Error fetching SOA

[Warren Kumari]

On Mar 21, 2010, at 11:21 AM, michael peters wrote:

> Is it a problem to get a message from a DNS checking tool that  
> indicates "Error fetching SOA from ns1.example.com?" Both of my  
> external BIND 9.6.1 servers respond the same way and I'm assuming  
> that I need to add something to my configuration.
>

In order for us to be able to provide you with useful answers, please  
provide us with the domain name, the name of the checking tool and the  
name of the server it is grumpy about.

 From a FAQ: http://dougbarton.us/DNS/bind-users-FAQ.html#RealNames

W

P.S:

dig SOA ns1.example.com

; <<>> DiG 9.7.0-P1 <<>> SOA ns1.example.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 51889
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;ns1.example.com.		IN	SOA

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
example.com.		10800	IN	SOA	dns1.icann.org. hostmaster.icann.org.  
2009100600 7200 3600 1209600 86400

;; Query time: 76 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Sun Mar 21 14:59:42 2010
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 94


:-P



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