From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 31 07:53:10 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9578416A4CF for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 07:53:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from dhumketu.homeunix.net (dialpool-210-214-66-185.maa.sify.net [210.214.66.185]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B499E43D5A for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 07:53:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@dhumketu.cjb.net) Received: (qmail 824 invoked by uid 1000); 31 Mar 2004 15:52:31 -0000 Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 21:22:31 +0530 From: Shantanoo To: Zhang Weiwu Message-ID: <20040331155231.GA691@dhumketu.homeunix.net> References: <20040330164404.GC4335@dhumketu.homeunix.net> <406A8D19.8080202@realss.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <406A8D19.8080202@realss.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Organization: Eh? Whats that? X-OS: FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE i386 cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sf.net: host not found X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 15:53:10 -0000 +++ Zhang Weiwu [31-03-04 17:19 +0800]: | Shantanoo wrote: | | >+++ Zhang Weiwu [freebsd] [30-03-04 16:29 +0800]: | >| | >| Hello. It has been three days since I cannot access sourceforge.net, | >using | many different Chinese dns server: | >| | >| zhangweiwu@thinkpad:~>host sf.net | >| Host not found, try again. | >| zhangweiwu@thinkpad:~>host sourceforge.net | >| Host not found, try again. | >| | >| It behave like the last year's Google being blocked in China. But I | >don't | know sourceforge has anything to do with political stuff. | >| | >| Can anyone tell me sourceforge's ip address? Or better tell me a | >| world-accessible dns server, that I can help myself with such things. | >| | >| If it is truly blocked, then it is no use to have IP address. But I'll | >have | a try. | >| | >| Thank you. | > | >As you are using FreeBSD, why not have your own caching name server? | >Method: | > | >1. set your hostname | > hostname="test.tld" | > in your /etc/rc.conf | >2. cd /etc/namedb | >3. sh make-localhost | >4. start named. | > add following line in /etc/rc.conf | > named_enable="YES" | > | >to test | > | >dig -x 127.0.0.1 | > | > | | That does not solve my problem. Perhaps I'm not clear. The situation is | my ISP's dns server cannot return IP address for *.sourceforge.net, | *.slashdot.org. Other local ISP's dns server cannot return IP address | for *.sourceforge.net & *.slashdot.org. | | zhangweiwu@thinkpad:~>dig @210.34.0.14 sourceforge.net | | ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> @210.34.0.14 sourceforge.net | ; (1 server found) | ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch | ;; res_nsend: Operation timed out | Exit 9 | | I talked about it on local forums and happen to find most Chinese dns | servers behave the same. If you heard of the last year's Chinese | political event of blocking google access from non-experts, you know | what I'm talking about. This time it seems sourceforge and slashdot are | blocked. The best solution to me perhaps is to find a free-accessible | dns server. I happen to find one on local forums: 69.67.108.10 is | working for me. I told you how to setup your _own_ _DNS_ server. You won't need to use other DNS server. Shantanoo