odd DNS problem, maybe OT

[Tom Browder]

On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 00:54, rikona <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:
> Hello Tom,
> TB> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 18:43, rikona <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:
>>> I have an odd problem. I have lost the ability to connect to anything
>>> from sat.wrh.noaa.gov or star.nesdis.noaa.gov - these give sat and
>>> radar weather info. I can connect to
...
> TB> like my ISP's DNS servers had been hijacked.  I changed all my DNS
> TB> addresses to those of opendns.com and the problem went away.
...
> Your suggestion was excellent. I have another account with Sonic, so I
> switched to their DNS servers [which I used to use]. This DID let me

I have had great success with the DNS servers from opendns.com.. One
advantage of using them is for traveling with a laptop--you don't have
to worry about the local ISP's DNS.  They also have some filtering
capability that might eliminate the need for privoxy depending on your
use of it.

> Part of the problem on one box still remains. It is related to Privoxy
> - when Privoxy is on I still can't see them, but turning it off in the
> browser lets me see them. I have not yet found a way to get privoxy to
> 'forget' the DNS it 'learned' before, but I'll work on that.

A quick look at the privoxy site mentions possible DNS problems in the
FAQ.  Later versions are supposed to work better.  And there is
mention of one of the sub-processes doing something different with DNS
settings.

> Thanks much,

You're very welcome.

Best,

-Tom

Thomas M. Browder, Jr.
Niceville, Florida
USA