Bind unable to find...

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> Hi,
> 
> I needed to look up 'free2view.tv' using my copy of BIND 9.0   It fails. Is
> it my root.hints file that needs updating or what?
> 
> All help valued, thanks.
> 
> Angela

	Only one of the servers for free2view.tv is actually
	configured to serve it and it is a CNAME which is illegal.
	named will NOT follow a CNAME when looking up address of
	nameservers.

free2view.tv.           7200    IN      NS      ns2.cableinet.NET.
free2view.tv.           7200    IN      NS      ns0.mgtlimited.com.
;; Received 93 bytes from 192.43.172.32#53(I3.NSTLD.COM) in 346 ms

ns0.mgtlimited.com.     1D IN CNAME     andromeda.mgtlimited.com.

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> free2view.tv +norec @ns2.cableinet.NET. 
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 53633
;; flags: qr; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 4, ADDITIONAL: 4
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;	free2view.tv, type = A, class = IN

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
tv.			10h44m21s IN NS  ns1.nic.tv.
tv.			10h44m21s IN NS  ns2.nic.tv.
tv.			10h44m21s IN NS  j3.nstld.com.
tv.			10h44m21s IN NS  i3.nstld.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.nic.tv.		4h58m18s IN A	65.201.175.136
ns2.nic.tv.		6h23m23s IN A	65.205.248.136
j3.nstld.com.		8h41m30s IN A	192.48.79.32
i3.nstld.com.		8h41m30s IN A	192.43.172.32

;; Total query time: 311 msec
;; FROM: drugs.dv.isc.org to SERVER: 194.117.157.4
;; WHEN: Fri Nov 21 01:11:56 2003
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 30  rcvd: 177

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