Cant resolve pkg.us-east.freebsd.org

[Hugo Lombard]

On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 12:43:37PM -0400, Mark Saad wrote:
> All
>  I am having issues right now with resolving pkg.us-east.freebsd.org.
> I am in NYC using Above.net / Zayo and I am getting host unknow from a
> number of locations.
> 

I believe SRV records are used to get the actual host:

  [ https://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-ports@freebsd.org/msg53207.html ]

  $  dig +norecurse @ns0.freebsd.org _http._tcp.pkg.us-east.FreeBSD.org srv
  
  ; <<>> DiG 9.9.2-P2 <<>> +norecurse @ns0.freebsd.org _http._tcp.pkg.us-east.FreeBSD.org srv
  ; (2 servers found)
  ;; global options: +cmd
  ;; Got answer:
  ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 51676
  ;; flags: qr aa; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 3
  
  ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
  ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
  ;; QUESTION SECTION:
  ;_http._tcp.pkg.us-east.FreeBSD.org. IN SRV
  
  ;; ANSWER SECTION:
  _http._tcp.pkg.us-east.freebsd.org. 60 IN SRV   10 10 80 pkg0.nyi.freebsd.org.
  
  ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
  freebsd.org.            3600    IN      NS      ns1.isc-sns.net.
  freebsd.org.            3600    IN      NS      ns3.isc-sns.info.
  freebsd.org.            3600    IN      NS      ns2.isc-sns.com.
  
  ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
  pkg0.nyi.freebsd.org.   3600    IN      A       96.47.72.120
  pkg0.nyi.freebsd.org.   60      IN      AAAA    2610:1c1:1:6300::16:78
  
  ;; Query time: 348 msec
  ;; SERVER: 8.8.178.18#53(8.8.178.18)
  ;; WHEN: Tue Mar 11 19:12:36 2014
  ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 266
  
  $

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