Can't resolve domain name

Lorenzo Thurman lorenzo at dontyoudarethethurmans.com
Wed Nov 10 00:12:31 UTC 2004


I apologize if this is a duplicate posting

I have a DNS server (BIND 9.2.2) setup on my home LAN connected to the 
internet via broadband. I'm running Linux, 2.6 kernel and I forward 
queries to my ISP. Everything seems to work OK except that I cannot 
resolve my domain. If I "dig mydomain.com" I get this back:

 <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> mydomain.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 58781
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

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

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
mydomain.com.        86400   IN      SOA    myserver.mydomain.com. 
lorenzo.mydomain.com. 200205241 28800 7200 2419200 86400

;; Query time: 18 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.2.16#53(192.168.2.16)
;; WHEN: Tue Nov  9 17:15:09 2004
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 83

But if I query for a particular CNAME, I get an answer:

; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> www.mydomain.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 40130
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.mydomain.com.           IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.mydomain.com.    259200  IN      CNAME   myserver.mydomain.com.
myserver.mydomain.com.  259200  IN      A       66.149.68.238

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
mydomain.com        259200  IN      NS      ns.mydomain.com.

;; Query time: 31 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.2.16#53(192.168.2.16)
;; WHEN: Tue Nov  9 17:18:30 2004
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 90

This happens from both inside my LAN and also from the outside,  at 
work. nslookup also behaves the same. It might be that I don't 
understand dig, but I'm not sure how to proceed. I've read various DNS 
docs and I own an OReilly book on DNS administration, but I at a loss to 
understand what's happening. 
Any ideas?
TIA



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