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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!gatech!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!slip-6-13.ots.utexas.edu!vax From: vax@slip-6-13.ots.utexas.edu (VaX#n8) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: [Q]: What happened to NetBSD.ORG? Date: 1 Sep 1995 07:59:27 GMT Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas Lines: 33 Message-ID: <426egv$3ci@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> References: <422m5g$g3e@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> <422ogg$jil@wolfe.wimsey.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip-6-13.ots.utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Curt Sampson (curt@cynic.portal.ca) wrote: > There's no rule that says you have to have an A record for every domain. > As a matter of fact, I discourage using an A record at the top of a zone. Ah. I was under the impression that not having a DNS (A) entry would mean I couldn't do anything with the address NetBSD.ORG, like send mail to it, but I realize that is wrong (c.f. MX). > It's answering now. How long was it down? I should think that expecting > 24-hour monitoring and service on servers run by volunteers might be > a bit much.... At least 24 hours or so. I believe I tried two successive evenings, trying to find out some info about the people who maintain the ports. Also, it seemed like a strange place for the server. I wasn't sure if the address was right. I'm not expecting anything, I was just asking a question. However, the problems noted above started to make me extremely nervous; I am doing a research project which involves modifying NetBSD, and I'm on a tight time schedule (read: I was supposed to graduate several weeks ago). I've been turning down offers on jobs b/c I can't commit to when I'll be done with the project. I'm not asking for sympathy; I imagine everyone knows how it feels when something beyond your control starts to delay (or degrade the value of) your work... it's a bit like that falling sensation you get just before a loop of rope stops your gravitationally-assisted descent :) :) (Oh by the way, did I mention I'm a graduating B.S.-Comp Sci and I'm looking for a job? <plug> <plug> <grin>) -- MAIL TO THIS ADDRESS: vax@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (my poster lies sometimes) Victimless crimes are a figment of the state's collective imagination.