On Monday 17 May 2010 07:36:33 pm Trevor Benedict wrote: > Well for one, dont use your ISP's dns servers. There are a few other 'open' > dns servers out there. > a.gtld-servers.net - m.gtld-servers.net, slow, but they work.
They don't for me, and they're not designed to work, so they may not work for you either. the gltd-servers.net nameservers are not true resolving/cacheing nameservers; they simply report the nameservers for the domain for which you're looking: <snip> of1:~$ dig @a.gtld-servers.net nobaloney.net ; <<>> DiG 9.6.1-P2 <<>> @a.gtld-servers.net nobaloney.net ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 46424 ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2 ;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;nobaloney.net. IN A ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: nobaloney.net. 172800 IN NS ns1.ns-one.net. nobaloney.net. 172800 IN NS ns2.ns-one.net. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: ns1.ns-one.net. 172800 IN A 85.17.204.1 ns2.ns-one.net. 172800 IN A 74.124.205.2 ;; Query time: 88 msec ;; SERVER: 192.5.6.30#53(192.5.6.30) ;; WHEN: Wed May 19 10:53:30 2010 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 106 of1:~$ </snip> Jeff -- Jeff Lasman Post Office Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 Our jplists address used on lists is for list email only Phone +1 909 266-9209, or see: "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html"; _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list LinuxUsers@socallinux.org http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
