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From: Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Strange gentoo.org address
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 23:40:45
Message-Id: 201104080039.07564.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Strange gentoo.org address by Alan McKinnon
1 On Friday 08 April 2011 00:09:29 Alan McKinnon wrote:
2 > On Friday 08 April 2011 00:55:19 Peter Humphrey wrote:
3 > > Hello list,
4 > >
5 > > Why do boxes on my network return this?
6 > >
7 > > $ nslookup www.gentoo.org
8 > > Server: 127.0.0.1
9 > > Address: 127.0.0.1#53
10 > >
11 > > Non-authoritative answer:
12 > > www.gentoo.org canonical name = www-bytemark.gentoo.org.
13 > > Name: www-bytemark.gentoo.org
14 > > Address: 89.16.167.134
15 >
16 > Short answer: it is correct, working as designed.
17 >
18 > Long answer:
19 >
20 > That answer came from a DNS cache, which by definition is not authoritative
21 > - it is merely a copy (which you trust to be legit)
22 >
23 > It does match the actual records on the real auth servers:
24
25 So why can't links find the site?
26
27 --
28 Rgds
29 Peter

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