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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Hello,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am having issues with reverse lookups failing and can not find the cause. Running bind 9.3.5-P1 and 9.3.6rc1.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>On an external server dig gives:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>$ dig @harley.mc.utmck.edu -x 165.6.6.27</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>; <<>> DiG 9.5.0-P1 <<>> @harley.mc.utmck.edu -x 165.6.6.27<BR>; (1 server found)<BR>;; global options: printcmd<BR>;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached<BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Internally the same query is fine:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>$ dig @harley.mc.utmck.edu -x 165.6.6.27</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> @harley.mc.utmck.edu -x 165.6.6.27<BR>;; global options: printcmd<BR>;; Got answer:<BR>;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 1952<BR>;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>;; QUESTION SECTION:<BR>;27.6.6.165.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>;; ANSWER SECTION:<BR>27.6.6.165.in-addr.arpa. 21600 IN PTR ns-2.hosp.utmck.edu.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>;; AUTHORITY SECTION:<BR>6.165.in-addr.arpa. 21600 IN NS ns-2.hosp.utmck.edu.<BR>6.165.in-addr.arpa. 21600 IN NS harley.mc.utmck.edu.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:<BR>ns-2.hosp.utmck.edu. 21600 IN A 165.6.6.27<BR>harley.mc.utmck.edu. 21600 IN A 165.6.131.32</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>;; Query time: 18 msec<BR>;; SERVER: 165.6.131.32#53(harley.mc.utmck.edu)<BR>;; WHEN: Mon Nov 17 19:50:49 2008<BR>;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 144<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>The config file has "allow query" set on the reverse zone. This was working earlier and I'm told there have been no network changes.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does this appear to be a firewall issue? Is there anything else that might help narrow down the problem?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Thanks for your assistance,</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>Steve<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>