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Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 4:18 pm
by Mojo
Lairiodd wrote:Bah :)

C:\>nslookup vnboards.ign.com 194.168.8.100
*** Can't find server name for address 194.168.8.100: Query refused
Server: UnKnown
Address: 194.168.8.100

*** UnKnown can't find vnboards.ign.com: Query refused
right so they are not open anymore :<

Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 4:22 pm
by Lairiodd
I guess companies who left them open would getting spammed :). Also, it is probably quite easy to say only local IP's are enabled.

Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 4:24 pm
by Mojo
Lairiodd wrote:I guess companies who left them open would getting spammed :). Also, it is probably quite easy to say only local IP's are enabled.
Yes and Yes but it never used to be that way ;)

Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 4:25 pm
by Lairiodd
[quote="Mojo"]Yes and Yes but it never used to be that way ]

Yeah, well guess the internet isn't young anymore :).

Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 7:14 pm
by Lieva
i can remember when you used to get packets of data from t'internet and still have BFH

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 9:08 am
by Xest
Yeah dunno why no DNS servers are ever open anymore, it's quite annoying.

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 9:10 am
by Mojo
Xest wrote:Yeah dunno why no DNS servers are ever open anymore, it's quite annoying.

yeah it is, i have been checking lots too, i didn't know it was this way untill this thread, oh how things have changed :<

i feel out of touch

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:13 am
by Xest
Mojo wrote:yeah it is, i have been checking lots too, i didn't know it was this way untill this thread, oh how things have changed :<

i feel out of touch
They have graphical web browsers nowadays too apparently.