unresolved/resolved host names

[Magali BERNARD]

brad.knowles at skynet.be said:

> >>  dig @localhost www.endnote.com
> >
> >  ; <<>> DiG 9.1.0 <<>> @localhost www.endnote.com
> >  ;; global options:  printcmd
> >  ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
> 
> 	This machine does not appear to be running a nameserver at all. 
> Are  you sure that you started the program up?  What error messages 
> are being written to the syslog?  What error messages are you seeing 
> on the console once you attempt to start the program?

This machine is the primary nameserver for our university:

> dig @localhost univ-st-etienne.fr

; <<>> DiG 9.1.0 <<>> @localhost univ-st-etienne.fr
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 49597
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;univ-st-etienne.fr.            IN      A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
univ-st-etienne.fr.     172800  IN      SOA     stroph.univ-st-etienne.fr. gilibert.univ-st-etienne.fr. 2001052901 21600 3600 3600000 172800

;; Query time: 29 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(localhost)
;; WHEN: Fri Jun  1 12:08:14 2001
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 88

> dig @localhost skynet.be

; <<>> DiG 9.1.0 <<>> @localhost skynet.be
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 49597
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;skynet.be.                     IN      A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
skynet.be.              10800   IN      SOA     ns1.skynet.be. dnsmaster.skynet.be. 2001053101 10800 3600 604800 86400

;; Query time: 181 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(localhost)
;; WHEN: Fri Jun  1 12:09:51 2001
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 77


.....but "no servers could be reached" responses for www.endnote.com,
niles.com, ...

Any hints ?


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