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Re: [BackupPC-users] nmblookup = good; ping = enemy

2010-07-28 14:30:21
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] nmblookup = good; ping = enemy
From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com>
To: backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:27:55 -0500
On 7/28/2010 12:58 PM, Josh Malone wrote:
> Frank J. Gómez wrote:
>> $ host vostro1400
>> vostro1400 has address 8.15.7.117
>> vostro1400 has address 63.251.179.13
>> Host vostro1400 not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
>
> Looks like DNS wildcarding on the part of Verizon to me. I suspect 'host
> foobarblablah' would return the exact same thing.

Yes, I forgot about that evil practice.  They should have an 'opt-out' 
mechanism somewhere but it's probably easier to just not use their dns 
servers.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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