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Date:      Fri, 13 Feb 1998 13:03:00 -0800 (PST)
From:      Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net>
To:        "Darrin R. Woods" <dwoods@netgazer.com>
Cc:        isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: BIND question followup..
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.980213130131.6323A-100000@luke.cpl.net>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19980213142831.006a0fb0@netgazer.net>

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> All the websites resolv correctly from within our domain/ip range.  They
> also resolv correctly for anyone that sets their DNS on their pc/mac to one
> of ours.
> 
> Someone suggested a possible problem with the fact that the 'name' that
> Internic knows our DNS machines by is actually a CNAME to the machine.
> Acknowledging that it might be the problem I changed the hostname to the
> *NIC name and changed the appropriate the dns records to reflect that, but
> I cant see that it has helped anything.
> 
> The main website that we are getting the biggest complaints on is
> "www.auctiondepottx.com" which is one of several virtual websites at
> 209.83.225.63.
> 
> We're not doing any type of flat out ip blocking with a firewall, and the
> problem seems to be intermittent.
> 
> One other user was getting complaints (with a different website) and tried
> hitting their website (www.cityofmesquite.com)  from 10 different local
> providers within a 30 minute time period.  Only one of the providers had a
> problem getting to the site, so it was hard for us to say it was our fault.
> 
> If it is something that we have configured incorrectly I want to get it
> fixed, if it is something else outside of our control I would like to know
> about it just so that I have a definitive answer to give our customers.
> 
> As always, thanks in advance.

The domain www.auctiondepottx.com resolves differently with reverse than
forward. Reverse resolves to netgazer.net. This could be your problem...






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