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Good question. I doubt this is really a DNS Issue (per se). Red hat appears to have an MX record and an A record for listman.redhat.com. Why Netscape on Windows tried 443 before 80 I do not know. -derek "Bill Horne" <bill at horne.net> writes: > Thanks for reading this. I've got an unusual question about dns. > > On my RH 7.3 box, if I use Netscape and enter > http://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list, the browser > stalls and finally times out. I can see the dns query going out and > being answered, and then a series of connect attempts to port 80, with > no answers from listman.redhat.com. > > On Windows 95, if I use Netscape and enter the same URL, I see the dns > query going out and being answered, and then a connect attempt AND > ANSWER to PORT 443! The page comes up ok, albeit as https instead of http. > > If I enter https instead of http on the Redhat box, it also renders the > page correctly. > > The question: how did the windows version of netscape know it should > attempt port 443? There were NO attempts on port 80 before the port 443 > traffic, so I assume that the dns query provided the information somehow. > > Please tell me if that makes sense, or supply any other information > you can. Thanks in advance. > > Bill > > -- > Bill Horne > If you seek truth, do not look to the past or the future. Look inside. > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at blu.org > http://www.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH warlord at MIT.EDU PGP key available
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