Different Outputs when Querying Root Server

Dns Support dnssupport at InfoAve.Net
Fri Feb 7 20:07:33 UTC 2003


 I have noticed this behavoir on my server for the past 2 days - but it seems to come and go <scarry>. 

Why would I occasionally get SERVFAIL ? 

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 dig thebigguynews.com @rhdns ns 

; <<>> DiG 9.2.0a2 <<>> thebigguynews.com @rhdns ns
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 49597
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;thebigguynews.com.             IN      NS

;; Query time: 167 msec
;; SERVER: 165.166.15.66#53(rhdns)
;; WHEN: Fri Feb  7 14:57:34 2003
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 35


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 dig @f.gtld-servers.net a thebigguynews.com. 

; <<>> DiG 9.2.0a2 <<>> @f.gtld-servers.net a thebigguynews.com.
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 49597
;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;thebigguynews.com.             IN      A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
thebigguynews.com.      172800  IN      NS      DNS3.INFOAVE.NET.
thebigguynews.com.      172800  IN      NS      DNS4.INFOAVE.NET.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
DNS3.INFOAVE.NET.       172800  IN      A       204.116.57.2
DNS4.INFOAVE.NET.       172800  IN      A       206.74.254.2

;; Query time: 99 msec
;; SERVER: 192.35.51.30#53(f.gtld-servers.net)
;; WHEN: Fri Feb  7 15:00:06 2003
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 116

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  The zone was recently registered and is not in our conf at this time.    Bind 9.2 .  Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

Tkank you, 
Donna B.


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