wanna try opendns? www.opendns.com On Feb 14, 2008 9:00 AM, jan gestre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > 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 > _________________________________________________ > 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 > -- Regards, Danny Ching
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