SERVFAIL problem

[Igor Dukhovich]

In article <3921AD40.BDAB5475 at ptc.com>,
Igor Dukhovich  <idukhovich at ptc.com> wrote:
>>Do you get correct results if you try to lookup the NS records of the
>>mtnamerica.org domain on the servers that fail?
>
>I got
>
>> mtnamerica.org.
>Server:  localhost.ptc.com
>Address:  127.0.0.1
>
>Non-authoritative answer:
>mtnamerica.org  nameserver = NS1.DIGINSITE.COM
>mtnamerica.org  nameserver = NS2.DIGINSITE.COM
>
>Authoritative answers can be found from:
>mtnamerica.org  nameserver = NS1.DIGINSITE.COM
>mtnamerica.org  nameserver = NS2.DIGINSITE.COM
>NS1.DIGINSITE.COM       internet address = 208.2.188.5
>NS2.DIGINSITE.COM       internet address = 208.2.189.5

OK, what happens if you do:

>server ns1.diginsite.com
>set d2
>www.mtnamerica.org


> www.mtnamerica.org.
Server:  ns1.diginsite.com
Address:  208.2.188.5

;; res_mkquery(0, www.mtnamerica.org, 1, 1)
------------
SendRequest(), len 36
    HEADER:
        opcode = QUERY, id = 47747, rcode = NOERROR
        header flags:  query, want recursion
        questions = 1,  answers = 0,  authority records = 0,  additional

= 0

    QUESTIONS:
        www.mtnamerica.org, type = A, class = IN

------------
------------
Got answer (147 bytes):
    HEADER:
        opcode = QUERY, id = 47747, rcode = NOERROR
        header flags:  response, auth. answer, want recursion, recursion

avail.
        questions = 1,  answers = 1,  authority records = 2,  additional

= 2

    QUESTIONS:
        www.mtnamerica.org, type = A, class = IN
    ANSWERS:
    ->  www.mtnamerica.org
        type = A, class = IN, dlen = 4
        internet address = 208.2.188.47
        ttl = 604800 (7 days)
    AUTHORITY RECORDS:
    ->  mtnamerica.org
        type = NS, class = IN, dlen = 19
        nameserver = ns1.diginsite.com
        ttl = 604800 (7 days)
    ->  mtnamerica.org
        type = NS, class = IN, dlen = 6
        nameserver = ns2.diginsite.com
        ttl = 604800 (7 days)
    ADDITIONAL RECORDS:
    ->  ns1.diginsite.com
        type = A, class = IN, dlen = 4
        internet address = 208.2.188.5
        ttl = 8640 (2 hours 24 mins)
    ->  ns2.diginsite.com
        type = A, class = IN, dlen = 4
        internet address = 208.2.189.5
        ttl = 8640 (2 hours 24 mins)

------------
Name:    www.mtnamerica.org
Address:  208.2.188.47




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