For Nic Ferrier <address@hidden>

[Robert J. Chassell]

[[Sorry to bother the rest of you but this is the only way I can send
a message to Nic!]]

    That's odd.

    I've set you up an account on my server so that we can establish
    contact. ssh to 80.168.156.73 and use:  ....

SSH failed, much to my surprise since I use it often.  Here are the
results of the `host', `dig', and `ping' commands:

    # host tf1.tapsellferrier.co.uk
    tf1.tapsellferrier.co.uk        A       80.168.156.73

    # host -v -G -S -C -A -L 1 tf1.tapsellferrier.co.uk
    Finding nameservers for tf1.tapsellferrier.co.uk ...
    Query failed, 0 answers, authoritative status: no error
    tf1.tapsellferrier.co.uk has no NS record (Authoritative answer)
    No nameservers for tf1.tapsellferrier.co.uk found

     # dig  tf1.tapsellferrier.co.uk

    ; <<>> DiG 9.2.3rc4 <<>> tf1.tapsellferrier.co.uk
    ;; global options:  printcmd
    ;; Got answer:
    ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 1637
    ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2

    ;; QUESTION SECTION:
    ;tf1.tapsellferrier.co.uk.      IN      A

    ;; ANSWER SECTION:
    tf1.tapsellferrier.co.uk. 399929 IN     A       80.168.156.73

    ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
    tapsellferrier.co.uk.   443159  IN      NS      
owls-house.tapsellferrier.co.uk.
    tapsellferrier.co.uk.   443159  IN      NS      
owls-tree.tapsellferrier.co.uk.

    ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
    owls-house.tapsellferrier.co.uk. 443159 IN A    80.168.156.77
    owls-tree.tapsellferrier.co.uk. 443159 IN A     80.168.156.78

    ;; Query time: 300 msec
    ;; SERVER: 206.72.196.10#53(206.72.196.10)
    ;; WHEN: Thu Dec  4 18:19:31 2003
    ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 159


     # ping tf1.tapsellferrier.co.uk
    PING tf1.tapsellferrier.co.uk (80.168.156.73) 56(84) bytes of data.

    --- tf1.tapsellferrier.co.uk ping statistics ---
    5 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 4017ms

     # ping 80.168.156.73
    PING 80.168.156.73 (80.168.156.73) 56(84) bytes of data.

    --- 80.168.156.73 ping statistics ---
    5 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 4018ms

-- 
    Robert J. Chassell                         Rattlesnake Enterprises
    http://www.rattlesnake.com                  GnuPG Key ID: 004B4AC8
    http://www.teak.cc                             address@hidden