On Feb 13, 2008 8:47 AM, Sir June <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > apologies for Micro$oft things on this email, but i am looking for answers > to recommend to use Linux as proxy and DNS resolver. > > problem: our office is using ISA proxy and it points to "root hint > servers" as our DNS resolvers. ex-admin guy did that. now, we can't > resolve/get A record of our website that is hosted in our ISP. other parts > of the world can see our website, but we from the inside can't get the A > record, thus, we can't view the website. > is it OK to use root hint servers?what is the catch? or should i use our > ISP's nameservers? i am looking for some answers to back up my proposal to > use Linux DNS forwarder and proxy. > > Since your website is hosted by your ISP, it's best to use them as your > DNS resolver. You can check by using the dig utility, e.g. >
$ dig website_name @nameServerName_of_isp If you can't get an answer section then it means that something is wrong with your dns settings, check with your host provider on how to resolve it. HTH P.S. It's rude to use someone else's DNS without their permission. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your > homepage.<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51438/*http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs> > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- http://jangestre.wordpress.com
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