DNS (Re: Distrowatch.org is down ???

[Vincent Trouilliez]

> > My cable modem uses DHCP so the DNS IP's are automatically set.
> > they are  85.68.0.7 and 85.68.0.8
> query them by hand for distrowatch.com, using dig/nslookup

Thanks, interesting command :-) 
It does indeed fail to figure out distrowatch, built instantly figures
out www.google.com or any other site. 
What is puzzling me, is how distrowatch has suddenly disappeared from my
ISPs DNS database, like some IT technicial there, removed it by hand or
something, it' svery strange to say the least. If it still doesn' twork
in a few days, I will e-mailmy ISP to let them know, and ask for an
explanation...

> the business world is not efficient, it is mainly corrupt.
> can you imagine, after all those years, there is again
> DNS cache poisoning going on in significant quantity,
> meaning businesses are still using broken DNS software
> when good opensource and secure alternatives are around since years ...

Ohhh :o( If I do e-mail my ISP, I will also ask them what DNS software
they use then... if it's open source or not.

> your honesty is precious, rare and encouraging, Vince :-)

I felt so guilty, that I downloaded it again to share it. I will leave
it uploading for a few days, to compensate for the extra/second
download...

Upstream BW is only 128Kbps (about 15KB/s), but if I keep only 5KB/s for
myself, internet and e-mail still work about normally, so no harm. This
leaves 10KB/s for the Ubuntu community... better than nothing :o)
My ISP really suck, they give me 1Mbps downstream, but only 128Kbps
upstream, that a 1:8 ratio ! I am not sure if the reasons for tis severe
limitation are technical or commercial, but if they are commercial, I
hope they will soon improve this ratio ! :-/
But 1:8 is the best they offer... the worse is if you subscribe to their
20Mbps package...upstream is still only 256Kbps, meaning a up/down ratio
of 1:80 !!! :-O


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Vince