Domain mystery

[Kevin Darcy]

nslookup might be perfoming its infamous "search" algorithm and
misreporting the results. What if you do the "any" query using dig, or at
least using nslookup's debug option?


- Kevin

John Oliver wrote:

> [joliver at joliver joliver]$ nslookup www.sunfelipe.com
> Server:  ns.connectnet.com
> Address:  207.110.0.60
>
> *** ns.connectnet.com can't find www.sunfelipe.com: Non-existent
> host/domain
> [joliver at joliver joliver]$ nslookup -q=any sunfelipe.com
> Server:  ns.connectnet.com
> Address:  207.110.0.60
>
> Non-authoritative answer:
> sunfelipe.com   nameserver = NS81.WORLDNIC.com
> sunfelipe.com   nameserver = NS82.WORLDNIC.com
>
> Authoritative answers can be found from:
> sunfelipe.com   nameserver = NS81.WORLDNIC.com
> sunfelipe.com   nameserver = NS82.WORLDNIC.com
> NS81.WORLDNIC.com       internet address = 216.168.225.221
> NS82.WORLDNIC.com       internet address = 216.168.225.222
> [joliver at joliver joliver]$ dig @a.gtld-servers.net sunfelipe.com.
>
> ; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> @a.gtld-servers.net sunfelipe.com.
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> ;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
> ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
> ;; QUERY SECTION:
> ;;      sunfelipe.com, type = A, class = IN
>
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> sunfelipe.com.          2D IN NS        NS4.GISOL.COM.
> sunfelipe.com.          2D IN NS        NS3.GISOL.COM.
>
> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> NS4.GISOL.COM.          2D IN A         209.61.155.199
> NS3.GISOL.COM.          2D IN A         209.61.157.180
>
> ;; Total query time: 85 msec
> ;; FROM: joliver.staff.connectnet.com to SERVER: a.gtld-servers.net
> 198.41.3.38
> ;; WHEN: Tue Mar 27 12:09:28 2001
> ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 31  rcvd: 108
>
> Why is this?  I'm not running a zone for sunfelipe.com, nor does that
> domain name appear anywhere in my nameserver logs.  Why does my resolver
> insist on trying to use WorldNIC to resolve this domain when *all* of
> the gtld-servers seem to agree that gisol.com is the one?
>
> --
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