On July 21, 2007 20:55:01 Tijnema wrote:
> On 7/22/07, Kevin Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Tijnema,
> >
> > Thanks a lot for answering.
> >
> > Can you do me a favor please ? Can you try to connect to these two
> > websites I recently tried to connect but couldn't because of the problem
> > mentioned earlier ?
> >
> > www.kbfx.org
> > thepinkfloyd.co.uk
> > torrentsworld.org
> >
> > I just wanna know if I'm the only one facing this problem. At least, we
> > can confirm that it is indeed a problem on their end and not something on
> > my end.
> >
> > Thanks again.
> >
> > Kevin
>
> All 3 sites mentioned above are not working correctly for me either,
> so i'm 99% sure it isn't a problem on your end! :)
>
> Tijnema
>
> Ps. please don't top-post
>
> > On July 21, 2007 20:29:36 Tijnema wrote:
> > > On 7/22/07, Kevin Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > Recently, I've started having strange problems while browsing. Some
> > > > of the websites simply cannot be browsed for eg. kbfx.org, as I get
> > > > an error message that says:
> > > >
> > > > An error occurred while loading http://www.kbfx.org/:
> > > > Unknown host www.kbfx.org
> > > >
> > > > "host -dv kbfx.org" produces the following output:
> > > >
> > > > Trying "kbfx.org"
> > > > Host kbfx.org not found: 2(SERVFAIL)
> > > > Received 26 bytes from 192.168.0.1#53 in 14 ms
> > > >
> > > > And "dig kbfx.org" produces the following output:
> > > >
> > > > ; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> kbfx.org
> > > > ;; global options:  printcmd
> > > > ;; Got answer:
> > > > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 29789
> > > > ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
> > > >
> > > > ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> > > > ;kbfx.org.                      IN      A
> > > >
> > > > ;; Query time: 23 msec
> > > > ;; SERVER: 192.168.0.1#53(192.168.0.1)
> > > > ;; WHEN: Sat Jul 21 20:03:25 2007
> > > > ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 26
> > > >
> > > > This is what "/etc/nsswitch.conf" contains:
> > > > ------------------------------------------------------
> > > > # Begin /etc/nsswitch.conf
> > > > passwd: files
> > > > group: files
> > > > shadow: files
> > > > hosts: files mdns dns
> > > > networks: files
> > > > protocols: files
> > > > services: files
> > > > ethers: files
> > > > rpc: files
> > > > # End /etc/nsswitch.conf
> > > > ------------------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > "/etc/resolv.conf" contains:
> > > > ------------------------------------------
> > > > # Generated by dhcpcd for interface eth0
> > > > nameserver 192.168.0.1
> > > > ------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > As I'm on DSL with a dynamic ip, I've configured ifup to run dhcpcd.
> > > > I also have named running "chroot-jail"ed. I've tried disabling named
> > > > to no avail.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I haven't upgraded any of the packages related to dhcp, network etc.
> > > > except upgrading kde from 3.5.5 to 3.5.7.  The only other thing I've
> > > > installed is a firewall utility guarddog. Prior to that, I was using
> > > > a customized iptables script. I don't think firewall would have any
> > > > effect on this. Just to get things cleared up, I cleared the iptables
> > > > and tried the above commands which, produced the same result.
> > > >
> > > > At the moment, I'm a bit lost as to what more info is required.
> > > > Please let me know if there's any other info needed.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any help.
> > > >
> > > > Kevin
> > >
> > > Well, I don't see a problem here, the nameservers of the site you
> > > mentioned just can't be reached by your dns. It's up to the site
> > > owners to fix this problem.
> > >
> > > Tijnema
> > >
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Thanks again for the help.

> All 3 sites mentioned above are not working correctly for me either,
> so i'm 99% sure it isn't a problem on your end! :)
>

I will assume here that, you're geting the error message as I did and that's 
what you mea by "...not working correctly..". 

I wonder why are there so many websites having this problem. Probably some 
kind of virus attack/outbreak ! :-(

Thanks again.

Kevin
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