query failed (SERVFAIL) and query failed (failure)

[Steven Shockley]

On 12/13/2024 7:24 AM, Barry Scott wrote:
> This version is reporting errors like these:
> 
> client @0x7fb312835168 172.17.1.173#62806 (bolt.dropbox.com): query failed (failure) for bolt.dropbox.com/IN/A at ../../../lib/ns/query.c:7837
> client @0x7fb30fa4d168 172.17.1.200#56216 (mail.gandi.net): query failed (SERVFAIL) for mail.gandi.net/IN/A at ../../../lib/ns/query.c:7837
> client @0x7fb30fa4d168 172.17.1.200#56216 (mail.gandi.net): query failed (SERVFAIL) for mail.gandi.net/IN/A at ../../../lib/ns/query.c:7099
> client @0x7fb30fa4d168 172.17.1.200#56216 (mail.gandi.net): query failed (SERVFAIL) for mail.gandi.net/IN/A at ../../../lib/ns/query.c:7099

I had very similar symptoms on OpenBSD, but couldn't find a resolution 
(https://lists.isc.org/pipermail/bind-users/2024-September/108964.html). 
  I wound up spinning up nsd on the same box and told bind to forward 
all recursive queries to it.