[NTLUG:Discuss] DNS Woes.

[brian@pongonova.net]

On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 09:47:55AM -0600, Steve Baker wrote:
> I recently purchased my own domain name (sjbaker.org) and following some
> great advice from people on this list, use the 'granitecanyon' free DNS
> service to act as primary and secondard DNS for my site.
..
> However, once in a while, I find that I can't reach my machine - even a
> simple 'ping' doesn't work:

FWIW, there's been a few comments on the OpenNIC mailing list
(www.opennic.unrated.net) about the reliability (or lack thereof) of granitecanyon.
Most likely you're just experiencing some of that unreliability.

For those who are wondering what OpenNIC is, it's a democratic open-source
alternative to the ICANN monopoly. Check it out...I host one of the nameservers
here in Dallas, and we resolve both ICANN and non-ICANN domains.  Feel free to
point your resolv.conf to 144.162.120.230...

  --Brian