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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in1.uu.net!van-bc!vanbc.wimsey.com!cynic.portal.ca!curt From: curt@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: [Q]: What happened to NetBSD.ORG? Date: 30 Aug 1995 22:25:20 GMT Organization: Internet Portal Services, Ltd. Lines: 22 Message-ID: <422ogg$jil@wolfe.wimsey.com> References: <422m5g$g3e@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynic.portal.ca In article <422m5g$g3e@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>, VaX#n8 <vax@slip-4-4.ots.utexas.edu> wrote: >I'm trying to reach NetBSD.ORG and I'm getting unknown host errors. >I'm using ns1.utexas.edu as my nameserver. >It has no (A) records available. 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. >www.NetBSD.ORG resolves to : nooksack.ldc.cs.wwu.edu but it's >not answering. 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.... cjs -- Curt Sampson curt@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ Internet Portal Services, Inc. Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 De gustibus, aut bene aut nihil.