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Date:      Wed, 15 Apr 1998 13:46:20 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: More FreeBSD users
Message-ID:  <19980415134620.M1870@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <199804150356.NAA08383@cimlogic.com.au>; from John Birrell on Wed, Apr 15, 1998 at 01:56:48PM %2B1000
References:  <19980415114325.T1870@freebie.lemis.com> <199804150356.NAA08383@cimlogic.com.au>

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On Wed, 15 April 1998 at 13:56:48 +1000, John Birrell wrote:
> Greg Lehey wrote:
>> Some of you may have noticed that I've been having reverse DNS lookup
>> problems on my Telstra interface address (139.130.136.133).  I've been
>> following this up with Telstra, and just spoke with Richard Chew, the
>> DNS-master.  It seems that one of the main Australian name servers,
>> munnari.oz.au, is just plain overloaded, and Richard says that they
>> will probably take Telstra's stuff off it.  Here's HINFO for munnari:
>>
>> munnari.oz.au   CPU = Alpha4/166        OS = UNIX
>>
>> I suggested that they might like to try FreeBSD for their new name
>> server.  Richard said, "Yes, that's what we're using on our other name
>> servers, along with BIND 8.1.2".
>>
>> No HINFO for Telstra's name servers, of course, but it's nice to know
>> that we're recognized.
>
> I spoke with Richard yesterday too. 8-) The problems I've been having
> are the result of being connected _before_ they added extra configuration
> options to their custdata web pages. They're not good at telling people
> they've got a new system with more things that need configuration.
> "It works now." 8-)

They're not good at telling people.

Greg

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