Re: Strange DNS error

From: houghi (houghi_at_houghi.org.invalid)
Date: 12/18/04 

Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 01:46:52 -0000

Birre wrote:
> The "Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications (VNPT)"
> made me crazy :-/

> # nslookup 203.160.1.1
[02:39:24] [/home/houghi]
houghi@penne : nslookup
Note: nslookup is deprecated and may be removed from future releases.
Consider using the `dig' or `host' programs instead.

Use dig instead. I have already seen wrong outcomes with nslookup.

> Any DNS experts out there who can explain this ?

The idiots over there have pointed their complete range to localhost for
one reason or another and put that on their DNS servers.
houghi@penne : dig -x 203.160.1.1
1.1.160.203.in-addr.arpa. 86158 IN PTR localhost

If you look ate some other numbers at the end, you will see they are
also pointed towards localhost. What I do not get is why that would
bother your localhost. /etc/host has normaly priority over any DNS
server.

If I surf to 203.160.1.1 I get my owb site as expected, as it points to
localhost. 

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houghi
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