Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 20:00:50 -0800 From: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: <jacks@sage-american.com> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Has Lynx Changed In 4.5? Bug? Message-ID: <005c01c1ab9e$33f48590$0301a8c0@bigdaddy> References: <002901c1ab52$0709b830$0301a8c0@bigdaddy> <20020201195854.GA84616@dan.emsphone.com> <3.0.5.32.20020201164157.018e6ae0@mail.sage-american.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: <jacks@sage-american.com> To: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net>; "Dan Nelson" <dnelson@allantgroup.com> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 2:41 PM Subject: Re: Has Lynx Changed In 4.5? Bug? > Rats! My ZoneEdit DNS records just changed again to the wrong IPs...! > Anyone else having this problem with the DNS IPs changing to wrong ones... > perhaps after the lynx command is sent to tell ZoneEdit to check it's > records...??? Have to go and manually change it back to the right IPs.... > something isn't resolving correctly somewhere. I've put my cron job on hold temporarily. Right now I'm drinking margaritas so I won't mess with this further until tomorrow. I'll research filing a problem report with ZoneEdit tomorrow. I suspect everyone using ZoneEdit and lynx to update is having this problem. Drew > At 12:39 PM 2.1.2002 -0800, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Dan Nelson" <dnelson@allantgroup.com> > >To: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net> > >Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > >Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 11:58 AM > >Subject: Re: Has Lynx Changed In 4.5? Bug? > > > > > >> In the last episode (Feb 01), Drew Tomlinson said: > >> > I use ZoneEdit as the nameserver for my domain. My IP address is > >> > dynamic so it changes occasionally. I have used lynx to update > >> > ZoneEdit for the past year or so and it has worked flawlessly. I > >> > just send this command (my mailer will surely wrap the line): > >> > > >> > lynx -source -auth=mylogin:mypass > >> > > >'http://dynamic.zoneedit.co/auth/dynamic.html?host=www.mykitchentable . > >> > net' > >> > > >> > After upgrading my 4.4 to 4.5 two days ago, there has been 2 times > >> > that lynx has sent the wrong IP address to ZoneEdit. I'm sure > >it's > >> > lynx as my logfile indicates the incorrect address. However most > >of > >> > the time it sends the right address. > >> > >> Define "send the wrong IP address". Lynx simply opens a connection > >to > >> dynamic.zoneedit.com. I assume they simply use getpeername() to > >fetch > >> the IP. Could you be behind a transparent web proxy, maybe? When > >> zoneedit gets the wrong IP, what is it? Does that dynamic.html page > >> let you specify the IP on the url line? > > > >In the most recent "error", my IP address was really 207.173.227.80 > >but ZoneEdit received 68.49.248.133. From my log of the cron job that > >updates this hourly, this is the response from ZoneEdit: > > > ><SUCCESS CODE="200" TEXT="Update succeeded." ZONE="mykitchentable.net" > >HOST="mykitchentable.net" IP="68.49.248.133"> > > > >I'm not behind a proxy. This is my home network connected via DSL > >modem and is configured like this: > > > >ISP > >| > >207.173.227.80 (dynamic IP) > >| > >3Com ADSL Modem/Router (runs NAT) > >| > >192.168.10.1 (the internal address on 3Com) > >| > >192.168.10.2 (external interface of firewall) > >| > >FBSD 4.5 IPFW Firewall > >| > >192.168.1.2 (internal interface of firewall) > >| > >Hub > >| > >192.168.1.4 > >FBSD box that actually runs the update > > > >I hope my diagram is not too confusing. My configuration is a little > >weird since the 3Com modem is also a router. I have it configured to > >do the NAT and pass all packets to 192.168.10.2. I would really like > >to configure the modem/router as a bridge so it would really act as a > >modem only and let the FBSD box handle everything but I have not been > >successful in doing so (even though the 3Com docs say it's possible). > > > >The script I run from cron has not changed since I originally set it > >up nearly a year ago. My current network configuration has not > >changed either. The only thing that is different is that I upgraded > >from 4.4 to 4.5 two days ago. Since then, I've had the problem twice. > >The URL does accept an IP address. > > > >Thanks for your time looking into this. > > > >Drew > > > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > Best regards, > Jack L. Stone, > Server Admin > > =================================================== > Sage-American > http://www.sage-american.com > jacks@sage-american.com > > "My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; > ....situation excellent! ....I shall attack!" > =================================================== > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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