nslookup alpine-usa.com

[fdiprete at comcast.net]

hmm.

I can resolve www.alpine-usa.com from work

fdiprete at chester:~$ nslookup www.alpine-usa.com
Server:         10.0.0.16
Address:        10.0.0.16#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:   www.alpine-usa.com
Address: 72.3.185.216

running bind 9.4.3

.. something is up with my bind 9.5




 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Ben Scott" <dragonhawk at gmail.com>
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 9:16 AM, Neil Joseph Schelly
> <neil at jenandneil.com> wrote:
> > As others have pointed out, there is no alpine-usa.com.  There is
> > www.alpine-usa.com (and maybe other subdomains), but alpine-usa.com is not
> > defined.
> 
>   <alpine-usa.com.> is defined.  There is simply no A record
> associated with it.  This is an important distinction.  For example,
> there are MX records associated with <alpine-usa.com.>, so mail could
> be working just fine.
> 
>   I realize I'm being pedantic, but we all know that subtle
> distinctions like this can make a big difference when you're dealing
> with these pesky computers.  :-)
> 
> -- Ben
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