Weird DNS issue

Kevin Darcy kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Thu Nov 9 20:44:22 UTC 2000


Thomas Deliduka wrote:

> I don't understand this.
>
> I have a domain setup with a zone file. We'll call it:
>
> jones.com.
>
> I have the zone file setup as:
>
> jones.com.dns
>
> That is setup generic so I can have other domains point to the same file as
> pointer domains if needed.
>
> I have two other domains:
>
> jones.net
> jones.org
>
> These were just registered and there were no zone files originally setup for
> them.  I transferred them to my server and in the named.conf file I added:
>
> zone "jones.net" {
>     type master;
>     file "jones.com.dns";
> };
>
> zone "jones.org" {
>     type master;
>     file "jones.com.dns";
> };
>
> After a week of being on the server, .org & .com work perfectly. .net
> doesn't.
>
> The Whois database shows it pointing to the right servers.
>
> If I do an nslookup off of my server, it appears without a problem. If I go
> off of my local ISP server it gives me an error of unknown domain.
>
> I tried updating the serial number a couple of times.
>
> I don't know what else could be the problem.  Any ideas? Please ask me to
> elaborate or clarify anything to get further information.

The real domain name would be helpful.


- Kevin





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