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WGET can't resolve host

I've got 2 machines on the same sub-net running Debian 5.0. They use the same DNS (/etc/resolv.conf), they route to the same gateway (#route) and they have the same iptables settings (#iptables -L). I can ping from both of them, both to IP…
Maggi Trymbill
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Remote Desktop Connection Screen is totally black but server is working perfectly

Server is working perfectly but when I do RDC screen is only black. This happened before and I fixed it by powering off the server via KVM/IP, but I don't want do that again. How can I fix this issue. OS: Windows Server 2008 R2 Web Edition SP1
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What DNS server should I use to receive AWS internal addresses for my nginx resolver?

I'm using an AWS Elasticache server example.foo.euw1.cache.amazonaws.com which I want nginx to be able to use in a location directive (this is just a simplistic example): location /cached { set $memcached_key $uri; memcached_pass …
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Understanding the DNS domain lookup mechanism

The specific query that led me to try and unpick this process was: Will a DNS lookup for a subdomain, such as assets.example.com, be faster if the parent domain, example.com, has already been resolved? By my (naive) understanding, the basic process…
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DNS CNAME Resolution - which IP would be returned?

I saw this example of a CNAME record, but I don‘t know what IP would be returned and couldn‘t find an answer. I‘m looking for the IP of pc2.an.example.com and the mail server of an.example.com Zone file example.com: example.com. IN…
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How to specify search domain name of nginx resolver for proxy_pass

Assuming my server is www.mydomain.com, on Nginx 1.0.6 I'm trying to proxy all request to http://www.mydomain.com/fetch to other hosts, the destination URL is specified as a GET parameter named "url". For instance, when user requests either…
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nslookup works but ping doesn't

I have a server running Debian etch. It runs qmail and sends mail. Mail server works correct but the strange thing is from server itself it can't resolve hostnames. I can use nslookup and dig correctly. #ping google.com ping: unknown host…
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DNS - how does it resolve the name servers itself?

Domain name: abc.com Name Server: ns1.abc.com and ns2.abc.com I am running a DNS server and hosting the zone (abc.com) on-premise. When a client wants to resolve *.abc.com, it will query ns1.abc.com or ns2.abc.com, that is straight forward. The…
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Disable AAAA lookups in libcurl

We have a step during in of our large map reduce that does DNS resolutions. The application itself uses the c-ares library as well as libcurl. I notice that with each resolution, there is first an AAAA attempt, then immediately an A resolution. This…
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NginX domain resolver

Having nginx installed and Apache on port 8080. The trouble is: I'm building site for production domain (let's say mysite.com) and have everything configured for that domain. I change my Windows hosts file to redirect mysite.com to server's IP and…
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split-horizon with systemd-resolved

I am on an Ubuntu box that uses systemd-resolved to resolve host names. I would like to configure it, systemd-resolved, to use a DNS server, different than the main ones, just for some particular domain. Is that possible? I am finding…
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What are the pros and cons of using PfSense DNS Forwarder or Resolver?

I am looking for a clean set of pros and cons for two mutually exclusive DNS configurations for pfsense router: Forwarder and Resolver. The configuration that I have in mind is a complex home-office setup with VPN to office, dial-in VPN and two…
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Cannot resolve a single A Record from client machine

I set up a simple Bind server on my VPS and it is working properly. The problem occurs with my local windows machines, which are connected to internet through the home router. I created an A-record named 'dev' and it is invisible from my local…
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DNS and Web servers on a single machine (same IP)

I have a server with DNS and IIS7.5 installed. I also own a domain xyz.com (fictitious name, of course). How do I setup DNS to resolve to machine's IP for this domain provided DNS is installed on the same machine and is reached thru the same…
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Do foreign domains, like .ly take longer to resolve?

I have a .ly domain I want to get - but my concern is that initial resolution will take longer then a simple .com domain (e.g. when a customer views my site). Or is it just duplicated on domestic name servers, and doesn't matter?
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