Different Outputs when Querying Root Server

Kevin Darcy kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Fri Feb 7 22:30:54 UTC 2003


Dns Support wrote:

> 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 ? 
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~
> 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
>
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> 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
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~
>  The zone was recently registered and is not in our conf at this time.    Bind 9.2 .  Any help would be greatly appreciated. 
>  
>
I don't see anything obviously broken about the thebigguynews.com 
domain. How is "rhdns" configured to resolve Internet names? Does it 
have good network connectivity? Is it behind a firewall of some kind?

                                                                        
                                                    - Kevin





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