Broken ipchains

[G. Roderick Singleton]

Bruce Ordway wrote:
> 
> Well, I hink I've found the problem. Since I didn't get any replies to this
> I can guess that either nobody had any idea what I needed to do to fix this,
> or it is not a topic of interest in this newsgroup. Anyway, since I started
> this, I figured I would share with you all what I have found.
> 
> I had tried setting up DNS on a Linux box that was already running ipchains.
> It was resolving names OK but my Win98 client went wacko & was timing out. I
> finally manually put entries in the host files of the server and the client
> and things started working again. So, even though DNS appeared to be
> working, it was screwing things up. Sure enough, when I reviewed the
> configuration files (that I built) they were all screwed up.
> 
> Along the way I was pointed to a great site for DNS,
> http://www.menandmice.com/index.htm.
> 
> Their site states that 3 out of 4 DNS servers in the world are set up
> incorrectly. They have tools for sale that will help you diagnose your DNS.
> I downloaded the 7 day trial and it pointed out a few things I still have to
> fix.
> 
> Anyway, I'm on the road to recovery now.
> 
> Now maybe I can get back to my original project, sendmail.
> 
> Bruce

Interesting only to windows weenies and mac hacks.  Nothing for 
the rest of us with real OSs
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