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Anyone know why slackware.com has suddenly become
e9788.dscx.akamaiedge.net and
ping that gets a reply from
a2-22-249-16.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com

ping -c1 www.slackware.com now returns an error(1), whereas ping -c2 www.slackware.com returns OK (0).
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On 04.06.2025 13:27 Uhr Chris Elvidge wrote:

Anyone know why slackware.com has suddenly become
e9788.dscx.akamaiedge.net and

I don't see any CNAME in DNS.

m@ryz:~$ dig slackware.com +short
64.57.102.36

m@ryz:~$ ping slackware.com -c1
PING slackware.com (64.57.102.36) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from connie.slackware.com (64.57.102.36): icmp_seq=1 ttl=51
time=169 ms

The last line shows the PTR record for the reverse zone.
In certain cases this is entirely different from the host name itself.

ping that gets a reply from a2-22-249-16.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com

I can't see that here.

Which DNS resolver do you use?
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On 04/06/2025 at 18:51, Marco Moock wrote:

On 04.06.2025 13:27 Uhr Chris Elvidge wrote:

Anyone know why slackware.com has suddenly become
e9788.dscx.akamaiedge.net and

I don't see any CNAME in DNS.

m@ryz:~$ dig slackware.com +short
64.57.102.36

m@ryz:~$ ping slackware.com -c1
PING slackware.com (64.57.102.36) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from connie.slackware.com (64.57.102.36): icmp_seq=1 ttl=51
time=169 ms

The last line shows the PTR record for the reverse zone.
In certain cases this is entirely different from the host name itself.

ping that gets a reply from
a2-22-249-16.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com

I can't see that here.

Which DNS resolver do you use?

Sorry: www.slackware.com

I get this:

# dig www.slackware.com

; <<>> DiG 9.20.9 <<>> www.slackware.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 25453
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 4, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.slackware.com. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.slackware.com. 14400 IN CNAME www.slackware.com.edgekey.net. www.slackware.com.edgekey.net. 600 IN CNAME e9788.dscx.akamaiedge.net. e9788.dscx.akamaiedge.net. 20 IN A 92.123.128.176 e9788.dscx.akamaiedge.net. 20 IN A 92.123.128.172

;; Query time: 405 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.23.200#53(192.168.23.200) (UDP)
;; WHEN: Wed Jun 04 19:57:53 BST 2025
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 157

Note: 192.168.23.200 is my pihole.
Upstream Quad9 (unfiltered, no DNSSEC)

$ dig @9.9.9.9 www.slackware.com

; <<>> DiG 9.11.9 <<>> @9.9.9.9 www.slackware.com
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 52157
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 4, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.slackware.com. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.slackware.com. 11972 IN CNAME www.slackware.com.edgekey.net. www.slackware.com.edgekey.net. 600 IN CNAME e9788.dscx.akamaiedge.net. e9788.dscx.akamaiedge.net. 20 IN A 92.123.128.172 e9788.dscx.akamaiedge.net. 20 IN A 92.123.128.176

;; Query time: 234 msec
;; SERVER: 9.9.9.9#53(9.9.9.9)
;; WHEN: Wed Jun 04 20:05:30 BST 2025
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 157
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slackware.com and www. are probably two different machines. One hosts
the webserver, the other does something else. The www. one looks like a
content delivery/provider (Akamai).
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From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux.slackware

On 04/06/2025 at 13:27, Chris Elvidge wrote:

Anyone know why slackware.com has suddenly become
e9788.dscx.akamaiedge.net and
ping that gets a reply from a2-22-249-16.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com

ping -c1 www.slackware.com now returns an error(1), whereas ping -c2 www.slackware.com returns OK (0).

Sorry for the noise.
It seems that the problem I'm having with ping -c1 stems from an update
to ping in slackware current (Jun 2):
-rws--x--x 1 root root 161K Jun 2 19:52 /bin/ping
which returns too quickly with -c1, doesn't wait for a reply, viz:

# ping -c1 www.slackware.com
PING e9788.dscx.akamaiedge.net (2.22.249.16) 56(84) bytes of data.

--- e9788.dscx.akamaiedge.net ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 0ms

whereas -c2 works ok:

# ping -c2 www.slackware.com
PING e9788.dscx.akamaiedge.net (2.22.249.16) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from a2-22-249-16.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com
(2.22.249.16): icmp_seq=1 ttl=51 time=261 ms
64 bytes from a2-22-249-16.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com
(2.22.249.16): icmp_seq=2 ttl=51 time=53.9 ms

--- e9788.dscx.akamaiedge.net ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1120ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 53.863/157.184/260.505/103.321 ms

On LMDE6, Slackware 15, Raspberry Pi OS, -c1 returns properly.

I was using ping -c1 www.slackware.com >/dev/null to check for internet connectivity. ping -c1 <anything> returns an error on slackware current.

Sorry again.
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On Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:27:09 +0100, Chris Elvidge wrote:

Anyone know why slackware.com has suddenly become
e9788.dscx.akamaiedge.net and
ping that gets a reply from a2-22-249-16.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com

I presume that Pat V has made some unannounced hosting changes.

slackware.com still resolves to an IP address registered as connie.slackware.com, but a traceroute to slackware.com puts
connie behind cwo.com. slackware.com mail handler is mail.cwo.com
10:15:07 $ host slackware.com
slackware.com has address 64.57.102.36
slackware.com mail is handled by 10 mail.cwo.com.

traceroute to slackware.com (64.57.102.36), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
...
12 gateway-colo.cwo.com (64.57.105.66) 104.350 ms 88.849 ms 90.130 ms
13 connie.slackware.com (64.57.102.36) 110.116 ms 111.073 ms 110.110 ms


OTOH, a wget of slackware.com results in a redirection to www.slackware.com
10:09:15 $ wget http://slackware.com
--2025-06-05 10:09:22-- http://slackware.com/
Resolving slackware.com... 64.57.102.36
Connecting to slackware.com|64.57.102.36|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: http://www.slackware.com/ [following]
and www.slackware.com is hosted by akamaiedge.net
10:11:49 $ host www.slackware.com
www.slackware.com is an alias for www.slackware.com.edgekey.net.
www.slackware.com.edgekey.net is an alias for e9788.dscx.akamaiedge.net.
e9788.dscx.akamaiedge.net has address 23.47.72.11
e9788.dscx.akamaiedge.net has address 23.47.72.5
e9788.dscx.akamaiedge.net has IPv6 address 2600:140a:5000:12::17de:11ef
e9788.dscx.akamaiedge.net has IPv6 address 2600:140a:5000:12::17de:11ee

ping -c1 www.slackware.com now returns an error(1), whereas ping -c2 www.slackware.com returns OK (0).

Don't know about that one, but other posters have replied with better information.
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On 04.06.2025 20:07 Uhr Chris Elvidge wrote:

Sorry: www.slackware.com

# dig www.slackware.com

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.slackware.com. 14400 IN CNAME
www.slackware.com.edgekey.net. www.slackware.com.edgekey.net. 600
IN CNAME e9788.dscx.akamaiedge.net.
e9788.dscx.akamaiedge.net. 20 IN A
92.123.128.176 e9788.dscx.akamaiedge.net. 20 IN
A 92.123.128.172

CNAME to allow the customer to set the record one time and then the
hoster can change the IPs at any time.

Common technique.
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