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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>Thank you so much for your response.. see this the error what I have when I check from zonemaster.net<o:p></o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoPlainText style='border:none;padding:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoPlainText style='border:none;padding:0in'><span style='color:red'>Name server ns1.cyberia.net.sa/212.119.92.5 did not return NS records. RCODE was REFUSED.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Whereas, when I check for SOA of arabsat.com from inside network. Seems everything is ok.. <o:p></o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoPlainText style='border:none;padding:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>host -t soa arabsat.com<o:p></o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoPlainText style='border:none;padding:0in'>arabsat.com has SOA record ns1.cyberia.net.sa. root.cyberia.net.sa. 2015121472 43200 4320 1209600 600<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Please advise how can I trouble shoot. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Thanks in advance… <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>ejaz <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Niall O'Reilly [mailto:niall.oreilly@ucd.ie] <br>Sent: Monday, December 14, 2015 12:13 PM<br>To: Ejaz <mejaz@cyberia.net.sa><br>Cc: bind-users@lists.isc.org<br>Subject: Re: unalbe-to-query</p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>On Mon, 14 Dec 2015 06:59:12 +0000,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Ejaz wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> We are one of the leading ISP of Saudi Arabia. Installed latest <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> version of bind and smbind inorder manage the zones over the Web <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> interface.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Wonder is that, the zones which configured through smbind cannot be <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> seen from the outside world.. locally it is fine. For an example <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> arabsat.com.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Almost 1500 other zones on the same name server runs through bind 9.9.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> works perfectly internally and externally. Eg. Cyberia.net.sa. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> >From Internally I can query it.. it is ok…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> I'm not sure that you can safely say this. From what I can see,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> you seem to be using nslookup, which (in trying to be "helpful")<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> hides so much information that you cannot depend on the results<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> it gives.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> I suggest you use the zonemaster tool (<a href="https://zonemaster.net/"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>https://zonemaster.net/</span></a>) to<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> run a comprehensive series of tests against the zone(s) which are<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> giving you trouble.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> Niall O'Reilly<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>