Re: Whitelist security.debian.org

[Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net>]

On Oct 21, 2015, at 12:34 PM, David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:

>> # nslookup security.debian.org
>> Non-authoritative answer:
>> Name:   security.debian.org
>> Address: 212.211.132.32
>> Name:   security.debian.org
>> Address: 195.20.242.89
>> Name:   security.debian.org
>> Address: 212.211.132.250
> 
> My whois shows those addresses are in Germany.
> security.debian.org is in the US.

Mine says Germany too, and a peculiar domain owner (ScanPlus). But:

> root@srv:~# host 212.211.132.250
> 250.132.211.212.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer lobos.debian.org.
> root@srv:~# host 195.20.242.89
> 89.242.20.195.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer wieck.debian.org.
> root@srv:~# host 212.211.132.32
> 32.132.211.212.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer villa.debian.org.

Debian has several servers in Germany (like the users' mailing list server, last time I looked). This might be something worth looking into...

-- 
Glenn English