Y2K problems

Amjad Al-Ashqar [NIC] aashqar at nic.gov.jo
Fri Dec 31 19:45:49 UTC 1999


Happy new Millennium.
Is there any reports about Domain Name System?
We have only One hour & 30 minutes until we reach
2000 in AMMAN

Kind Regards,

Amjad Al-Ashqar
Network Manager
NIC Jordan
(Tel) +962 6533 7184
(Fax) +962 6533 7168
(Mobile) +962 79 608684
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----- Original Message -----
From: j j <miffy_bunny at mail.com>
To: <bind-users at isc.org>
Sent: 13 ديسمبر, 1999 07:22 م
Subject: stub resolver timeout


> Thanks Barry,
>
> If my DNS client have 2 name server's in its resolv.conf file and the
first
> server returned a SERVFAIL to a query, would it try the second name server
> in its resolv.conf for the same query or would it forward the SERVFAIL
> responds back to the application ...
>
> Another question regarding stub resolvers ...
>
> If I have 2 name servers list in my clients resolv.conf file, what is the
> timeout algorithm used by the client.  And should I expect the same
behavior
> for DNS clients from HP, SUN, Linux, MS and ...
>
> >If a server never gets a response from either any forwarder or >other
> >nameserver, when it finally times out it will respond with a >SERVFAIL
> error
> >code.  NXDOMAIN is only returned if a server actually responded >saying
> that
> >there is no such name.  SERVFAIL is the catch-all error used for
> >configuration errors (a server is supposed to be authoritative >but it
> >doesn't have the domain loaded) or "I don't know" responses.
>
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