On Fri, 3 Mar 2023 13:06:47 -0600, Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> wrote:

>    1141 $ date; nslookup eccgw.eastdata.ibm.com
>    Fri Mar  3 11:35:00 MST 2023
>    Non-authoritative answer:
>    Name:       eccgw.eastdata.ibm.com
>    Address: 170.225.123.67
>    1142 $
>
>... so apparently both hostnames are now known to DNS.  Administrators can 
>simply enter both
>(sets of) IP addresses in firewall.  Programmers can use the old hostnames 
>(which will remain
>valid), switch at the appropriate time, and firewall administrators can then 
>remove the old ones.
>
>Service can be seamless; timing is not critical.
>

I'm testing with the new host name but getting 'Connection failed.'.    I 
wonder if the new address is really active yet?  or my firewall is still 
blocking perhaps.

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