DNS problems at thought.org

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:25:43 -0800, Gary Kline <kline at thought.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 12:29:30AM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
>> You have some serious DNS issues with your current setup.  I think you
>> should start by:
>>
>>   1) *Removing* from the NS records of your domain the name servers that
>>      are not necessary (the celestial.com ones).
>>
>>   2) *Updating* the NS list of the same domain at the DNS registrar you are
>>      using to use ns1.thought.org and ns1.localhostservices.net.
>>
>>   3) Checking the firewall settings at ns1.thought.org to see why it does
>>   not respond to queries.

> Jon just got home ansd mailed me about my secondaries.  With
> what he said, or tired to explain, and what you have below,
> the picture is pretty clear.  Jon think I need to drop the
> ns2.secondary.com secondaries and others that are not consistent.
>
> Some point to aristotle; others to ethic.

Yes, that makes perfect sense.  It's the main reason why I wrote step 1
in the above list.

>> When you *do* update the NS listing through your DNS registration
>> service, point it _only_ at name servers that really have a valid
>> copy of your zone files and are set up to serve as secondaries.
>> After a while, when the changes propagate to all the name servers,
>> your domain should work fine with bind (either the base-system or
>> ports version).
>
> Thijngs may be happening.  Since I have no webserver apps [GUI] I gave
> the gkg.net info to Jon and asked him to edit my files there.  i use
> pfsense as my firewall.  I'm still in learning mode about its fine
> points, but from what I understand, it points only to ethic ... I
> think in the past few days--two or three days.
>
> *Thanks* for filling in the blank spaces.

No problem.