The "magic powers" you speak of is the fact that IBM is probably a slave
DNS server for tivoli.com, and has a local copy of their ns records.

The primary DNS server, uugate.tivoli.com, is not currently pingable.

The secondary DNS server, auth02.ns.uu.net, which is supposed to be
authoritative for tivoli.com, isn't.  It's pointing people back at
a.root-servers.net and company.

This is a lovely illustration of why you should make sure that the
nameserver you designate as your secondary, really IS your secondary.

On Thu, 2002-10-31 at 12:59, Andrew Raibeck wrote:
> I can still get to it, and though I work for IBM, I am not aware of any 
> magic powers that enable only IBMers to look at it.
> 
> Are you trying to go to a page within www.tivoli.com, or did you actually 
> try the main www.tivoli.com page? Try the main page to see if you can get 
> to it. If that doesn't work, then try flushing your web browser cache, 
> restart the browse, and try the main page again.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Andy
> 
> Andy Raibeck
> IBM Software Group
> Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
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> 
> The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
> The command line is your friend.
> "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Dirk Billerbeck <dirk.billerbeck AT GECITS-EU DOT COM>
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> 10/31/2002 10:02
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>  
>         To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>         cc: 
>         Subject:        www.tivoli.com gone???
> 
>  
> 
> Hello,
> 
> is anybody able to connect to the Tivoli website??
> 
> The connection attempt times out and the error message says something like
> "www.tivoli.com has no DNS entry"???
> 
> What is going on there by Tivoli? I need the knowledge base and the device
> support list. It's urgent...
> 
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
> Met vriendelijke groeten,
> With best regards,
> Bien amicalement,
> 
> CU/2,
>                 Dirk Billerbeck
> 
> 
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