In message <76610622-42ba-4ed3-b945-14f6c6796...@newgeo.com>, Scott Haneda writ es: > I have been using the below command to determine if a domain is > registered. I use this for an internal audit of what clients have > come and gone, and what DNS records I need to clean up. > > dig example.com NS +trace -4 @4.2.2.1 | grep -i ns1.example.com > > I run it also with ns2.example.com in the grep to make certain my > primary and secondary are listed. > > My current trouble is that I am getting intermittent failures if the > domain is not a tld of .com, .net, .org. > > $dig customtruckgraphics.us NS +trace -4 @4.2.2.1 +short > NS F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. from server 4.2.2.1 in 19 ms. > NS M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. from server 4.2.2.1 in 19 ms. > NS G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. from server 4.2.2.1 in 19 ms. > NS E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. from server 4.2.2.1 in 19 ms. > NS D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. from server 4.2.2.1 in 19 ms. > NS L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. from server 4.2.2.1 in 19 ms. > NS C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. from server 4.2.2.1 in 19 ms. > NS K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. from server 4.2.2.1 in 19 ms. > NS I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. from server 4.2.2.1 in 19 ms. > NS J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. from server 4.2.2.1 in 19 ms. > NS A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. from server 4.2.2.1 in 19 ms. > NS B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. from server 4.2.2.1 in 19 ms. > NS H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. from server 4.2.2.1 in 19 ms. > dig: couldn't get address for 'J.GTLD.BIZ': not found
J.GTLD.BIZ only has a IPv6 addresses. > Can someone explain to me what is happening here, and also, provide a > suggestion on how to best test for the conditions I am after? You need to run a version of dig with this bug fix or just re-try. 2517. [bug] dig +trace with -4 or -6 failed when it chose a nameserver address of the excluded address. [RT #18843] Which should read. 2517. [bug] dig +trace with -4 or -6 failed when it chose a nameserver address of the excluded address type. [RT #18843] Alternatively do "dig ns parent.zone", then "dig +norec ns child.zone @parent-server". Mark -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users