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On Sun, 06 Mar 2022 09:23:58 -0500, |
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Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> On Sun, Mar 6, 2022 at 9:01 AM John Covici <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > Traceroute does not work, either. |
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> Can you elaborate on what "does not work" means, both for traceroute and ping? |
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> This is sounding like a name resolution issue. Dig will directly |
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> query the name server you point it at. Traceroute or ping will use |
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> the C resolver. |
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> Places this could go wrong include: |
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> /etc/hosts |
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> /etc/host.conf |
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> /etc/nsswitch.conf |
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> /etc/resolv.conf |
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> (And that is just off the top of my head.) |
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OK, I discovered that if I add 8.8.8.8 to my resolv.conf, |
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www.youtube.com becomes accessible. I would like not to have either |
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google or cloudflare in there, if I can avoid them -- they were |
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blocking some places I wanted to go to with a 521 error code. So, the |
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mystery deepens. |
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Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: |
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How do |
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you spend it? |
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John Covici wb2una |
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covici@××××××××××.com |
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