Re: MSN and apt-get update
* Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
> on Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 04:18:02PM +0200, M G Berberich (berberic@fmi.uni-passau.de) wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I experienced some wired behavior. 'apt-get update' does not find the
> > Packages-files from security.debian.org if I dail in using MSN
> > (germany) (Einwahlnummer: 0192658, Benutzername: MSN, Kennwort: MSN).
> > It does work if I dail in using other providers?
> >
> > Is this a me-only problem? What is the reason for it?
>
> Try traceroute or host to see if the host resolves. Can you reach it
> via dotted quad?
>
>
Not to sound paranoid, but Slashdot had an item in the last couple of days about MSN. It seems that you cannot access it with any browser but IE, and possibly Netscape. Maybe this is another facet of that?
Cam
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