<div dir="ltr">They are probably using a load balancer of some sort that is choosing between multiple systems and directing you to the one closest or no under load at the moment. The low TTL is usually a sign of this as well.<div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 2:12 PM, Bhangui, Sandeep - BLS CTR <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Bhangui.Sandeep@bls.gov" target="_blank">Bhangui.Sandeep@bls.gov</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Hello<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Not sure why I am getting different responses when I perform a dig on <a href="http://sso.dol.gov" target="_blank">sso.dol.gov</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Dig is performed from a server which is capable of querying the root servers….what could be the issue. Both dig commands below are run from the same server
which acts as DNS server capable of performing DNS queries on the internet.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">The dig +trace +all output is the same when I query my local server as well as when I query the VZ NS.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Any guidance/pointers would be appreciated.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Running Bind 9.11.3 on RHEL 6.x is that is of any relevance.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">I have a feeling that the external DNS entry presented for <a href="http://sso.dol.gov" target="_blank">sso.dol.gov</a> is messed up…<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Thanks<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Sandeep<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">sh-4.1# dig </span><b><span style="color:red"><a href="http://sso.dol.gov" target="_blank">sso.dol.gov</a><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">; <<>> DiG 9.11.3 <<>> <a href="http://sso.dol.gov" target="_blank">sso.dol.gov</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">;; global options: +cmd<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">;; Got answer:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 12647<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 1<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">; COOKIE: 191369419bc6df077b8f30ce5b688c<wbr>9e77211f348bb29b35 (good)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">;; QUESTION SECTION:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">;<a href="http://sso.dol.gov" target="_blank">sso.dol.gov</a>. <wbr> IN A<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">;; ANSWER SECTION:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><a href="http://sso.dol.gov" target="_blank">sso.dol.gov</a>. 77266 IN CNAME <a href="http://sso.gslb.dol.gov" target="_blank">sso.gslb.dol.gov</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><a href="http://sso.gslb.dol.gov" target="_blank">sso.gslb.dol.gov</a>. 15 IN A
</span><b><span style="color:red">10.49.1.80<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">;; AUTHORITY SECTION:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><a href="http://gslb.dol.gov" target="_blank">gslb.dol.gov</a>. 77266 IN NS <a href="http://silprodgslb.dol.gov" target="_blank">silprodgslb.dol.gov</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><a href="http://gslb.dol.gov" target="_blank">gslb.dol.gov</a>. 77266 IN NS <a href="http://stldrpgslb.dol.gov" target="_blank">stldrpgslb.dol.gov</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">;; Query time: 27 msec<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">;; WHEN: Mon Aug 06 13:59:58 EDT 2018<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 158<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">sh-4.1# dig
</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red">@<a href="http://198.6.1.1" target="_blank">198.6.1.1</a></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red">
<b><a href="http://sso.dol.gov" target="_blank">sso.dol.gov</a></b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">; <<>> DiG 9.11.3 <<>> @<a href="http://198.6.1.1" target="_blank">198.6.1.1</a> <a href="http://sso.dol.gov" target="_blank">sso.dol.gov</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">; (1 server found)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">;; global options: +cmd<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">;; Got answer:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 25189<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4000<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">;; QUESTION SECTION:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">;<a href="http://sso.dol.gov" target="_blank">sso.dol.gov</a>. IN A<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">;; ANSWER SECTION:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><a href="http://sso.dol.gov" target="_blank">sso.dol.gov</a>. 86378 IN CNAME <a href="http://sso.gslb.dol.gov" target="_blank">sso.gslb.dol.gov</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><a href="http://sso.gslb.dol.gov" target="_blank">sso.gslb.dol.gov</a>. 15 IN A
</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red">152.180.20.21</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">;; Query time: 93 msec<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">;; SERVER: 198.6.1.1#53(198.6.1.1)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">;; WHEN: Mon Aug 06 14:01:42 EDT 2018<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 79<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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