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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nexus.coast.net!news1.oakland.edu!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!news.erinet.com!uunet!not-for-mail From: jacob@uunet.uu.net (Jacob DeGlopper) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: slip DNS Date: 22 Jun 1995 12:47:30 -0400 Organization: UUNET Technologies Lines: 17 Message-ID: <3sc6r2$jm5@rodan.UU.NET> References: <3s0ht6$svc@pdq.coe.montana.edu> <3sa9cf$m5c@clarknet.clark.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net In article <3sa9cf$m5c@clarknet.clark.net>, Robert Watson <rwatson@clark.net> wrote: >this is the ip of your ISP's DNS server. If you're really stuck, use >UUNet's DNS, although you'll get a little more delay on loading as the >route is longer, and the DNS server's at UUNet are pretty stressed.. ;). Using someone else's DNS server to resolve your queries on a regular basis without their permission is normally considered impolite. There's a difference between querying various servers while debugging a problem, and using someone else's server on a regular basis. This is a service your Internet service provider should be providing. -- Jacob DeGlopper, EMT-A, N3RHI jacob@uunet.uu.net