From: Paul Rogers (paulgrogersyahoo.com)
Date: Fri Dec 14 2007 - 19:55:05 CST

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--- Victor Duchovni <Victor.DuchovniMorganStanley.com> wrote:
>> Is that because of my ancient libresolv, or my ISP? Can I fix it
>> by specifying a different DNS server in resolv.conf?
>
> Yes, but whose? Genereally, DNS servers only offer recursive service
> to authorized clients. The ones that do recurse for everyone should
> not generally be trusted...

Last month my ISP lost its wholesale connectivity provider. They
didn't
bother to tell anyone about new DNS servers, because newer Windows
clients using DHCP rewrite their routing/lookup tables. "Nobody needs
to know." I still had the former addresses. It was like pulling teeth
to get them to offer me some actual numbers for my resolv.conf, but
with
those "host" could find MX records, and my test message just got
delivered here. Thanks to all, even the guy who doesn't want to be
thanked. ;-)

Paul Rogers
Rogers' Second Law: Everything you do communicates.
paulgrogersyahoo.com
http://www.geocities.com/paulgrogers
(Not responsible for anything after this line.)

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