On Friday 08 April 2011 00:09:29 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Friday 08 April 2011 00:55:19 Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Hello list, > > > > Why do boxes on my network return this? > > > > $ nslookup www.gentoo.org > > Server: 127.0.0.1 > > Address: 127.0.0.1#53 > > > > Non-authoritative answer: > > www.gentoo.org canonical name = www-bytemark.gentoo.org. > > Name: www-bytemark.gentoo.org > > Address: 89.16.167.134 > > Short answer: it is correct, working as designed. > > Long answer: > > That answer came from a DNS cache, which by definition is not authoritative > - it is merely a copy (which you trust to be legit) > > It does match the actual records on the real auth servers:
So why can't links find the site? -- Rgds Peter

