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Is it just me or is the website up and down like a 'lady of the night's' draws?

Is it just me or is the website up and down like a 'lady of the night's' draws?

No.... its not you.

Is it just me or is the website up and down like a 'lady of the night's' draws?

Its on and.off all the time the Provider it would seem is experiencing difficulties....still

Look on it as a positive - unpredictability can be exciting

As a result of no access I had to do the washing up last night - new experiences are available for us all

sign up to the twitter feed for website updates and comunications especially usefull when the site is down. @AlpineRenaultUK

sign up to the twitter feed for website updates and comunications especially usefull when the site is down. @AlpineRenaultUK

Seriously not that desperate yet!!!

si21

[The Saint]

Things are being looked into to try and sort this matter... Please be patient Stephen is still quite busy with the factory parts run.. But I can assure you the web site is being address..
If you have any ideas of things you would like added to it, like a chat room so we can take the "P" out of each other, without filling the forums with unwanted chatter... OR maybe a profile section so we can add a face pic, or what ever, so we know who is who at a meeting?? I am sure any positive input will be welcomed..

It is rather up and down.
The forum was off for most of yesterday (accessing from Virginmedia).

If you chaps need any help, feel free to ask me. Im an IT Engineer by trade for the last 18yrs. Network design, Data Centers, Long distance Backhaul links.
But I pretty much cover any area of IT.

I can see the website is now hosted by Redstation at a server in Gosport.
Current domain check looks better than in recent years.


PASS
Parent zone provides NS records Parent zone exists and provides NS records. This is good because some domains, usually third or fourth level domains, such as 'example.co.us' do not have a direct parent zone. This is legal but can cause confusion. The NS Records provided are (nameserver | IP Address | TTL):

ns1.netpivotal.com. | 184.172.148.226
ns2.netpivotal.com. | 212.100.249.163


PASS
Number of nameservers At least 2 (RFC2182 section 5 recommends at least 3), but fewer than 8 NS records exist (RFC1912 section 2.8 recommends that you have no more than 7). This meets the RFC minimum requirements, but is lower than the upper limits that some domain registrars have on the number of nameservers. A larger number of nameservers reduce the load on each and, since they should be located in different locations, prevent a single point of failure. The NS Records provided are:

ns1.netpivotal.com. | 184.172.148.226 | TTL=172800
ns2.netpivotal.com. | 212.100.249.163 | TTL=172800




NS


Status

Test Name

Information



PASS
Unique nameserver IPs All nameserver addresses are unique. The Nameservers provided are nameservers that supply answers for your zone, including those responsible for your mailservers or nameservers A records. If any are missing a name (No Name Provided), it is because they did not send an A record when asked for data or were not specifically asked for that data:

PASS
All nameservers respond All nameservers responded. We were able to get a timely response for NS records from your nameservers, which indicates that they are running correctly and your zone (domain) is valid. The Nameservers provided are nameservers that supply answers for your zone, including those responsible for your mailservers or nameservers A records. If any are missing a name (No Name Provided), it is because they did not send an A record when asked for data or were not specifically asked for that data:

PASS
Open DNS servers Nameservers do not respond to recursive queries. Your DNS servers do not announce that they are open DNS servers (i.e. answering recursively). Although there is a slight chance that they really are open DNS servers, this is very unlikely. Open DNS servers increase the chances of cache poisoning, can degrade performance of your DNS, and can cause your DNS servers to be used in an attack, so it is imperative that externally facing DNS servers do not recursively answer queries.

PASS
All nameservers authoritative All nameservers answered authoritatively for the zone. This indicates that the zones for this domain are set up correctly on your nameservers and that we should be able to get good responses to further queries.

PASS
NS list matches parent list NS list matches list from parent zone. This indicates that your parent nameservers are 'aware' of the correct authoritative nameservers for your domain. This ensures less overhead for DNS queries, because an extra DNS resolution step is not required.

PASS
NS address list matches parent zone NS addresses matches list from parent zone. This indicates that your parent nameservers are 'aware' of the correct authoritative nameservers for your domain. This ensures less overhead for DNS queries, because an extra DNS resolution step is not required.

PASS
Stealth nameservers No stealth nameservers discovered. There is very little chance that there will be 'confusion' when resolving your domain records from the parent nameservers. There appear to be no 'extra' nameservers listed that the parent might try to refer to and cause DNS resolution delays.

INFO
Stealth nameservers respond No stealth nameservers to test. This is simply a note to indicate that you do not have any stealth nameservers to test, which is what is normally expected of domains.

FAIL
TCP allowed No nameservers respond to queries via TCP. If no nameservers respond to TCP connections, this means that standard zone transfers (usually for slave DNS server replication) and most DNSSEC functions will not work. This can cause difficult to diagnose issues with those protocols. The nameservers that failed TCP queries are:

No Name Provided | No Glue


PASS
Nameserver software version Responses from nameservers do not appear to be version numbers. While version information is important internally, DNS version information displayed externally can leave your servers vulnerable to version-specific exploits. Your servers appear to hide this information and are likely safer.

PASS
All nameservers have identical records All of your nameservers are providing the same list of nameservers.

PASS
All nameserver addresses are public All of your nameserver addresses are public. If there were any private IPs, they would not be reachable, causing DNS delays.



SOA


Status

Test Name

Information



FAIL
SOA record check No nameservers provided an SOA record for the zone. You should configure your nameservers to have a master slave relationship. The update of the zone information to the slave nameservers should be handled through the SOA record.



MX


Status

Test Name

Information



FAIL
MX records check No MX records exist within the zone. This is legal, but if you want to receive E-mail on this domain, you should have MX record(s). The program can't continue in a case like this, so we are assuming you don't receive mail on this domain.



WWW


Status

Test Name

Information



INFO
WWW record check Domain has no WWW hostname record.

INFO
Domain record The domain literal has no address records.



DNSSEC


Status

Test Name

Information



INFO
DNSSEC records check No DNSSEC records created for this zone. Many major institutions and government agencies are planning to move to DNSSEC. You may want to consider an implementation plan for the zone specified. If you implemented DNSSEC for your zone we would be able to run further tests.



SPF


Status

Test Name

Information



INFO
SPF record check This domain does not have an SPF record, nor an SPF formatted TXT record. SPF stands for Sender Policy Framework and is intended as an anti-forgery email solution (See RFC4408). Many spammers have adopted this mechanism and SPF records alone may not be sufficient to stop spam.

It is rather up and down.
The forum was off for most of yesterday (accessing from Virginmedia).

If you chaps need any help, feel free to ask me. Im an IT Engineer by trade for the last 18yrs. Network design, Data Centers, Long distance Backhaul links.
But I pretty much cover any area of IT.

I can see the website is now hosted by Redstation at a server in Gosport.
Current domain check looks better than in recent years.


PASS
Parent zone provides NS records Parent zone exists and provides NS records. This is good because some domains, usually third or fourth level domains, such as 'example.co.us' do not have a direct parent zone. This is legal but can cause confusion. The NS Records provided are (nameserver | IP Address | TTL):

ns1.netpivotal.com. | 184.172.148.226
ns2.netpivotal.com. | 212.100.249.163


PASS
Number of nameservers At least 2 (RFC2182 section 5 recommends at least 3), but fewer than 8 NS records exist (RFC1912 section 2.8 recommends that you have no more than 7). This meets the RFC minimum requirements, but is lower than the upper limits that some domain registrars have on the number of nameservers. A larger number of nameservers reduce the load on each and, since they should be located in different locations, prevent a single point of failure. The NS Records provided are:

ns1.netpivotal.com. | 184.172.148.226 | TTL=172800
ns2.netpivotal.com. | 212.100.249.163 | TTL=172800




NS


Status

Test Name

Information



PASS
Unique nameserver IPs All nameserver addresses are unique. The Nameservers provided are nameservers that supply answers for your zone, including those responsible for your mailservers or nameservers A records. If any are missing a name (No Name Provided), it is because they did not send an A record when asked for data or were not specifically asked for that data:

PASS
All nameservers respond All nameservers responded. We were able to get a timely response for NS records from your nameservers, which indicates that they are running correctly and your zone (domain) is valid. The Nameservers provided are nameservers that supply answers for your zone, including those responsible for your mailservers or nameservers A records. If any are missing a name (No Name Provided), it is because they did not send an A record when asked for data or were not specifically asked for that data:

PASS
Open DNS servers Nameservers do not respond to recursive queries. Your DNS servers do not announce that they are open DNS servers (i.e. answering recursively). Although there is a slight chance that they really are open DNS servers, this is very unlikely. Open DNS servers increase the chances of cache poisoning, can degrade performance of your DNS, and can cause your DNS servers to be used in an attack, so it is imperative that externally facing DNS servers do not recursively answer queries.

PASS
All nameservers authoritative All nameservers answered authoritatively for the zone. This indicates that the zones for this domain are set up correctly on your nameservers and that we should be able to get good responses to further queries.

PASS
NS list matches parent list NS list matches list from parent zone. This indicates that your parent nameservers are 'aware' of the correct authoritative nameservers for your domain. This ensures less overhead for DNS queries, because an extra DNS resolution step is not required.

PASS
NS address list matches parent zone NS addresses matches list from parent zone. This indicates that your parent nameservers are 'aware' of the correct authoritative nameservers for your domain. This ensures less overhead for DNS queries, because an extra DNS resolution step is not required.

PASS
Stealth nameservers No stealth nameservers discovered. There is very little chance that there will be 'confusion' when resolving your domain records from the parent nameservers. There appear to be no 'extra' nameservers listed that the parent might try to refer to and cause DNS resolution delays.

INFO
Stealth nameservers respond No stealth nameservers to test. This is simply a note to indicate that you do not have any stealth nameservers to test, which is what is normally expected of domains.

FAIL
TCP allowed No nameservers respond to queries via TCP. If no nameservers respond to TCP connections, this means that standard zone transfers (usually for slave DNS server replication) and most DNSSEC functions will not work. This can cause difficult to diagnose issues with those protocols. The nameservers that failed TCP queries are:

No Name Provided | No Glue


PASS
Nameserver software version Responses from nameservers do not appear to be version numbers. While version information is important internally, DNS version information displayed externally can leave your servers vulnerable to version-specific exploits. Your servers appear to hide this information and are likely safer.

PASS
All nameservers have identical records All of your nameservers are providing the same list of nameservers.

PASS
All nameserver addresses are public All of your nameserver addresses are public. If there were any private IPs, they would not be reachable, causing DNS delays.



SOA


Status

Test Name

Information



FAIL
SOA record check No nameservers provided an SOA record for the zone. You should configure your nameservers to have a master slave relationship. The update of the zone information to the slave nameservers should be handled through the SOA record.



MX


Status

Test Name

Information



FAIL
MX records check No MX records exist within the zone. This is legal, but if you want to receive E-mail on this domain, you should have MX record(s). The program can't continue in a case like this, so we are assuming you don't receive mail on this domain.



WWW


Status

Test Name

Information



INFO
WWW record check Domain has no WWW hostname record.

INFO
Domain record The domain literal has no address records.



DNSSEC


Status

Test Name

Information



INFO
DNSSEC records check No DNSSEC records created for this zone. Many major institutions and government agencies are planning to move to DNSSEC. You may want to consider an implementation plan for the zone specified. If you implemented DNSSEC for your zone we would be able to run further tests.



SPF


Status

Test Name

Information



INFO
SPF record check This domain does not have an SPF record, nor an SPF formatted TXT record. SPF stands for Sender Policy Framework and is intended as an anti-forgery email solution (See RFC4408). Many spammers have adopted this mechanism and SPF records alone may not be sufficient to stop spam.

a mine of useless information there makes Faulksy's Renix thread look like childs play.

Lol@Mark I was thinking the same thing maybe Faulksy can translate for us lesser beings !

si21 [/i]

Things are being looked into to try and sort this matter... Please be patient Stephen is still quite busy with the factory parts run.. But I can assure you the web site is being address..

I wasnt having a dig. I simply wanted to know if it was something to do with my end - I've had issues before and my BB speed is so sllllllllllllllllllloww at times.

[BIG_MVS]

time you got a hair cut martin

Lol@Mark I was thinking the same thing maybe Faulksy can translate for us lesser beings !

si21 [/i]

Lol ... can't help sorry, means nowt to me, maybe we can have an executive summary for dummies Paul? As is the fashion these days, what does good look like? ... well apart from the whores draws...