Sunos 5.8 Error:EDNS not supported by your namesever

[Mark Andrews]

In message <CAJw6AQC=c8xK1izgH-=wUTBYyhxfRXnET_OTAHu2Rgu27-ngHA at mail.gmail.com>
, syed haq writes:
> 
> That means I need to completely upgrade the OS to make the EDNS support

No.  Please re-read what I said.

Mark
 
> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Mark Andrews <marka at isc.org> wrote:
> 
> >
> > In message <CAJw6AQAD8=aLjPife+z_N5uHqaQ99wuJU=
> > m4Nanq_k3ExKzwOg at mail.gmail.com>
> > , syed haq writes:
> > >
> > > Thanks ,
> > >
> > > what if I replaced named,will EDNS starts supporting my server ?
> >
> > If you replace it with a version that supports EDNS.  All versions
> > of BIND 9 support EDNS.  A modern version of BIND 9 should compile
> > on SunOS 5.8 but it has been several years since we last tested
> > this.  You are running a really old OS.
> >
> > > On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Mark Andrews <marka at isc.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > In message <
> > > > CAJw6AQBk-YpT7BcUzY+VOvy3bDA2GJg7yzz792zf6XPmF6rytg at mail.gmail.com>
> > > > , syed haq writes:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi
> > > > > shoul I need to add any statement in the bind to activate the EDNS0,
> > > > >
> > > > > Where do I find this EDNS statement in Sunos
> > > >
> > > > This is like you have a car with a plain AM/FM radio and you need
> > > > to replace the radio with a new one that supports
> > AF/FM/CD/Bluetooth/phono
> > > > jack/Satellite Radio etc.  You can replace just the radio (named)
> > > > or you can get yourself a whole new car (OS/machine) which most
> > > > probably gets better mileage (draws less power) and has lots of
> > > > other features you need.
> > > >
> > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extension_mechanisms_for_DNS
> > > > http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2671
> > > >
> > > > > On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Stephane Bortzmeyer <
> > bortzmeyer at nic.fr
> > > > >wrote
> > > > > :
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 11:11:43AM +0300,
> > > > > >  syed haq <smuh99 at gmail.com> wrote
> > > > > >  a message of 134 lines which said:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > That means EDNS is not supported by that var of SunOS ,can you
> > give
> > > > > > > me the commands for checking the ENDS,BIND version in sunos
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I already gave them (dig). You simply cannot expect to solve *any*
> > DNS
> > > > > > problem without dig (or an equivalent like drill). Install it
> > before
> > > > > > anything (it does not have to run on the name server, any stupid
> > Linux
> > > > > > box has dig).
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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