Goes all the way up to the A root server before failing spectacularly. Europa:~ blair$ dig +cd @8.8.8.8 google.com A
; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P1 <<>> +cd @8.8.8.8 google.com A ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 47332 ;; flags: qr rd ra cd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;google.com. IN A ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: . 467 IN SOA a.root-servers.net. nstld.verisign-grs.com. 2013050100 1800 900 604800 86400 ;; Query time: 46 msec ;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8) ;; WHEN: Wed May 1 10:05:46 2013 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 104 On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Casey Deccio <ca...@deccio.net> wrote: > On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 9:38 AM, Blair Trosper <blair.tros...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > That's all well and good, but I certainly wouldn't expect "nslookup > > gmail.com" or for "nslookup google.com" to return SERVFAIL > > > > If you set the CD (checking disabled) in the request, a response that > would normally be SERVFAIL due to DNSSEC validation failure will > return with the non-authenticated answer. With dig the flag to add is > "+cd". I don't know if there's an equivalent for nslookup. For > example: > > dig +cd @8.8.8.8 google.com > > Casey >