19 Jun
2006
19 Jun
'06
4:53 p.m.
We have a wierd DNS problem at work, it's almost certainly something to do with low level DNS setup and/or the firewall but we're a bit lost as to where to look.
From our Solaris boxes issuing an 'nslookup xxx.yyy.zzz' gives the
correct IP address for the domain xxx.yyy.zzz. However every application lookup of domain name xxx.yyy.zzz gives the wrong result. The wron result is always that of a domain at Network Solutions, a US name registration business.
DNS works OK from PCs on the network. So it looks like something adrift on our name lookup machine but we really cannot see what at the moment.
When an application asks for a name resolution what is the normal order of things happening?
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Chris Green (chrisisbd@leary.csoft.net)