[ale] still trying to figure it out

[Geoffrey]

David S. Jackson wrote:

> using the same tcpdump arguments.  At least this says the packet
> length, right?  If you gave the same query, would a shorter
> packet length prove your firewall rules (or something) are
> mangling the packet before it makes it back to your dig client?

Packet length is the same.

> Or could it be something about your dig client defaults?  Maybe
> try the same query with nslookup or something, just to rule out
> the client.  If another client works, then maybe your browser or
> proxy settings or something are a problem.

I've tried different browsers from behind the dmz, no luck.  I've tried 
mozilla, lynx and konquerer.
> 
> Not sure what use the -d* switches would be...isn't that just
> dumping the pattern matching code as memory machine language or
> something?  That doesn't include the packet contents I don't
> think, just the code that would be used to match it, right?

You are correct, I misread it.  The verbosity flag is probably what I 
should be looking at.

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