Re: [cobalt-users] RE: RAQ3 DNS Issues Primary & Secondary

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Render-Vue wrote:

> SO PLEASE STOP BEING SO PROTECTIVE IF YOU WANT US TO HELP YOU. Yes, I'm
> shouting <wry grin>.
> 
> My Reply being...
> Jeff shout as much as you want but everytime I place a legitimate IP
> address on this newsgroup my logs files, snort reports and anything else I
> have suddenly grow in size from scans, ftp hack attempts, script kiddie
> attacks etc. etc. etc. So yes I am being PARANOID and PROTECTIVE of the
> server but most of all MY CUSTOMERS <boyish grin>.

I hope you noticed my grin after my "shout".  The reason I want to see
the IP#s is so that I can test.  Other people have said the same on this
and other lists.

I'm sorry I shouted, though <smile>.

> Don't think they'd be
> happy if the machine got trashed because I had listed my IP's or there
> domain names just to keep you happy. You could have contacted me offlist
> for those addresses which I would have happily shared them with you.

I must admit I've almost always posted real IP#s and addresses, and I've
never noticed that.  I suppose it's possible that people who make a
habit of attacking RaQs look for IP#s on this list; I'd think it not
very efficient, though.

> With regards to the email issue...
> 
> "All your nameserver is doing is telling the originating email server to
> send mail addressed to user@xxxxxxxxxx to send the email to 3rdparty.com.
> And it's doing that by ending an IP address back to the originating email
> server. The originating email server sends the email to 3rdparty.com's IP#
> without any information at all about your nameserver. That ISP has NO clue."
> 
> This ISP is one of the major ISP's in NZ, I even gave one of their main
> "Sys Admin Managers" a call and asked him to explain how that email being
> sent from 3rdparty.com had anything to do with my secondary dns server not
> working - after a bit of defensive gabble it ended up being "mmmhhh we'll
> see what we can sort out this end" and that's been the end of that, haven't
> seen any user@xxxxxxxxxx relaying denied errors and all email is happily
> going through to the customers.

There are an awful lot of people who think they understand DNS. 
Sometimes I even think I understand DNS.  That's when I pick up books
and read RFCs, just to prove to myself I really don't <smile>.

> Now on a different note; while I'm here Jeff and it's my turn to shout...
> 
> WHERE'S THE REPLY TO MY EMAIL REGARDING THE SECONDARY DNS PRICING?
> your were going to give this to me several weeks ago?... <boyish grin>

Whooops.  Doing it in the next few minutes.  Offlist.

Jeff
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