Tag Archives: DNS

Changing server ip addresses

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Dennis

OK, so I changed my virtual server ip address in response to my host being allocated a new block of IPs. Anyhow, things seem to have gone ok. I changed DNS timeouts to short, waited, updated everything etc etc… Of … Continue reading →

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Why and How to use OpenDNS.com

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Dennis

I’ve been recommending to friends and family that they use OpenDNS.com to help safeguard their homes from adult content. A few things have changed since I originally started using their service and I thought I’d write up a little article … Continue reading →

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Programming a client for the WHOIS protocol

Posted on October 10, 2007 by Dennis

I have a little task that involves programmatically determining whether DNS servers are set correctly for a domain. Since this project is written in Python, I first set out to see if there were any “whois” clients already available for … Continue reading →

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