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Re: why do'nt VNI archives accept? [message #3437 is a reply to message #3355] Tue, 24 January 1995 07:22 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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In article <3g1hho$qj@post.gsfc.nasa.gov>,
William Thompson <thompson@orpheus.nascom.nasa.gov> wrote:
> eilara@ccsg.tau.ac.il (Ran Eilam) writes:
>> well i get these DNS errors while trying to ftp, or to WWW to
>> ftp.vni.com or http://doc.boulder.vni.com/
>
> Hmmm, I get the same error from ftp.vni.com, though no problems using the http
> server. I suspect it's their problem.
>
Guess so. Here's what I get:

% ftp ftp.vni.com
Connected to doc.boulder.vni.com.
220 Boulder.VNI.COM FTP server (Version 5.16.94/lentz): Connection refused.
Name (ftp.vni.com:robijn): anonymous
530- Sorry, we're unable to map your IP address to a hostname)
530- in the DNS. This is probably because your nameserver does not have)
530- matching A and PTR record for your address in its tables, or because)
530- your reverse nameservers are not registered. We refuse service to)
530- hosts whose names we cannot resolve. If this is simply because your)
530- nameserver is hard to reach or slow to respond then try again in a)
530- minute or so, and perhaps our nameserver will have your hostname in)
530- its cache by then. If not, try reaching us from a host that is in)
530- the DNS or have your system administrator fix your servers.)
530 User anonymous access denied..
Login failed.

If I read this correctly, THEIR nameserver can't handle normal IP addresses.

Frank
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