Path: csiph.com!pasdenom.info!newsfeed.bofh.team!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Any GNU/Linux Gurus. Need Help Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:38:32 +0200 Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <18c2a3474c183555$54827$300760$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <87mrvrhvfd.fsf@atr2.ath.cx> <18c2cd68b8eac2eb$41590$199644$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <87fr1islxe.fsf@eder.anydns.info> <18c2e3bd758091e7$87485$300493$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net oS0j1bGPcPR7URHx4qkCiwaec9DjeGzcH2CCT3ZNahzQttKaRQ Cancel-Lock: sha1:pN5mU/y4LesXbS09UqHazMMVHjg= sha256:LkHg3jjbYiXBeNH/cLjUs34RAK07vU1pChlaYB0Bnms= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <18c2e3bd758091e7$87485$300493$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:88878 On 2026-07-16 23:53, Leroy H wrote: > On Thu, 16 Jul 2026 22:45:49 +0200, Andreas Eder wrote: > >> >> When I do this here I get the following: >> >> host auth.proofing.statefarm.com >> auth.proofing.statefarm.com is an alias for auth.proofing.ciam.c1.statefarm. >> auth.proofing.ciam.c1.statefarm has address 143.204.181.75 >> auth.proofing.ciam.c1.statefarm has address 143.204.181.66 >> auth.proofing.ciam.c1.statefarm has address 143.204.181.4 >> auth.proofing.ciam.c1.statefarm has address 143.204.181.19 >> > > Thanks for that. > > The problem is in the DNS lookup. The DNS server cannot lookup > the address. This would thus occur with any browser. > > As far as I can tell, on my system this is the only site that > has this problem. > > I have to do some some network debugging, but since my insurance > bills are paid for the next year the matter is not urgent. > Firefox can do DNS lookup on its own, ignoring the system. -- Cheers, Carlos E.R. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;