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Why when DNS is down is not possible to Telnet a Unix server
This sounds like the usual unix-server-trying-to-do-a-reversed-lookup-of-your-IP problem :) To find out, just telnet to the box the next time the DNS dies, and then wait for quite some time. If you get connected after while - that's probarbly it. The timeout for reversed lookup changes between...
