[80121] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Problems with NS*.worldnic.com
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jerry Pasker)
Tue Apr 26 02:18:49 2005
In-Reply-To: <17005.35372.730623.208318@roam.psg.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 01:14:28 -0500
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: Jerry Pasker <info@n-connect.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
>something *very* strange is going on. the worldnic servers have
>been giving delayed or no results for days now. and nsi is hoping
>we and the wsj/nyt won't notice.
I agree 100%.
>but it's probably time for us all to dump symptoms here and figure
>it out as a community, as the dog with the bone ain't 'fessing up.
>
>randy
I'll bite.
I couldn't resolve ns*.worldnic.com domains until I finally bit the
bullet, and unblocked port 53 TCP from my DNS server. Then it worked
fine. (after a few tries) I'm using BIND 9.2.4 without the eye pee
vee six stuff compiled in. Because I don't want to start something;
No discussion about me blocking port 53, ok? I got tired of gobs of
log files of script kiddies trying to download my domains 5 years
ago... I actually READ my logs.... besides, I had to keep the linux
boxes safe from the tyranny of bind 8 until they got upgraded. :-)
-Jerry
