Re: [OT] Bonehead DNS question

2006-10-19 Thread Bill Hacker
JB wrote: This got a bit long. My apologies to those not interested. In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, walt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> shouted to everyone in earshot, Using a packet sniffer, I can see that my server fetches the names of at least four backup servers at BBC -- but then my server insists on re

Re: [OT] Bonehead DNS question

2006-10-18 Thread JB
This got a bit long. My apologies to those not interested. In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, walt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> shouted to everyone in earshot, >Using a packet sniffer, I can see that my server fetches the >names of at least four backup servers at BBC -- but then my >server insists on resolving thos

[OT] Bonehead DNS question

2006-10-18 Thread walt
I'm having a DNS problem which is a combination of a recurrent flaky nameserver at BBC and my own local caching nameserver (which I suspect may be mis-configured). Their 'primary' nameserver (ns1.bbc.co.uk) has been intermittent for several months now, so I often can't resolve 'www.bbc.co.uk'. My