>
> > me: My name is offthehill.org.
>
>That resolves forwards for me; it resolves backwards to some mindspring
>address.
My server is run from a Mindspring DSL account, so this is normal.
>Are you sure your DNS resolver is working properly? Are you using
>dnscache? What's in /etc/resolv.conf?
I believe so. I don't use a local DNS server, see below:
atelier:/# less /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 207.69.188.186
nameserver 207.69.188.185
atelier:/# dig postgresql.org
; <<>> DiG 9.1.3 <<>> postgresql.org
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 22794
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;postgresql.org. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
postgresql.org. 86400 IN A 216.126.84.28
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
postgresql.org. 86400 IN NS ns.hub.org.
postgresql.org. 86400 IN NS ns.trends.ca.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns.hub.org. 86400 IN A 216.126.84.1
ns.trends.ca. 25920 IN A 209.47.148.2
;; Query time: 178 msec
;; SERVER: 207.69.188.185#53(207.69.188.185)
;; WHEN: Wed Aug 22 16:42:15 2001
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 130
Thanks for your assistance!
-Josh
