Domains not resolving in Bind9, flush cache, clears issue.

phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu
Sat Apr 10 08:22:34 UTC 2004


Brook Harty <harty at ironwolve.com> wrote:
> Not sure if this is a bug, but I'm having wierd cache type issues on
> Bind9.

> I upgraded all our bind solaris8 servers from bind 8.2.3 to Bind9.2.2
> (then 9.2.3). My 2 DNS servers that sit on the Internet after some
> time (18+ hours) starts having issues resolving a couple extrenal
> domains. Flush cache, and they would work again.  I only have 2 that I
> know of, it could be more.

> When I would try to resolve these external domains having issues, it
> just reports
> domainname IN A  

> Thats it, no IP. 

> I did a trace before and after flushing the cache, also a db dump
> before and after flushing cache. Theres nothing that looks out of
> place in the dump, the trace shows it not resolving.

> I reverted to bind8, and its resolving these domains again. Can't find
> a common problem with the remote domains, and why Bind9 would just
> fail after some hours.

> Where should I go from here? I never submitted a bug for bind. Really
> would like to use Bind9 for my Internet facing DNS servers.

> Any ideas appreciated.

Tell us what domains you have problems with.



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