Re: Debian 2.%$#@*&!
On Sat, 31 Jul 1999 13:42:16 -0700 (PDT) George Bonser
<grep@shorelink.com> writes:
>On Sat, 31 Jul 1999 maxalbert@juno.com wrote:
>
>> Chris-- There's an ftp on my system, and I can connect with "ftp
>> debian.org" or "ftp sunsite.unc.edu" or other sites as well, but
>entering
>> "ftp netscape.com" results in "Connection refused", while "ftp
>> ftp3.netscape.com" gets "hostname lookup failure." Thanks. -- Max
>
>You probably do not have reverse DNS configured properly. Many sites
>will not allow you to connect if the in-addr.arpa PTR record is not in
place for your system.
>
>Can you connect to ftp.uu.net ??? **[No sir. Entering "ftp uu.net"
gives me "No address associated with name."]**
>
>If not, what IP address are you using?
**[ I don't know. My own IP is dynamically assigned at connection. My
localhost is 127.0.0.1, and my DNS is 206.40.134.33 (primary) and
206.40.134.34 (secondary)]**
Try using an external nameserver **[what's that?]**
>and doing an nslookup of that IP address, if it does not return a
>hostname, that is probably your problem.
>
**["nslookup uu.net" gives me: "Server: ns1.premier1.net".
"Address: 206.40.134.33"
"ns1.premier1.net cannot find uu.net. Non-existent host/domain"]**
**["nslookup netscape.com" gives: "Non-authoritive answer"
"Name: Netscape.com"
"Address: 207.200.75.200" ]**
But it still refuses connection.
How come some sites require reverse lookup and others don't?
Thanks. -- Max
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