I described a case where one of our remote campuses can't resolve a number of remote domains. One example is noaa.gov. It also successfully resolves random remote domains without seemingly any rime or reason.
Here is a bad dig trace for noaa.gov ; <<>> DiG 9.7.7 <<>> @localhost +trace noaa.gov ; (2 servers found) ;; global options: +cmd . 453464 IN NS b.root-servers.net. . 453464 IN NS l.root-servers.net. . 453464 IN NS a.root-servers.net. . 453464 IN NS i.root-servers.net. . 453464 IN NS j.root-servers.net. . 453464 IN NS f.root-servers.net. . 453464 IN NS g.root-servers.net. . 453464 IN NS e.root-servers.net. . 453464 IN NS h.root-servers.net. . 453464 IN NS d.root-servers.net. . 453464 IN NS c.root-servers.net. . 453464 IN NS k.root-servers.net. . 453464 IN NS m.root-servers.net. ;; Received 512 bytes from 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) in 320 ms gov. 172800 IN NS b.gov-servers.net. gov. 172800 IN NS a.gov-servers.net. ;; Received 133 bytes from 192.58.128.30#53(192.58.128.30) in 210 ms noaa.gov. 86400 IN NS ns-e.noaa.gov. noaa.gov. 86400 IN NS ns-mw.noaa.gov. noaa.gov. 86400 IN NS ns-nw.noaa.gov. This trace took several minutes since no successful resolution was made. Here is a good trace using our DNS. ; <<>> DiG 9.8.1-P1 <<>> +trace @localhost noaa.gov ; (2 servers found) ;; global options: +cmd . 369104 IN NS d.root-servers.net. . 369104 IN NS j.root-servers.net. . 369104 IN NS b.root-servers.net. . 369104 IN NS g.root-servers.net. . 369104 IN NS i.root-servers.net. . 369104 IN NS e.root-servers.net. . 369104 IN NS l.root-servers.net. . 369104 IN NS m.root-servers.net. . 369104 IN NS h.root-servers.net. . 369104 IN NS f.root-servers.net. . 369104 IN NS c.root-servers.net. . 369104 IN NS a.root-servers.net. . 369104 IN NS k.root-servers.net. ;; Received 512 bytes from 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) in 497 ms gov. 172800 IN NS a.gov-servers.net. gov. 172800 IN NS b.gov-servers.net. ;; Received 133 bytes from 192.112.36.4#53(192.112.36.4) in 439 ms noaa.gov. 86400 IN NS ns-e.noaa.gov. noaa.gov. 86400 IN NS ns-mw.noaa.gov. noaa.gov. 86400 IN NS ns-nw.noaa.gov. ;; Received 133 bytes from 69.36.157.30#53(69.36.157.30) in 224 ms noaa.gov. 86400 IN A 140.90.200.21 noaa.gov. 86400 IN A 140.172.17.21 noaa.gov. 86400 IN A 129.15.96.21 noaa.gov. 86400 IN NS ns-e.noaa.gov. noaa.gov. 86400 IN NS ns-mw.noaa.gov. noaa.gov. 86400 IN NS ns-nw.noaa.gov. ;; Received 181 bytes from 140.90.33.237#53(140.90.33.237) in 37 ms Barry Margolin writes: > I'm not sure what you mean by that sentence about getting authoritative > DNSs from X when it sbould be from Y. Can you post the actual dig? > > BTW, @servername doesn't mean much when using +trace, since +trace > queries the servers listed in NS records, not a resolver. _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users