From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 13 03:52:59 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3B281065672 for ; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:52:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr (poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr [150.140.141.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18A698FC08 for ; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:52:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.ceid.upatras.gr (unknown [10.1.0.143]) by poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FB6FEB4763; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:52:58 +0200 (EET) Received: from localhost (europa.ceid.upatras.gr [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id E720E4533B; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:52:57 +0200 (EET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ceid.upatras.gr Received: from mail.ceid.upatras.gr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (europa.ceid.upatras.gr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id LRwlyU5iQZhK; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:52:57 +0200 (EET) Received: from kobe.laptop (ppp-94-64-203-39.home.otenet.gr [94.64.203.39]) by mail.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 568F9451B2; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:52:57 +0200 (EET) Received: from kobe.laptop (kobe.laptop [127.0.0.1]) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nBD3qtDe042249 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:52:55 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nBD3qqqK042246; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:52:52 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Gary Kline References: <20091212080949.GA2606@thought.org> <87fx7ga7lw.fsf@kobe.laptop> <20091212182115.GB4431@thought.org> <87bpi3aks5.fsf_-_@kobe.laptop> <20091213032543.GA5795@thought.org> Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:52:51 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20091213032543.GA5795@thought.org> (Gary Kline's message of "Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:25:43 -0800") Message-ID: <87r5qzedik.fsf@kobe.laptop> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.90 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DNS problems at thought.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:52:59 -0000 On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:25:43 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 12:29:30AM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >> You have some serious DNS issues with your current setup. I think you >> should start by: >> >> 1) *Removing* from the NS records of your domain the name servers that >> are not necessary (the celestial.com ones). >> >> 2) *Updating* the NS list of the same domain at the DNS registrar you are >> using to use ns1.thought.org and ns1.localhostservices.net. >> >> 3) Checking the firewall settings at ns1.thought.org to see why it does >> not respond to queries. > Jon just got home ansd mailed me about my secondaries. With > what he said, or tired to explain, and what you have below, > the picture is pretty clear. Jon think I need to drop the > ns2.secondary.com secondaries and others that are not consistent. > > Some point to aristotle; others to ethic. Yes, that makes perfect sense. It's the main reason why I wrote step 1 in the above list. >> When you *do* update the NS listing through your DNS registration >> service, point it _only_ at name servers that really have a valid >> copy of your zone files and are set up to serve as secondaries. >> After a while, when the changes propagate to all the name servers, >> your domain should work fine with bind (either the base-system or >> ports version). > > Thijngs may be happening. Since I have no webserver apps [GUI] I gave > the gkg.net info to Jon and asked him to edit my files there. i use > pfsense as my firewall. I'm still in learning mode about its fine > points, but from what I understand, it points only to ethic ... I > think in the past few days--two or three days. > > *Thanks* for filling in the blank spaces. No problem.