SERVFAIL on stub zone (WAS: dig @server foobar +trace +recurse)

[Anne Bennett]

>   zone "concordia.ca" {
>         type stub;
>         file "StubData/concordia.ca.SEC";
>         masters {
>                 132.205.1.1 ;
>                 132.205.7.51 ;
>         };
>         multi-master yes;
>   };

[results in transferring:]

> ----------------------------------------------------------
> $ORIGIN .
> $TTL 86400      ; 1 day
> concordia.ca            IN SOA  ns1.concordia.ca. hostmaster.concordia.ca. (
>                                 2028969738 ; serial
>                                 43200      ; refresh (12 hours)
>                                 1800       ; retry (30 minutes)
>                                 2592000    ; expire (4 weeks 2 days)
>                                 1800       ; minimum (30 minutes)
>                                 )
>                         NS      ns1.concordia.ca.
>                         NS      ns2.concordia.ca.
> ----------------------------------------------------------

[but querying it for NS gives SERVFAIL]

Midnight insight: glue records???  The two listed NS are below the
zone cut.  How can a stub zone work in those circumstances, if at all?


Anne.
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Ms. Anne Bennett, Senior Sysadmin, ENCS, Concordia University, Montreal H3G 1M8
anne at encs.concordia.ca                                    +1 514 848-2424 x2285