From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 31 12:22:14 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 8771B16A4CE for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 12:22:14 -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 08E9F43D41 for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 12:21:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@dhumketu.cjb.net) Received: (qmail 31124 invoked by uid 1000); 31 Mar 2004 20:21:28 -0000 Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 01:51:28 +0530 From: Shantanoo To: Bart Silverstrim Message-ID: <20040331202128.GA1559@dhumketu.homeunix.net> References: <4A39CCFA-833F-11D8-A551-000A956D2452@chrononomicon.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A39CCFA-833F-11D8-A551-000A956D2452@chrononomicon.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Organization: Hmmm... I dunno 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 20:22:14 -0000 +++ Bart Silverstrim [freebsd] [31-03-04 13:14 -0500]: | | 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 don't think that they will be blocking access to root-servers. If they are blocking it, no info will be available, as upstream server is not contacted. (unless root-servers are not redirected to some other IP) | | 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 | :-) No comments ;)