Mailing lists link in handbook redirects to......

Fri Feb 26 18:57:50 UTC 2010

> From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida at ceid.upatras.gr>
> Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:09:45 +0200
> Subject: Re: Mailing lists link in handbook redirects to......
>
> On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:22:32 +0100, Leslie Jensen <leslie at eskk.nu> wrote:
> > If I do
> >
> > host lists.freebsd.org
> > lists.freebsd.org is an alias for wwwdyn.freebsd.org.
> > wwwdyn.freebsd.org has address 69.147.83.38
> > wwwdyn.freebsd.org has IPv6 address 2001:4f8:fff6::26
> > wwwdyn.freebsd.org mail is handled by 0
> >
> > And then use the url
> >
> > http://69.147.83.38/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-emulation
>
> This is quite wrong.  You are being redirected through DNS to a bogus
> FreeBSD.org host name alias.

*IF* it is wrong, then it is the 'authoritative' FreeBSD nameservers that are 
giving out the bogus information.  <wry grin>

>
> Can you run tcpdump as root and collect all UDP and TCP traffic for port
> 32 (DNS)

Needless to say, DNS is UDP port 53, not 32  You got it right in the command-
line, so I'll assume this was just a typo.   <grin>

Here's what _I_ see, when querying the authoritative nameservers directly.

   host121: {206} % whois -h whois.geektools.com freebsd.org
   GeekTools Whois Proxy v5.0.4 Ready.

   Checking server [whois.publicinterestregistry.net]
   Results:
   Domain ID:D4488916-LROR 
   Domain Name:FREEBSD.ORG 
   Created On:19-Sep-1994 04:00:00 UTC 
   Last Updated On:14-Feb-2010 05:20:52 UTC 
   Expiration Date:18-Sep-2016 04:00:00 UTC 
   Sponsoring Registrar:Tucows Inc. (R11-LROR) 
   Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED 
   Status:CLIENT UPDATE PROHIBITED 
   Status:TRANSFER PROHIBITED 
   Registrant ID:tuHbzdTWLmystFVY 
   Registrant Name:THE FREEBSD FOUNDATION 
   Registrant Organization:THE FREEBSD FOUNDATION 
   Registrant Street1:P.O. Box 20247 
   Registrant Street2: 
   Registrant Street3: 
   Registrant City:BOULDER 
   Registrant State/Province:CO 
   Registrant Postal Code:80308 
   Registrant Country:US 
   Registrant Phone:+1.7202075142 
   Registrant Phone Ext.: 
   Registrant FAX: 
   Registrant FAX Ext.: 
   Registrant Email:board at freebsdfoundation.org 
   Admin ID:tuHbzdTWLmystFVY 
   Admin Name:THE FREEBSD FOUNDATION 
   Admin Organization:THE FREEBSD FOUNDATION 
   Admin Street1:P.O. Box 20247 
   Admin Street2: 
   Admin Street3: 
   Admin City:BOULDER 
   Admin State/Province:CO 
   Admin Postal Code:80308 
   Admin Country:US 
   Admin Phone:+1.7202075142 
   Admin Phone Ext.: 
   Admin FAX: 
   Admin FAX Ext.: 
   Admin Email:board at freebsdfoundation.org 
   Tech ID:tuHbzdTWLmystFVY 
   Tech Name:THE FREEBSD FOUNDATION 
   Tech Organization:THE FREEBSD FOUNDATION 
   Tech Street1:P.O. Box 20247 
   Tech Street2: 
   Tech Street3: 
   Tech City:BOULDER 
   Tech State/Province:CO 
   Tech Postal Code:80308 
   Tech Country:US 
   Tech Phone:+1.7202075142 
   Tech Phone Ext.: 
   Tech FAX: 
   Tech FAX Ext.: 
   Tech Email:board at freebsdfoundation.org 
   Name Server:NS1.ISC-SNS.NET 
   Name Server:NS2.ISC-SNS.COM 
   Name Server:NS3.ISC-SNS.INFO 
   Name Server:  
   Name Server:  
   Name Server:  
   Name Server:  
   Name Server:  
   Name Server:  
   Name Server:  
   Name Server:  
   Name Server:  
   Name Server:  
   DNSSEC:Unsigned 

   host121: {201} % dig @ns1.isc-sns.net lists.freebsd.org

   ; <<>> DiG 8.1 <<>> @ns1.isc-sns.net lists.freebsd.org 
   ; (1 server found)
   ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
   ;; got answer:
   ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10
   ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 5
   ;; QUERY SECTION:
   ;;      lists.freebsd.org, type = A, class = IN

   ;; ANSWER SECTION:
   lists.freebsd.org.      1H IN CNAME     wwwdyn.freebsd.org.
   wwwdyn.freebsd.org.     1H IN A         69.147.83.38

   ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
   freebsd.org.            1H IN NS        ns2.isc-sns.com.
   freebsd.org.            1H IN NS        ns1.isc-sns.net.
   freebsd.org.            1H IN NS        ns3.isc-sns.info.

   ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
   ns1.isc-sns.net.        1H IN A         72.52.71.1
   ns1.isc-sns.net.        1H IN AAAA      2001:470:1a::1
   ns2.isc-sns.com.        1H IN A         38.103.2.1
   ns3.isc-sns.info.       1H IN A         63.243.194.1
   ns3.isc-sns.info.       1H IN AAAA      2001:5a0:10::1

   ;; Total query time: 50 msec
   ;; FROM: host121.r-bonomi.com to SERVER: ns1.isc-sns.net  72.52.71.1
   ;; WHEN: Fri Feb 26 12:44:09 2010
   ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 35  rcvd: 264

   host121: {202} % dig @ns2.isc-sns.com lists.freebsd.org

   ; <<>> DiG 8.1 <<>> @ns2.isc-sns.com lists.freebsd.org 
   ; (1 server found)
   ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
   ;; got answer:
   ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10
   ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 5
   ;; QUERY SECTION:
   ;;      lists.freebsd.org, type = A, class = IN

   ;; ANSWER SECTION:
   lists.freebsd.org.      1H IN CNAME     wwwdyn.freebsd.org.
   wwwdyn.freebsd.org.     1H IN A         69.147.83.38

   ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
   freebsd.org.            1H IN NS        ns3.isc-sns.info.
   freebsd.org.            1H IN NS        ns1.isc-sns.net.
   freebsd.org.            1H IN NS        ns2.isc-sns.com.

   ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
   ns1.isc-sns.net.        1H IN A         72.52.71.1
   ns1.isc-sns.net.        1H IN AAAA      2001:470:1a::1
   ns2.isc-sns.com.        1H IN A         38.103.2.1
   ns3.isc-sns.info.       1H IN A         63.243.194.1
   ns3.isc-sns.info.       1H IN AAAA      2001:5a0:10::1

   ;; Total query time: 48 msec
   ;; FROM: host121.r-bonomi.com to SERVER: ns2.isc-sns.com  38.103.2.1
   ;; WHEN: Fri Feb 26 12:44:28 2010
   ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 35  rcvd: 264

   host121: {203} % dig @ns3.isc-sns.info lists.freebsd.org

   ; <<>> DiG 8.1 <<>> @ns3.isc-sns.info lists.freebsd.org 
   ; (1 server found)
   ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
   ;; got answer:
   ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10
   ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 5
   ;; QUERY SECTION:
   ;;      lists.freebsd.org, type = A, class = IN

   ;; ANSWER SECTION:
   lists.freebsd.org.      1H IN CNAME     wwwdyn.freebsd.org.
   wwwdyn.freebsd.org.     1H IN A         69.147.83.38

   ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
   freebsd.org.            1H IN NS        ns3.isc-sns.info.
   freebsd.org.            1H IN NS        ns2.isc-sns.com.
   freebsd.org.            1H IN NS        ns1.isc-sns.net.

   ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
   ns1.isc-sns.net.        1H IN A         72.52.71.1
   ns1.isc-sns.net.        1H IN AAAA      2001:470:1a::1
   ns2.isc-sns.com.        1H IN A         38.103.2.1
   ns3.isc-sns.info.       1H IN A         63.243.194.1
   ns3.isc-sns.info.       1H IN AAAA      2001:5a0:10::1

   ;; Total query time: 52 msec
   ;; FROM: host121.r-bonomi.com to SERVER: ns3.isc-sns.info  63.243.194.1
   ;; WHEN: Fri Feb 26 12:45:10 2010
   ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 35  rcvd: 264

   host121: {204} % nslookup freebsd.org

   Non-authoritative answer:
   Name:    freebsd.org
   Address:  69.147.83.40

Note: _all_ the authoritative servers insist that 'lists.freebsd.org' _is_
a CNAME aliast for 'wwwdyn.freebsd.org', and all of them agree on the IP
address that is only 3 numbers away from the general 'freebsd.org' machine.

Please show us what _you_ get for a DNS query response.  :)