Re: [cobalt-developers] What to do when "server not found" ?

["Joel Holtzman" <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, I do know the registrar of the domain name for our server is down

could that be why our sites worked last night but not today, the day of
their update, while telnet and email work?

joel
----- Original Message -----
From: David Lucas <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joel Holtzman <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] What to do when "server not found" ?


> At 09:06 AM 12/26/2001, you wrote:
> >Hello, for basically the first time, we have a "server not found" error
> >when trying to connect to url's that we host
> >
> >Nothing really mission critical yet on this server but that is not the
point
> >Telnet worked just fine
> >
> >The owner of the server suggested she go downtown to the office where the
> >server is and reboot
> >
> >would telnet be able to do this and save the trip?
> >
> >"Server not found" isn't too common, I believe we had a few. But is there
a
> >quick way to solve it and even try to prevent it?
>
> You will probably get many replies.
> Most will tell you rebooting is not likely the problem.
> Almost all will tell you to turn OFF Telnet and set up SSH.
> Telnet is not secure and you could quite possibly have been hacked.
> The Cobalt appliance is nice for those of us who know next to nothing.  If
> you plan of using it, you will need to learn a bit about security though
or
> you will be restoing the machine often.
>