From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 31 10:14:51 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 B848216A4CF for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 10:14:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from destiny.chrononomicon.com (mail.chrononomicon.com [65.193.73.208]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 498DB43D2F for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 10:14:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bsilver@chrononomicon.com) Received: from [IPv6:::1] (destiny.chrononomicon.com [192.168.1.42]) by destiny.chrononomicon.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFD601FDFF for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 13:14:47 -0500 (EST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v613) In-Reply-To: <20040331155231.GA691@dhumketu.homeunix.net> References: <20040330164404.GC4335@dhumketu.homeunix.net> <406A8D19.8080202@realss.com> <20040331155231.GA691@dhumketu.homeunix.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <4A39CCFA-833F-11D8-A551-000A956D2452@chrononomicon.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Bart Silverstrim Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 13:14:45 -0500 To: questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.613) 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 18:14:51 -0000 On Mar 31, 2004, at 10:52 AM, Shantanoo wrote: > > I told you how to setup your _own_ _DNS_ server. You won't need to > use other DNS server. > > Shantanoo > Forgive me, but does the country block access to the root Internet servers? If so, wouldn't it only cache information that is available...i.e., if his DNS server can't get the IP's for those sites because his upstream has it blocked, he could only get the crippled available IPs from those within the country? I knew they blocked things in the country using proxies, but I didn't (and don't) know the full range of the blocking that's done...my first thoughts were that he was inviting trouble by discussing trying to get to these sites on a public mailing list, wondering if "they" were watching and noting his attempt to subvert their blocking. Maybe someday they'll come to their senses and drop the Internet censorship :-)