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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hello every one,</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I always have been Microsoft oriented with all whistles and
bells around it, until I have discovered Fedora to admit that I have been
loosing my time AND MONEY in Microsoft.</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have installed Fedora C2 and was getting a lot of troubles
until to discover that my problem is caused by my Asus motherboard. I then
downloaded the fix for it and reinstalled without any trouble. Then I have made
a new install using FC3</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Now, I have got a PB with fedora, which I think is cased by
my ISP not doing reverse resolution.</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have registered a domain, lets say called *fedora.com,
relayed by registrar who is not my ISP. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Ftp, SMTP, www, pop3, etc are pointed to lets say a fixed IP
address 10.10.10.10/32 (IP address I am getting from my ISP).</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The command host, dig, nslookup all show that everything is
correctly configured.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have configured an internal DNS as catching only using the
dns I have been given by my registrar and using as well DNS of my ISP.</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>However all incoming traffic, ftp and www seems to end up
somewhere in my ISP network. It never reaches my IP address 10.10.10.10/32</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>When the command nslookup is executed on my address
10.10.10.10, I got answer that it is for my ISP and not for my domain
*fedora.com.</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I am using Fedora C3 and I believe everything works ok. From
my network I can have access to my ftp server, my web server and can send
e-mail as well and receive e-mail as well from my pop ISP account. However ftp
and www from outside doe not work.</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Is there anyway to by pass this issue? Do you think it
caused by the fact that there is no reverse resolution for my IP
10.10.10.10/32?</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Any type/help will be welcomed!</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Also do you know why the “Ask Mr DNS” site is
not accessible anymore?</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Many thanks in advance and,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Kind regards</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Sid</span></font></p>
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