From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 19 00:47:21 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C67E106566B for ; Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:47:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from ethic.thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBE9F8FC1B for ; Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:47:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by ethic.thought.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nBJ0l8rn009461; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:47:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:47:08 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:47:08 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Bruce Cran Message-ID: <20091219004708.GB4836@thought.org> References: <20091212233205.GA14918@thought.org> <20091217155220.f7a8a798.freebsd@edvax.de> <20091217145843.000023ef@unknown> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091217145843.000023ef@unknown> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 23 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.7 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00, J_CHICKENPOX_43,URIBL_RHS_DOB autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on ethic.thought.org Cc: Polytropon , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: is this getting out? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:47:21 -0000 On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 02:58:43PM +0000, Bruce Cran wrote: > On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:52:20 +0100 > Polytropon wrote: > > > Gary, > > > > seems that my MX has problems with thought.org, that's why > > I'm repeating my reply on the list, I hope you can receive > > it this way. > > > > The MX said: > > > > : Host or domain name not found. > > Name service error for > > name=ethic.thought.org type=A: Host not found > > It looks like the server is EHLO'ing as ethic.thought.org but is > actually plato.thought.org. this stuff is at the lim of my knowledge. plato.thought.org is my firewall. pfSense. i don't have a nuculear(!) secrets or whatever, but damned if i want these script-kiddies reading my poetry..... or to have somebody hijack anything and spew out sp*m----which i severely despise. having my domain: server and firewall set up correctly will at least (help) keep the bad guys, the crackers of the world, from using my bandwidth or crack in. thus: now that i'm finished with my master's in ethics, i have time to get up to speed on this stuff. pfSense, DNS & BIND, anf whatever else i let slip since 06/2002. gary PS: sorry if i went slightly bonkers there. > > -- > Bruce Cran -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.79a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php