I'm bringing this issue up again. The current Bitcoin DNS seed infrastructure is unstable. I assume this is because of we're using a custom DNS implementation which is not 100% compatible. There have been bugs in the past, like a case sensitive match for the domain name.
Current state (seeds taken from bitcoinj): mainnet: seed.bitcoin.sipa.be OK dnsseed.bluematt.me OK dnsseed.bitcoin.dashjr.org SERVFAIL, tried multiple ISPs seed.bitcoinstats.com OK testnet: testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org SERVFAIL, just from Telefonica testnet-seed.bluematt.me OK (but only returns one node) Note: Telefonica is one of Europe's largest ISPs. I would try to improve DNS myself, but I'm not capable of writing C. My "fix" would be to reimplement everything in Java -- I doubt you guys would be happy with that. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
