Why doesn't bind query the second DNS?

Leonard den Ottolander leonardjo at hetnet.nl
Sat Aug 31 16:48:07 UTC 2002


Hi,

 Running a caching only nameserver, bind-9.2.1-0.6x-3 on Red Hat Linux 6.2. It 
seems name queries fail if the first authoritative DNS for a domain is not 
available. I am a little surprised the secondary DNS is not being queried. Any 
explanation?
 (Please ask if more info is needed.)

Thanks,
Leonard.

[leonard at firewall leonard]$ nslookup -sil
> www.linux-easy.com
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
> exit

[leonard at firewall leonard]$ dig www.linux-easy.com @a.root-servers.net

; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> www.linux-easy.com @a.root-servers.net
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 9122
;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 13, ADDITIONAL: 13

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.linux-easy.com.            IN      A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
com.                    172800  IN      NS      A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      G.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      D.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      L.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      E.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     172800  IN      A       192.5.6.30
G.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     172800  IN      A       192.42.93.30
H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     172800  IN      A       192.54.112.30
C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     172800  IN      A       192.26.92.30
I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     172800  IN      A       192.43.172.30
B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     172800  IN      A       192.33.14.30
D.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     172800  IN      A       192.31.80.30
L.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     172800  IN      A       192.41.162.30
F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     172800  IN      A       192.35.51.30
J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     172800  IN      A       210.132.100.101
K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     172800  IN      A       192.52.178.30
E.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     172800  IN      A       192.12.94.30
M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     172800  IN      A       192.55.83.30

;; Query time: 420 msec
;; SERVER: 198.41.0.4#53(a.root-servers.net)
;; WHEN: Sat Aug 31 18:20:44 2002
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 468

[leonard at firewall leonard]$ dig www.linux-easy.com @a.gtld-servers.net

; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> www.linux-easy.com @a.gtld-servers.net
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 12779
;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.linux-easy.com.            IN      A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
linux-easy.com.         172800  IN      NS      DNS1.YOHO.com.
linux-easy.com.         172800  IN      NS      DNS2.YOHO.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
DNS1.YOHO.com.          172800  IN      A       61.220.123.84
DNS2.YOHO.com.          172800  IN      A       61.220.123.85

;; Query time: 266 msec
;; SERVER: 192.5.6.30#53(a.gtld-servers.net)
;; WHEN: Sat Aug 31 18:20:53 2002
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 111

[leonard at firewall leonard]$ dig www.linux-easy.com @dns1.yoho.com

; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> www.linux-easy.com @dns1.yoho.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
[leonard at firewall leonard]$ dig www.linux-easy.com @dns2.yoho.com

; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> www.linux-easy.com @dns2.yoho.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 33533
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.linux-easy.com.            IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.linux-easy.com.     12000   IN      CNAME   linux-easy.com.
linux-easy.com.         12000   IN      A       64.239.85.40
www.linux-easy.com.     12000   IN      A       64.239.85.40

;; Query time: 561 msec
;; SERVER: 61.220.123.84#53(dns2.yoho.com)
;; WHEN: Sat Aug 31 18:21:36 2002
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 146

[leonard at firewall leonard]$ nslookup -sil www.linux-easy.com
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached





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