Different handling of referrals by dig and nslookup

Doug Barton dougb at dougbarton.us
Mon Feb 22 01:25:35 UTC 2010


On 02/20/10 08:54, kalpesh varyani wrote:
> Thanks Dave for pointing this out.
>  
> the first server did not fail, it behaved as per its configuration.
> But for a stub resolver, which cannot follow referrals, isnt it logical
> for it to detect referrals and move on to the next name server in the list?

No. What you're describing is the function of a resolving name server,
not a stub resolver. If you think that the stub resolver should behave
differently you need to take that up with your OS vendor.


Good luck,

Doug

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