Slow DNS resolution.

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 [dsandler.org] For the last several months (probably since some OS X update), I’ve had this bizarre thing going on with my iMac where DNS queries take a ridiculously long time to complete. Web browsing is painful, incoming ssh connections are punished (lots of reverse lookups), and so on. None of the other Macs under my administrative control have the issue, so I figured it was just something weird about my setup.

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 [Jason's Little Corner of the World] Now that Ry's gone, I have nothing to do. LiveJournal ahoy!: When it seems like you are going to be canned, I can't help but think an email, cc'd to everyone, wouldn't hurt. Things about 1. What you do (include the fact that some things were at the direction of your boss, so you're off the hook for those undesirable accomplishments but still get credit for doing them) 2. lack of incentives (well put with the examples) 3.

 [Dsandler.org] dsandler.org: ... my iMac where DNS queries take a ridiculously long time to complete. Web browsing is painful, incoming ssh connections are punished (lots of reverse ...

[Dribin.org] Dave Dribin's blog: For you Apple Fan's that have been living under a rock, Tiger is going to be released on April 29th. They've posted a list of all the new features. Apart from the biggies like Spotlight and Dashboard, here are ones I'm looking forward to:

[Blogs.msdn.com] Mikehall's Embedded WebLog : Linux in Embedded Systems - The ...: I recently built a wireless router using linux and I was able to customize every single detail. I could add a firewall(iptables), DNS,ssh,loadbalancing,proxy, anything I wanted all for free. If I didn;t like the way something was working, I could go in and change it myself. The bottom line was that I was in control.

[Cutedgesystems.com] Mac@Work : The Ultimate Business Machine: It's quite difficult to debug these remotely. So many things can go wrong in the system (the network settings, the network itself, no available DNS server, a case-sensitive file system, a machine without a host name, manual modifications to the config files that Postfix Enabler is too stupid to work around, plus a zillion other things). But I think people appreciate it when I do give it a go anyway because it's really not worth the 10 bucks. So I'm actually relieved to be able to refund the money when things don't work out.

[Roadstead.com] Mac@Work : The Ultimate Business Machine: What I understand, from a traditional credit card arrangement, is that the merchant has to pay a fee to the credit card company for processing a refund. If this were so, every time I offer to make a refund (because I can't figure out why Postfix Enabler isn't working for a customer), I'm doubly punished by the system.

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Posted at May 30, 2005 10:57 AM