for Ubuntu Desktop. > > > > Can anyo

Re: Ubuntu Desktop dns binding help

2011-02-15 Thread Stephen
results are still valid. On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Tom Ostlund wrote: > Hello All, > > I have my LAMP setup working just fine but I would like to setup dns so that > I can fully test the sites that I am working on locally. This is where > google fails me. I can see all kinds of s

Ubuntu Desktop dns binding help

2011-02-15 Thread Tom Ostlund
Hello All, I have my LAMP setup working just fine but I would like to setup dns so that I can fully test the sites that I am working on locally. This is where google fails me. I can see all kinds of stuff for Ubuntu Server but not really anything for Ubuntu Desktop. Can anyone send me a link

HackFest: DNS Rebinding Attack http://www.defcon.org/html/links/dc-speakerscorner.html

2010-09-02 Thread Lisa Kachold
At DefCon 18, a new SOHO router exploit (while alive and well in the field for some time) has been fully showcased: DNS rebinding Attacks: Heffner's presentation PDF: http://thecyberjungle.com/cc/*defcon*18/*DEFCON* -18-Heffner-*Routers*.pdf * This neat trick does essentially the same thing

Re: Interesting DNS issue

2010-08-10 Thread Mike Ballon
ostly because I enjoy knowing that Micro$oft has a tendency to do whatever they want regardless. -Mike On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Dazed_75 wrote: > I wondered what people here might think about this idea about reputation > considerations in a DNS > > http://www.extreme

Interesting DNS issue

2010-08-10 Thread Dazed_75
I wondered what people here might think about this idea about reputation considerations in a DNS http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2367566,00.asp http://www.circleid.com/posts/20100728_taking_back_the_dns/ It seems a very interesting idea full of promise as well as potential abuse. I

PLUG DNS Issues

2010-03-07 Thread Brian Cluff
Seems we had an bit of an issue with the DNS server that was running the show for the PLUG servers. This problem occurred about a week ago and caused the DNS for both servers to be pointed at their old locations. This would account for the seemingly random complaints with various people not

Re: Cox DNS misadventures (was Re: Installfest this Saturday - PLUG website dead?)

2010-02-28 Thread Joseph Sinclair
;> Subject: Re: Installfest this Saturday - PLUG website dead? >> >> Your browser should be giving you an address not found message. If bing >> is factoring into it, then your dns is being hijacked, or you have some >> sort of plugin that is redirecting your results. >

Re: DNS

2009-11-29 Thread Lisa Kachold
Yes, and on all of the forums, since there were so many problems with those two providers' private DNS, which was being used to provide traffic shaping in the way of limiting services by failures in capacity planning, technically saavy individuals started to use 4.4.4.4 and other alternativ

RE: DNS

2009-11-29 Thread R P Herrold
On Sat, 28 Nov 2009, Bob Elzer wrote: > You do know that you can use any DNS server you want to, right ? two caveat's here: 1. a common policy to avoid load problems on nameservers is to limit relies to non-customer IP's to only those domains for which one is auth

Re: DNS

2009-11-28 Thread mike havens
r any of a bunch of others for free. >> >> Is there a particular reason you need to use the verizon DNS servers ? >> >> >> >> -- >> *From:* plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto: >> plug-discuss-bou

Re: DNS

2009-11-28 Thread mike havens
's the case, you really don't need to. > > You can use OpenDNS, or DynDNS, or any of a bunch of others for free. > > Is there a particular reason you need to use the verizon DNS servers ? > > > > -- > *From:* plug-discuss-b

RE: DNS

2009-11-28 Thread Bob Elzer
What are you trying to do ? I get the impression you are trying to do something sneaky. If that's the case, you really don't need to. You can use OpenDNS, or DynDNS, or any of a bunch of others for free. Is there a particular reason you need to use the verizon D

Re: DNS

2009-11-28 Thread mike havens
g on about not using them if you are not authorized to do > > so. What > > > are they talking about? I thought they were in the public domain. > > > > > > > What led you to believe that? > > > > They are intended for use solely

Re: DNS

2009-11-28 Thread Eric Shubert
ere in the public domain. > > > > What led you to believe that? > > They are intended for use solely by their customers. Why would/should > they provide DNS resolver services for the whole world? > > Then again, if they want to limit usage of th

Re: DNS

2009-11-28 Thread Ryan Rix
Say you have domain foobar.org and a mailserver mail.foobar.org, if you add an MX entry to foobar.org, the MX will say "yo, relay this mail to mail.foobar.org" (top posting due to laziness) mike havens wrote: > > yeah... I kinda thought that ns =name server but what about mx? > -- Ryan Rix

Re: DNS

2009-11-28 Thread mike havens
sing them if you are not authorized to do so. What > > are they talking about? I thought they were in the public domain. > > > > What led you to believe that? > > They are intended for use solely by their customers. Why would/should > they provide DNS resolver services fo

Re: DNS

2009-11-28 Thread Eric Shubert
nded for use solely by their customers. Why would/should they provide DNS resolver services for the whole world? Then again, if they want to limit usage of their resolvers to their customers, it seems reasonable that they take whatever measures are necessary to enforce that limitation. -- -

Re: DNS

2009-11-28 Thread mike havens
ote: > > You do know that you can use any DNS server you want to, right ? > > > > I use openDNS, it's free and I seem to have less problems then I ever had > > with qwest. > > > > http://www.opendns.com/start/ Basic works just fine. > > <http://

Re: DNS

2009-11-28 Thread Lisa Kachold
On 11/28/09, Bob Elzer wrote: > You do know that you can use any DNS server you want to, right ? > > I use openDNS, it's free and I seem to have less problems then I ever had > with qwest. > > http://www.opendns.com/start/ Basic works just fine. > <htt

RE: DNS

2009-11-28 Thread Bob Elzer
You do know that you can use any DNS server you want to, right ? I use openDNS, it's free and I seem to have less problems then I ever had with qwest. http://www.opendns.com/start/ Basic works just fine. <http://www.opendns.com/> https://store.opendns.com/setup/operatingsy

Re: DNS

2009-11-28 Thread Lisa Kachold
Monroe wrote: >> >> >> >> dns1.uson.mx >> >> sancarlos.noc.uson.mx >> >> 148.225.1.9 >> >> 148.225.2.9 >> >> >> >> >> >> Sent from my blackberry >> >> >> >> -Original Message- >

Re: DNS

2009-11-27 Thread mike havens
8.225.2.9 > >> > >> > >> Sent from my blackberry > >> > >> -Original Message- > >> From: mike havens > >> Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:47:58 > >> To: Main PLUG discussion list > >> Subject: DNS > >>

Re: DNS

2009-11-27 Thread Stephen
gt; > On 11/27/09, Dorian Monroe wrote: >> >> dns1.uson.mx >> sancarlos.noc.uson.mx >> 148.225.1.9 >> 148.225.2.9 >> >> >> Sent from my blackberry >> >> -Original Message- >> From: mike haven

Re: DNS

2009-11-27 Thread mike havens
9 > > > Sent from my blackberry > > -Original Message- > From: mike havens > Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:47:58 > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Subject: DNS > > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lis

Re: DNS

2009-11-27 Thread Dorian Monroe
dns1.uson.mx sancarlos.noc.uson.mx 148.225.1.9 148.225.2.9 Sent from my blackberry -Original Message- From: mike havens Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:47:58 To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: DNS --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG

DNS

2009-11-27 Thread mike havens
I'm trying to find the DNS in Nogales, Mexico. I stuck my terms into Google and came up with the following web page: http://www.robtex.com/dns/nogales.uson.mx.html My belief is that the IP addresses under the heading IP are the DNS settings. Am I correct? -- :-)

Re: OT-ish: In need of DNS hosting

2009-11-04 Thread Alex Dean
On Nov 4, 2009, at 5:02 PM, Joshua Zeidner wrote: On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Eric Shubert wrote: Ryan Rix wrote: Ryan Rix wrote: Eric Shubert wrote: Please correct me if I'm wrong, but it appears to me that OpenDNS provides only DNS Resolver (aka recursive, caching) servic

Re: OT-ish: In need of DNS hosting

2009-11-04 Thread Joshua Zeidner
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Eric Shubert wrote: > Ryan Rix wrote: >> Ryan Rix wrote: >> >>> Eric Shubert wrote: >>> >>>> Please correct me if I'm wrong, but it appears to me that OpenDNS >>>> provides only DNS Resolver (aka recurs

Re: OT-ish: In need of DNS hosting

2009-11-04 Thread Eric Shubert
Ryan Rix wrote: > Ryan Rix wrote: > >> Eric Shubert wrote: >> >>> Please correct me if I'm wrong, but it appears to me that OpenDNS >>> provides only DNS Resolver (aka recursive, caching) services. I believe >>> that Ryan's looking for A

Re: OT-ish: In need of DNS hosting

2009-11-04 Thread Ryan Rix
Ryan Rix wrote: > Eric Shubert wrote: > >> Please correct me if I'm wrong, but it appears to me that OpenDNS >> provides only DNS Resolver (aka recursive, caching) services. I believe >> that Ryan's looking for Authoritative DNS service, which I don't

Re: OT-ish: In need of DNS hosting

2009-11-04 Thread Ryan Rix
Eric Shubert wrote: > Please correct me if I'm wrong, but it appears to me that OpenDNS > provides only DNS Resolver (aka recursive, caching) services. I believe > that Ryan's looking for Authoritative DNS service, which I don't see > OpenDNS providing. Am I missing so

Re: OT-ish: In need of DNS hosting

2009-11-04 Thread Eric Shubert
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but it appears to me that OpenDNS provides only DNS Resolver (aka recursive, caching) services. I believe that Ryan's looking for Authoritative DNS service, which I don't see OpenDNS providing. Am I missing something here? Lisa Kachold wrote: &g

Re: OT-ish: In need of DNS hosting

2009-11-04 Thread Donn
I agree. OpenDNS is fast, inexpensive, and reliable. On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote: > OpenDNS > > > -- Donn There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." -- Dave Barry --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-dis

Re: OT-ish: In need of DNS hosting

2009-11-04 Thread Joshua Zeidner
name, not a .com > or anything like that, so I registered rix.si via the domain registrar COBIT > in Slovenia, since that's apparently the ONLY .si domain registrar with an > English site. > > So I did it, whew, 25$ a year. And then they told me they didn't host DNS. >

Re: OT-ish: In need of DNS hosting

2009-11-04 Thread Lisa Kachold
.si via the domain registrar > COBIT > in Slovenia, since that's apparently the ONLY .si domain registrar with an > English site. > > So I did it, whew, 25$ a year. And then they told me they didn't host DNS. > > Now, I'm cheap. :) My friend who hosts my irssi scre

OT-ish: In need of DNS hosting

2009-11-04 Thread Ryan Rix
Y .si domain registrar with an English site. So I did it, whew, 25$ a year. And then they told me they didn't host DNS. Now, I'm cheap. :) My friend who hosts my irssi screen session lovingly offered up a spot on his virtual server for my site, which is basically awesome because I have shel

Re: Odd question on DNS/domain name stuff...

2009-07-13 Thread Joseph Sinclair
5#53(204.13.248.75) > ;; WHEN: Mon Jul 13 18:48:38 2009 > ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 105 > > I do get a SOA section for neustar.biz - which would be probably where > this traffic is originating. But it's A record is not resolving for > some reason, probably never entered in the domai

RE: Odd question on DNS/domain name stuff...

2009-07-13 Thread Bob Elzer
What logs are you looking at ? Is this Apache I assume ? The IP address of the incoming connection should be in the log files /var/log/httpd/access_log (for centos) Is he looking at a summarized log file maybe like webalizer ? I believe that converts the ip's to their dns names. So lo

Re: Odd question on DNS/domain name stuff...

2009-07-13 Thread James Finstrom
Perhaps http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess14.shtml would be a good read. You can set the .htaccess to generate a 404 or ... Anyway I think the article probably has a good explination of what's going on. Your friend needs a new log parser or needs to add more columns to his view the apache

Re: Odd question on DNS/domain name stuff...

2009-07-13 Thread Lisa Kachold
nkage. > > Something else: I didn't know this, but people who mess around with > homebrew explosives call themselves "alchemists", so there's obviously > more of a cross-linked interest THERE than with aromatherapy. > > I've run "whois" searches on &

Re: Odd question on DNS/domain name stuff...

2009-07-13 Thread Jim March
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 6:32 PM, James Finstrom wrote: > The referer is not official it is just an http header so most likely > someone spoofing the header Well then they're spoofing it 2000+ times. A google search on: "alchemistsrroom.us" ...shows lots of hits and in some cases site referrals

Re: Odd question on DNS/domain name stuff...

2009-07-13 Thread James Finstrom
The referer is not official it is just an http header so most likely someone spoofing the header On 7/13/09, Jim March <1.jim.ma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Folks, > > I have a friend who runs a website. Every night he looks at the logs > and checks to see where people are linking in from - usually >

Odd question on DNS/domain name stuff...

2009-07-13 Thread Jim March
Folks, I have a friend who runs a website. Every night he looks at the logs and checks to see where people are linking in from - usually discussion forums. He's got a regular trickle of incoming from a website that doesn't seem to exist: http://www.alchemistsrroom.us Drop one "r" from "rroom"

Re: Changing your DNS (wasRe: info on a DNS)

2009-05-22 Thread Matt Graham
From: mike havens > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 12:38 AM, Kurt Granroth: >> On 5/21/09 6:23 AM, Lyle Tuttle wrote: >>> A friend has Cox internet service, but sends so many >>> emails they want her to pay for a business connection Er. Is she running a mailing list or something? This is odd, as I was

Changing your DNS (wasRe: info on a DNS)

2009-05-21 Thread mike havens
to pay for a business connection - way too much $. > > Could she connect to internet, then and send / receive email via these > > servers? > > No. As mentioned earlier, DNS servers are all about translating easy to > remember domain names to harder to remember IP addresses. No

Re: info on a DNS

2009-05-21 Thread Kurt Granroth
oned earlier, DNS servers are all about translating easy to remember domain names to harder to remember IP addresses. Nothing more. As far as your friend goes, presumably she is sending her email through Cox? I can't see how they would care or even know about her email traffic otherwise

Re: info on a DNS

2009-05-21 Thread Stephen
I used to use them in a pinch when I needed internet to fix my internal DNS On 5/20/09, Kurt Granroth wrote: > On 5/19/09 3:54 AM, mike havens wrote: >> I want to find out all that I can about a certain Domain Name Server. >> Unfortunately, I do not have linux on my computer so

Re: info on a DNS

2009-05-21 Thread Kurt Granroth
On 5/20/09 10:07 PM, mike havens wrote: > Could I go out and purchase a modem, hook it up to a coax connected to > the cable system (which is being paid for), and then have free internet No. DNS is simply a way of associating (harder to remember) IP addresses with (easier to remember)

Re: info on a DNS

2009-05-21 Thread Lyle Tuttle
connection for Internet service and add your modem to the allowed list. Free DNS servers does not equal free Internet. Sent from my iPhone On May 20, 2009, at 10:07 PM, mike havens <<mailto:bmi...@gmail.com>bmi...@gmail.com> wrote: Could I go out and purchase a modem, hook it

Re: info on a DNS

2009-05-21 Thread mike havens
what do they do to hack a modem? On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 1:26 AM, Jon M. Hanson wrote: > No. Cox has to provision your connection for Internet service and add your > modem to the allowed list. Free DNS servers does not equal free Internet. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 20,

Re: info on a DNS

2009-05-20 Thread Jon M. Hanson
No. Cox has to provision your connection for Internet service and add your modem to the allowed list. Free DNS servers does not equal free Internet. Sent from my iPhone On May 20, 2009, at 10:07 PM, mike havens wrote: Could I go out and purchase a modem, hook it up to a coax connected

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