Lame Server

Thu Oct 20 14:11:40 UTC 2005

Hai Peter and Mark
 Iam really thanks for your reply mails,i restored my old zone
configuration.But still it says lame server.Moreover my secondary server is
not getting only that perticular forward zone files from my primary
server.But slave is getting reverse zone and other zone files from
master.Please reply me as soon as possible.This problem existing more than 3
days.
 Regards
Akaash.T

 On 10/20/05, Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews at isc.org> wrote:
>
>
> > Akaash T wrote:
> > > Dear all
> > > My dns server is showing as lame server in dnsreport.com.Iam using isc
> > > bind software.can u
> > > please tellme how to solve it. my domain name is soft.net<http://soft.net>
> > > <http://soft.net>and ip address is
> > > 164.164.4.5.The following erro
> > > am getting when am checking in dnsreport site.
> > > ERROR: You have one or more lame nameservers. These are nameservers
> that d
> > o
> > > NOT answer authoritatively for your domain. This is bad; for example,
> these
> > > nameservers may never get updated. The following nameservers are lame:
> > > Regards
> > > akash.t
> > >
> >
> > I have checked with dig. Here is what l.GTLD-SERVERS.net<http://l.GTLD-SERVERS.net>says:
> >
> >
> > ; <<>> DiG 9.1.3 <<>> -t any soft.net <http://soft.net> @
> l.GTLD-SERVERS.net <http://l.GTLD-SERVERS.net>
> > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 58700
> > ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
> >
> > ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> > ;soft.net. IN ANY
> >
> > ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> > soft.net <http://soft.net>. 172800 IN NS stpb.soft.net<http://stpb.soft.net>
> .
> > soft.net <http://soft.net>. 172800 IN NS taurus.soft.net<http://taurus.soft.net>
> .
> >
> > ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> > soft.net <http://soft.net>. 172800 IN NS stpb.soft.net<http://stpb.soft.net>
> .
> > soft.net <http://soft.net>. 172800 IN NS taurus.soft.net<http://taurus.soft.net>
> .
> >
> > ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> > stpb.soft.net <http://stpb.soft.net>. 172800 IN A 164.164.4.5<http://164.164.4.5>
> > taurus.soft.net <http://taurus.soft.net>. 172800 IN A 164.164.128.16<http://164.164.128.16>
> >
> > ;; Query time: 182 msec
> > ;; SERVER: 192.41.162.30#53(l.GTLD-SERVERS.net<http://l.GTLD-SERVERS.net>
> )
> > ;; WHEN: Thu Oct 20 10:46:56 2005
> > ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 126
> >
> >
> > And here is what your servers say:
> >
> > ; <<>> DiG 9.1.3 <<>> -t any soft.net <http://soft.net> @stpb.soft.net<http://stpb.soft.net>
> > ;; global options: printcmd
> > ;; Got answer:
> > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 51390
> > ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 4, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 2
> >
> > ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> > ;soft.net. IN ANY
> >
> > ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> > soft.net <http://soft.net>. 86400 IN A 164.164.128.29<http://164.164.128.29>
> > soft.net <http://soft.net>. 86400 IN NS stpb.soft.net<http://stpb.soft.net>
> .
> > soft.net <http://soft.net>. 86400 IN SOA stpb.soft.net<http://stpb.soft.net>.
> root.stpb.soft
> > .net.\
> > 2005101904 7200 3600 604800
> > 86400
> > soft.net <http://soft.net>. 86400 IN NS taurus.soft.net<http://taurus.soft.net>
> .
> >
> > ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> > stpb.soft.net <http://stpb.soft.net>. 86400 IN A 164.164.4.5<http://164.164.4.5>
> > taurus.soft.net <http://taurus.soft.net>. 86400 IN A 164.164.128.16<http://164.164.128.16>
> >
> > ;; Query time: 460 msec
> > ;; SERVER: 164.164.4.5#53(stpb.soft.net <http://stpb.soft.net>)
> > ;; WHEN: Thu Oct 20 10:47:56 2005
> > ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 155
> >
> >
> >
> > ; <<>> DiG 9.1.3 <<>> -t any soft.net <http://soft.net> @taurus.soft.net<http://taurus.soft.net>
> .
> > ;; global options: printcmd
> > ;; Got answer:
> > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 31117
> > ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 4, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 2
> >
> > ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> > ;soft.net. IN ANY
> >
> > ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> > soft.net <http://soft.net>. 86400 IN SOA stpb.soft.net<http://stpb.soft.net>.
> root.stpb.soft
> > .net.\
> > 999 7200 3600 604800 86400
> > soft.net <http://soft.net>. 86400 IN NS stpb.soft.net<http://stpb.soft.net>
> .
> > soft.net <http://soft.net>. 86400 IN NS taurus.soft.net<http://taurus.soft.net>
> .
> > soft.net <http://soft.net>. 86400 IN A 164.164.128.29<http://164.164.128.29>
> >
> > ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> > stpb.soft.net <http://stpb.soft.net>. 86400 IN A 164.164.4.5<http://164.164.4.5>
> > taurus.soft.net <http://taurus.soft.net>. 86400 IN A 164.164.128.16<http://164.164.128.16>
> >
> > ;; Query time: 467 msec
> > ;; SERVER: 164.164.128.16#53(taurus.soft.net.)
> > ;; WHEN: Thu Oct 20 10:49:19 2005
> > ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 155
> >
> >
> >
> > Both servers are answering correctly. But stpb did take 2.5 seconds to
> answer
> > at least once. Taurus was always answering fast. I guess stpb has a lot
> of
> > work to do. And here are the serial numbers:
>
> No they are NOT both answering correctly. Note that "aa" was not
> set in the flags for both servers. This indicates that there is
> probably have a error in the zone file. This should have been
> logged when the zone was loaded.
>
> Now I would suggest that stpb.soft.net <http://stpb.soft.net> is upgraded
> as it is a
> running a extremely old version of named. A more recent version
> will also just refuse to load the zone making it harder to
> ignore the logged errors.
>
> VERSION.BIND. 0S CHAOS TXT "BIND 8.1.2"
>
> I would also upgrade taurus.soft.net <http://taurus.soft.net> as well
> because it is getting
> long in the tooth as well.
>
> version.bind. 0S CHAOS TXT "9.2.2"
>
> Mark
>
> > check_soa soft.net <http://soft.net>
> > taurus.soft.net <http://taurus.soft.net> has serial number 999
> > stpb.soft.net <http://stpb.soft.net> is not authoritative for soft.net<http://soft.net>
> >
> > Here is the problem. The zone file seems to be correct. Both servers are
> > answering. But the serial numbers are different. And something is in the
> > bits.
> >
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Peter and Karin Dambier
> >
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