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Barry,<BR>
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On Thu, 2013-08-29 at 16:16 -0400, Barry Margolin wrote:
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In article <<A HREF="mailto:mailman.1210.1377758162.20661.bind-users@lists.isc.org">mailman.1210.1377758162.20661.bind-users@lists.isc.org</A>>,
Noel Butler <<A HREF="mailto:noel.butler@ausics.net">noel.butler@ausics.net</A>> wrote:
> replying to ones self a few times in one day or a sign I need a break..
> but...
>
> I think the issue is this
>
> Trying "www.undernet.org"
> Received 34 bytes from 198.147.21.12#53 in 348 ms
> Trying "www.undernet.org.ausics.net"
> Using domain server:
>
> Host <A HREF="http://www.undernet.org">www.undernet.org</A> not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
>
> it comes down the host etc once again needing the period after the
> domain - this was a reported and fixed bug a few years ago, it seems
> sometime between then and now, it is become broken again.
>
> So I guess those 3rd party servers I've tested still use te older and
> "fixed" version.
What does your /etc/resolv.conf look like? This looks like it might be
an "ndots" issue, causing host (and other applications that use the
default search option) to try adding the default domain to names that it
shouldn't.
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domain and 2x nameservers , nothing special is defined<BR>
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From memory this bug was confirmed and fixed, but, if my summary proves correct, was back in ... March 2007<BR>
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ndots appears to be where the bug is, since nothing is defined, it should 1, so it should have seen, in our example, <A HREF="http://www.undernet.org">www.undernet.org</A>, as <A HREF="http://www.undernet.org">www.undernet.org</A> and nothing more, and returned REFUSED, not carried on.<BR>
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" The default value is that defined using the ndots statement in /etc/resolv.conf,<BR>
or 1 if no ndots statement is present. Names with fewer dots are interpreted as relative<BR>
names and will be searched for in the domains listed in the search or domain directive in<BR>
/etc/resolv.conf. <BR>
"<BR>
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proving the point...<BR>
~$ host -v -N1 www.undernet.org ns1.ausics.net<BR>
Trying "<A HREF="http://www.undernet.org">www.undernet.org</A>"<BR>
Received 34 bytes from 62.113.243.167#53 in 365 ms<BR>
Trying "<A HREF="http://www.undernet.org.ausics.net">www.undernet.org.ausics.net</A>"<BR>
Using domain server:<BR>
Name: ns1.ausics.net<BR>
Address: 62.113.243.167#53<BR>
Aliases: <BR>
<BR>
Host www.undernet.org not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)<BR>
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(even -N0 reports same as above)<BR>
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Cheers<BR>
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