Newbie Question, DNS config

[Barry Margolin]

In article <c8leot$uf2$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 doors_virgil at yahoo.co.uk (Virgil) wrote:

> Helo,
> 
> I have a small network at home, I connect via a proxy to Internet and
> Mozilla works OK, but I can't use "dig" command:
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> 127.0.0.1
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
> 
> Also, in a small home made program, gethostbyname() always returns
> "TRY_AGAIN" error.

Sounds like your firewall is blocking DNS except from the proxy.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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