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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.erols.net!nntp.crl.com!news.c2.net!jupiter.dnai.com!news.zeitgeist.net!vnetnews.value.net!not-for-mail From: <patrick@nospam.value.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: reverse DNS problems Date: 19 Dec 1996 08:06:17 GMT Organization: Value Net Internetwork Services Inc. Lines: 28 Message-ID: <59at1p$610@vnetnews.value.net> References: <599m5c$435@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: value.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 unoff BETA release 961210] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5463 michael charles bohlmann <mbohlman@students.uiuc.edu> wrote: : We're running BSDI 2.1 on a Pentium Pro and having the following problem. : Some domains apparently check to make sure a domain that is trying to : connect to them are properly setup or registered. When we try to connect : to a remote machine that is configured this way, it does not let us in. : The message on one mentions a possible problem with the DNS entry for our : host. We are properly registered, however, as far as I know. : Any ideas? Let me guess, you are running a PPRO 166, right? That is definitely the cause of the problem. The PPRO 200 does DNS resolution correctly every time, there is a special resolver plug-in chip on the motherboard. The above was a joke of sorts. You need to be doing *reverse lookups* Run out and buy the DNS & BIND book published by O'Reilly and Associates, and it will explain everything. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Patrick Greenwell (510) 943-5769 voice Systems Administrator (510) 210-2000 modem Value Net, Inc. (510) 943-1708 fax \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/