Translates domain names to IP addresses. DNS stands for Domain Name System.
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DNS issues on VirtualBox with Host-Only Adapter
I'm using Virtual Box to do LAMP development. I'm trying to test an external service' API, but the DNS on the VM only seems to resolve about half the time. I'm using Windows 8 and the VM is Ubuntu ...
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using opendns, but why does dnsleak test show 5 opendns ip's?
Am using a vpn along with opendns, so there's no dns leaks. I use dnsleaktest to check, and it shows many opendns ip's.
Shouldn't it just show on dns ip being in use? I'm not sure if I have my dns ...
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Internet not working after configuring server for DNS with dyndns
Objective to be achieved: To access the server using a name server.xyz.com.
I've a domain xyz.com and a server behind a router. Also, I've configured my server with dyndns. On executing the ...
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What has gone wrong with local network name resolution?
I am using Windows XP Service Pack 3. I set up a Firebird SQL server on a machine on my 5 computer local area network. I used to be able to access it by using the server name "Server-win7". Now, I ...
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Constantly having to restart Windows 7 to time-stamp installer… Why?
I am using a Windows 7 (64-bit) machine as a build server and have encountered a strange problem.
One of my build steps is to apply a code signing certificate using a command like this:
signtool ...
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Change DNS Server From Terminal (or script) on Mac OS X
How can I change my DNS server from the Terminal on Mac OS X? [I need this because my DNS is not working correctly with my VPN. Sometimes it's using the DNS for my main connection, and sometimes it's ...
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SMTP Port Filitering/Alternative Port
I am setting up Kerio Connect on a businss server, and have configured DNS records to point to new mail server. However i attempted a telnet from outside the network and recieved a 421 error. From ...
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Setting remote dial in user DNS
I have a number of remote access users setup to dial in via PPTP VPN on a Vigor 2920 (v3.6.1)
This works fine and the VPN connects but the clients cannot resolve internal DNS names from the local ...
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Generate CSV/TXT file from named zone file
I am in need of generating a csv/txt file from a zone file on a named DNS server.
For examples I would like to generate a list of the hostname and IP from the zone file
From this
monkey A ...
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'Mail Forwarding' to New Mail Server
I have a domain registered with HostGator which i use for emails. I want to 'forward' these emails to a Kerio Connect mail server i have installed.
As it stands at the moment, i have a CNAME record ...
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how to add entry to local DNS resolver
I want to do some tests on linux. I want to put a small web server on a machine with IP: 1.2.3.4 (assumption) and when a DNS query is made for a specific URL : kitty.myweb.com I want to return this IP ...
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DNS address not acquired by ubuntu
I have a lenovo G430 machine with ubuntu 12.04 running on it. The Network configuration is DHCP, It gets the IP but fails to get the DNS and henceforth wont be able to browse internet.The issue is ...
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Wrong DNS cache on Windows Vista
I'm in the process of developing website on Openshift. I've ordered an domain and set CNAME record to the address something-namespace.rhcloud.com as required in the Openshift docs.
My problem is that ...
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Penetration testing with WMAP, only for my domain, not the others with the same IP?
My domain got massively hacked, so I'm doing some penetration testing with it using WMAP and NMAP etc.
However, I believe it's on shared hosting, so running tests on 182.34.xx.xxx (the IP address for ...
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Should I create zone for each domain that I want to host on my server [migrated]
I'm setting up a web hosting on my VPS, I want to host several websites on my vps, I have two domains, domain1.com and domain2.com and a website for each hosted on iis, I know that I should add these ...
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dns problems ubuntu 12.04 server
folks.
I've some trouble with dns working (?) in my Ubuntu 12.04 server. The server shares internet in my local network with iptables (masquerade).
When I try to make something like this: wget ...
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DNS: Forward domain to another host
I was hoping some expert on here could quickly answer my question.
I don't know much about DNS, so bare with me.
I have a domain that is hosted with XO Communications. I want to host that domain at ...
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DNS: forward part of a managed domain to one host, but sub domain services to another (Google Apps) [migrated]
I was going to post this as a comment against DNS: Forward domain to another host, but I don't seem able to do that.
I'm in a similar situation. I have a DNS registered/ managed by enom, except ...
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How does my hostname get resolved without a DNS server
My basic question is not "why doesn't this work?", but "why DOES this work?".
I have a computer running apache 2.2 under windows, with the ServerName set to something like gateway_01. It's connected ...
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How can I add static DNS entry in Debian and block some sites?
OK I'm admin noob.
Is there a way for adding static DNS entry?
I already tried to modify /etc/hosts file but without success.
Here is my hosts file:
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 hitsu
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Can't connect from outside of my LAN
I am running a Debian Squeeze linux server on my Dlink DNS-320 NAS. I signed up for a DNS service, so I could access it from anywhere. I installed lighttpd, and created a very simple page to test. To ...
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DNS Resolution doesn't work after uninstalling Cisco VPN & Deterministic Network Enhancer in Win 7
I just upgraded my home PC to Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit. After trying various methods to get the Cisco VPN client to work, I gave up and decided to just run it in XP mode. The last steps I tried were ...
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Router(s) Issue: DNS quries sporadically fail with multiple computers hooked in
Basically, after anywhere from 5-60 minutes, DNS queries fail for a few minutes, then slowly begin to resolve correctly. Then the cycle repeats. This occurs only when more than one computer is on ...
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Mac OS X DNS lookup seems to be messed up - but only at work
Mac OS X DNS lookups take forever from Safari and other applications that use mDNSResponder. The same lookups work fine if I use nslookup from the command line, and they also work fine from my iPhone ...
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Using a remote /etc/hosts to ping myself
Can i use a remote /etc/hosts file to redirect the ping to my own computer i.e. my /etc/hosts file does not have the entry but the only other computer conncted vua ethernet has the entry.Is it ...
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Is it a good idea to tweak the hosts file to speed up internet browsing?
Yesterday I came across a Firefox extension called Speed DNS which claims to speed up browsing by performing DNS lookups in advance. According to the author, it "does DNS pre-resolution of all the ...
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What are BIND9 virtual appliance minimum requirements?
I would like to ask what are the proposed, but minimal requirements for a BIND9 DNS server in VMWare (Win8, 64 bit host). I want to use to name my virtual machines, without maintaining all the hosts ...
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How does “Registered through” for a domain occur?
I've seen through whois domains where there is the owner and there is the DNS hosting service such as Network Solutions. But recently I found a domain in whois that while it has an owner and it lists ...
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Can't communicate with Primary DNS Server
A computer, with Windows 7, can't access any website by domain suddenly.
Whether this computer use a wired link or connect to the WLAN, The fault persists
IP and DNS obtained automatically, and ...
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Is it possible to find out which upstream DNS server my router is querying? (just using dns tools)
Ok, here is the setup:
I have a local router which advertises itself as the DNS server over DHCP. The DNS resolver on the router just forwards the requests to the ISP nameservers and caches the reply.
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Tcpip error: Request failed due to all such ports being in use
Today my machine stopped being able to access the internet. I can still access some local network resources. When I looked in the error log I saw following tcpip warning:
A request to allocate an ...
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why dig to router is on DNS 53 port?
192.168.1.1 is my router NetGear. It has 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 set as DNS.
from windows:
nslookup google.com 192.168.1.1 // works OK
from ubuntu:
me@ubuntu:/etc/mail# dig @192.168.1.1 google.com ...
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Lightweight DNS server for learning - what do you advice? [closed]
I would like to set up a DNS server in my virtual network. I have never done it before. I don1T know how to do it, and I have problem with OS selection. I want to set up local dns server (like ...
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Aventail VPN connection doesn't work
I installed the Aventail VPN client on both the Mac and a Windows 7 machine, both on my home network.
When I try to connect one or the other (I make sure one is disconnected before connecting through ...
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DNS dig +tcp OK, udp NO
my topology: NAT->NetGear router (192.168.1.1 + wired machines) -> TP-Link (192.168.0.1 [in NetGear LAN 192.168.1.2] with some machines wireless and some wired).
my problem is I can't get response ...
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Adding a domain alias in ISPConfig
ISPConfig 3 has the option to add Alias Domains in the menu under the Sites tab.
The challenge is I do not understand 2 of the fields that I have to supply:
Redirect Type (what is this?) Options:
- ...
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Can I have two MX Records in my DNS pointing to two different Exchange servers?
I have a domain.com working with some external e-mail hosting solution. This week I've managed to setup my own Exchange Server and will migrate on it soon. The question is, can I keep them both for a ...
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DNS resolution issue on lan
I have a domain pointing to my home network. Router and net connection was upgraded recently. keeping the same fix IP address as it's the same provider. So no changes on the IP association with the ...
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query 8.8.8.8 from windows OK, from linux failed
I have Netgear as router, NetGear itself has 8.8.8.8 set as prim dns. Windows is connected to NetGear and Ubuntu is, while I can
nslookup cf16.eu 8.8.8.8
(it goes on UDP/DNS) I get no response ...
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dig OK but dig @192.168.1.1 NOT
why dig works OK, but dig my NetGear router directly doesn't (while first goes to it too, because it is my DNS, NetGear itself has 8.8.8.8 set as prim dns). My NetGear has IP 192.168.1.1 on LAN. Here ...
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Emails still arriving to old Exchange server AFTER updating MX Records
We have changed our company MX records to point our emails from a MS Exchange server to Google Apps for business. This was done 2 weeks ago, so the MX records should have propagated, which intodns and ...
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DNS: can't dig 8.8.8.8 directly
me@ubuntu:# dig @8.8.8.8 google.com
; <<>> DiG 9.9.2-P2 <<>> @8.8.8.8 google.com
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; connection timed out; no servers could be ...
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config error: why sendmail concatenates domains?
trying send mail via sendmail forward to cf16r@wp.pl, my domain is dorotamama.eu. and I get following:
May 6 17:55:47 myubuntu sm-mta[3856]: r46FrhNl003854: to=cf16r@wp.pl,
delay=00:02:03, ...
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Macbook dirty cache, after domain DNS change
I have two devices connected to the same WiFi connection. I have changed the DNS of one domain. When I enter to that domain from device A it works OK, but if I try to enter from device B it does not ...
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Accessing SVN Server remotely
So here I'm after investing days of effort into it. I have SVN Apache Edge running on my machine on top of Apache. I want to access it (check-out/check-in) from a remote machine. My machine is behind ...
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Multiple domains pointing to single Rails app on VPS Hosting (Like Shopify)
Asking the same question Multiple domains pointing to single Heroku Rails app via nameservers displaying different content?, but I am on VPS hosting instead of Heroku. I want customers to be able to ...
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ping: unknown host vm-arch
i created a Arch-Linux VM with Virtualbox on a Debian host. The network setting in Virtualbox is "Network Bridge".
I can ping the ip returned by ifconfig on the VM from my host and can connect to it ...
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How to change DNS on hotspot
I have a laptop with ubuntu installed, and i turn on wireless hotspot.
On my laptop, i have a http server, and i changed /etc/hosts file, and change 127.0.0.1 and my ipaddress(the wireless card ...
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how configure DNS: Netgear+TP-Link?
I have Netgear 192.168.1.1, some machines, and TP-Link on 192.168.1.2. One comp wireless to TP-link with IP 192.168.0.12, and another wire connection on 192.168.0.14. I can ping them ach other, I can ...
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Map internet name to a machine on my network
I have a domain and a WWW server within my network. I have one public address and running NAT on a router. Server is naturally port-forwarded. Let's say my domain is kitet.com so when anyone on the ...
