Website Not Reachable Error

The error message “website not reachable” means lots of things. Some can be controlled from your end others can be only controlled by website owner or person who is responsible for the website.

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Linux Check Bind Version

I‘m running Bind name server on Linux box but I’m not sure about version. How do I check bind version under Linux operating systems?

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What Ports Required For BIND Domain Name Server

I‘d like to know what TCP and UDP ports need to be open for the Domain Name Service (DNS) to function properly under Linux, OS X and UNIX like operating systems?

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CentOS Linux Setup Dynamic DNS (DDNS)

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How do I setup Dynamic DNS (DDNS) in CentOS Linux 4 or 5 server operating systems?

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Airtel Check Data Usage

How do I check Airtel Broadband usage?

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Debian Linux Set BIND 9 Caching DNS Server

Debian Linux BIND 9 Caching Server

The resolving name servers directly finds out information about the root servers, top level domains and authoritative name servers. It also speed up queries by caching results locallly as configured by hostmater in their domains’ TTL field. You can setup BIND 9 as caching name server to speed up dns caching for the rest of all clients. This tutorial explain – how to install BIND 9 caching only dns server under Debian Linux.

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HowTo: Edit The /etc/resolv.conf File in CentOS Linux

How do I edit /etc/resolv.conf file in CentOS Linux?

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What Is NXDOMAIN?

What is NXDOMAIN? How does nxdomain affects my browsing? Explains the relationship between NXDOMAIN and DNS Hijacking.

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Wikipedia Site Not Reachable Due To DNS Issues

Wikipedia Explains Today’s Global Outage – Wikipedia.org is one of the busiest website on the Internet went down today due to DNS issues.

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25 Years Of The .com

The domain name .com is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) in the Domain Name System of the Internet. .COM is one of the first set of gTLD. It was first implemented for use on the Internet in January 1985. The internet celebrates a landmark event on the 15 March – the 25th birthday of the day the first dotcom name was registered.

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