On Sun, 17 Mar 2002 11:49:20 +0000 "Colin Fraser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote :
> Hi, > > A funny I hope someone can help me with. > > Configured with BT HomeHighway a month or so ago. After much reading of docs > (and not a huge amount of understanding what I was doing!) I got bind working > on the server and masquerading working. Can browse, ftp, etc. quite happily > from my workstation. BUT - I can't get to java.sun.com. nslookup gives the > address 192.18.97.XX (the XX changes on each call)! > ftp.java.sun.com checks for reverse lookups on your IP address ie the IP address maps to a host name and that hostname map back to the same IP address. I had the same problem with ntl at the weekend when their dns was fscked up, BT have been bad for doing this as well. Many other services that are tcpwrapped with ALL EXCEPT PARANOID will knock you back like this. -- Kenny Duffus Department of Computer & Information Sciences University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK Tel: +44 (0)141 548 3592 Fax: +44 (0)141 552 5330 -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
