Hi, I'm a bit clueless about what's happening here exactly. I have a server (9.6.1-P3) that tries resolving ws.mobilecdn.verisign.com. Queries for this host permanently fail with SERVFAIL.
I've narrowed the problem down to answers from c2.nstld.net dig @c2.nstld.com mobilecdn.verisign.com ;; Got referral reply from 192.26.92.31, trying next server ; <<>> DiG 9.3.6-P1-RedHat-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.1 <<>> @c2.nstld.com mobilecdn.verisign.com ; (2 servers found) ;; global options: printcmd ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached This happens only if the hostname is used in a dig. Using the ipv4 address everything turns out fine. What's even more strange is the answer packet received (at least I can't see any errors there). No. Time Source Destination Protocol Info 4 3.529927 192.26.92.31 10.10.3.22 DNS Standard query response Frame 4 (140 bytes on wire, 140 bytes captured) Arrival Time: Mar 9, 2010 13:33:49.987181000 [Time delta from previous captured frame: 0.086282000 seconds] [Time delta from previous displayed frame: 0.086282000 seconds] [Time since reference or first frame: 3.529927000 seconds] Frame Number: 4 Frame Length: 140 bytes Capture Length: 140 bytes [Frame is marked: True] [Protocols in frame: eth:ip:udp:dns] [Coloring Rule Name: UDP] [Coloring Rule String: udp] Ethernet II, Src: Cisco_46:45:d3 (00:04:27:46:45:d3), Dst: HewlettP_08:78:76 (00:1f:29:08:78:76) Destination: HewlettP_08:78:76 (00:1f:29:08:78:76) Address: HewlettP_08:78:76 (00:1f:29:08:78:76) .... ...0 .... .... .... .... = IG bit: Individual address (unicast) .... ..0. .... .... .... .... = LG bit: Globally unique address (factory default) Source: Cisco_46:45:d3 (00:04:27:46:45:d3) Address: Cisco_46:45:d3 (00:04:27:46:45:d3) .... ...0 .... .... .... .... = IG bit: Individual address (unicast) .... ..0. .... .... .... .... = LG bit: Globally unique address (factory default) Type: IP (0x0800) Internet Protocol, Src: 192.26.92.31 (192.26.92.31), Dst: 10.10.3.22 (10.10.3.22) Version: 4 Header length: 20 bytes Differentiated Services Field: 0x00 (DSCP 0x00: Default; ECN: 0x00) 0000 00.. = Differentiated Services Codepoint: Default (0x00) .... ..0. = ECN-Capable Transport (ECT): 0 .... ...0 = ECN-CE: 0 Total Length: 126 Identification: 0x0000 (0) Flags: 0x02 (Don't Fragment) 0.. = Reserved bit: Not Set .1. = Don't fragment: Set ..0 = More fragments: Not Set Fragment offset: 0 Time to live: 58 Protocol: UDP (0x11) Header checksum: 0x1716 [correct] [Good: True] [Bad : False] Source: 192.26.92.31 (192.26.92.31) Destination: 10.10.3.22 (10.10.3.22) User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: domain (53), Dst Port: 48885 (48885) Source port: domain (53) Destination port: 48885 (48885) Length: 106 Checksum: 0x1190 [validation disabled] [Good Checksum: False] [Bad Checksum: False] Domain Name System (response) [Request In: 3] [Time: 0.086282000 seconds] Transaction ID: 0x3824 Flags: 0x8100 (Standard query response, No error) 1... .... .... .... = Response: Message is a response .000 0... .... .... = Opcode: Standard query (0) .... .0.. .... .... = Authoritative: Server is not an authority for domain .... ..0. .... .... = Truncated: Message is not truncated .... ...1 .... .... = Recursion desired: Do query recursively .... .... 0... .... = Recursion available: Server can't do recursive queries .... .... .0.. .... = Z: reserved (0) .... .... ..0. .... = Answer authenticated: Answer/authority portion was not authenticated by the server .... .... .... 0000 = Reply code: No error (0) Questions: 1 Answer RRs: 0 Authority RRs: 2 Additional RRs: 0 Queries ws.mobilecdn.verisign.com: type A, class IN Name: ws.mobilecdn.verisign.com Type: A (Host address) Class: IN (0x0001) Authoritative nameservers mobilecdn.verisign.com: type NS, class IN, ns dns2-auth.m-qube.com Name: mobilecdn.verisign.com Type: NS (Authoritative name server) Class: IN (0x0001) Time to live: 15 minutes Data length: 19 Name server: dns2-auth.m-qube.com mobilecdn.verisign.com: type NS, class IN, ns dns1-auth.m-qube.com Name: mobilecdn.verisign.com Type: NS (Authoritative name server) Class: IN (0x0001) Time to live: 15 minutes Data length: 12 Name server: dns1-auth.m-qube.com Asking any of the other nameservers responsible for verisign.com about mobilecdn.verisign.com works just fine and they all return with a proper answer. As a workaround I have set c2.nstld.net to bogus but I'm still unsure what the real cause for this problem is. Any ideas? Ciao Torsten _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users