Subj : Binkd 1.1a112 binaries for Win32, Win64, OS/2, DOS
To : Alexey Fayans
From : Oli
Date : Tue Feb 02 2021 09:17 am
Alexey wrote (2021-02-02):
AF> Hello Michael!
AF> On Mon, 01 Feb 2021 at 22:12 +0300, you wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:
MV>>>>
http://download.binkd.org
WV>>> My browser can't reach this website a.t.m.?
MD>> $ host download.binkd.org
MD>> download.binkd.org has address 46.4.85.143
MD>> download.binkd.org has IPv6 address 2a01:4f8:141:630c::1000
AF> You were just lucky. Out of 4 DNS servers only one works, so it's 25%
AF> change to get IP address resolved.
That's the reason it often doesn't work the first time I try.
$ dig download.binkd.org @NS1.VLM.RU
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
$ dig download.binkd.org @NS2.VLM.RU
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
$ dig download.binkd.org @NS3.VLM.RU
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
$ dig download.binkd.org @NS0.VLM.RU
;; ANSWER SECTION:
download.binkd.org. 3600 IN A 46.4.85.143
AF> I already brought this up and was told it was done intentionally for some
AF> weird reason.
It's an official download site for binkd. Could we call it intentionally stupid?
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