Cannot get ip address of mx record kienhwa.hk

Peter Dambier peter at peter-dambier.de
Tue Aug 8 10:26:19 UTC 2006


Asking my local nameserver did only find an SOA record.


; <<>> DiG 9.1.3 <<>> -t any kienhwa.hk.
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 48737
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;kienhwa.hk.                    IN      ANY

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
kienhwa.hk.             600     IN      SOA     NS1.OGDNS.COM. NS1.OGDNS.COM. 1 10800 3600 86400 0

;; Query time: 1008 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.48.227#53(192.168.48.227)
;; WHEN: Tue Aug  8 11:18:00 2006
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 77


Asking for HK. to find the nameservers got me

;; Truncated, retrying in TCP mode.
;; Connection to 192.168.48.2#53(192.168.48.2) for hk. failed: connection refused.


I have 3 local resolvers using BIND 9.4.0, djbdns and as last resort the DNS
server of my DSL-router who is querying my ISP. So I shall try again


;; Truncated, retrying in TCP mode.
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 34537
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 16, AUTHORITY: 15, ADDITIONAL: 7

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;hk.                            IN      ANY

;; ANSWER SECTION:
hk.                     602829  IN      NS      NS2.CUHK.EDU.hk.
hk.                     602829  IN      NS      B.DNS.TW.
hk.                     602829  IN      NS      TLD3.ULTRADNS.ORG.
hk.                     602829  IN      NS      NS1.HKIRC.NET.hk.
hk.                     602829  IN      NS      ADNS2.BERKELEY.EDU.
hk.                     602829  IN      NS      TLD4.ULTRADNS.ORG.
hk.                     602829  IN      NS      NS3.CUHK.EDU.hk.
hk.                     602829  IN      NS      NS2.HKIRC.NET.hk.
hk.                     602829  IN      NS      TLD5.ULTRADNS.INFO.
hk.                     602829  IN      NS      TLD1.ULTRADNS.NET.
hk.                     602829  IN      NS      TLD2.ULTRADNS.NET.
hk.                     602829  IN      NS      SEC3.APNIC.NET.
hk.                     602829  IN      NS      ADNS1.BERKELEY.EDU.
hk.                     602829  IN      NS      TLD6.ULTRADNS.CO.UK.
hk.                     602829  IN      NS      NS-HK.RIPE.NET.
hk.                     26829   IN      SOA     NS1.HKIRC.NET.hk. HOSTMASTER.HKIRC.NET.hk. 2006080816 21600 1800 3600000 600

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
hk.                     602829  IN      NS      TLD4.ULTRADNS.ORG.
hk.                     602829  IN      NS      TLD6.ULTRADNS.CO.UK.
hk.                     602829  IN      NS      TLD5.ULTRADNS.INFO.
hk.                     602829  IN      NS      ADNS1.BERKELEY.EDU.
hk.                     602829  IN      NS      NS-HK.RIPE.NET.
hk.                     602829  IN      NS      NS1.HKIRC.NET.hk.
hk.                     602829  IN      NS      TLD3.ULTRADNS.ORG.
hk.                     602829  IN      NS      TLD1.ULTRADNS.NET.
hk.                     602829  IN      NS      TLD2.ULTRADNS.NET.
hk.                     602829  IN      NS      NS2.HKIRC.NET.hk.
hk.                     602829  IN      NS      NS3.CUHK.EDU.hk.
hk.                     602829  IN      NS      SEC3.APNIC.NET.
hk.                     602829  IN      NS      B.DNS.TW.
hk.                     602829  IN      NS      ADNS2.BERKELEY.EDU.
hk.                     602829  IN      NS      NS2.CUHK.EDU.hk.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ADNS1.BERKELEY.EDU.     171608  IN      A       128.32.136.3
NS2.CUHK.EDU.hk.        58082   IN      A       137.189.6.21
NS2.CUHK.EDU.hk.        58082   IN      AAAA    2001:ce0:3:6::21
NS2.HKIRC.NET.hk.       5903    IN      A       203.119.2.19
NS3.CUHK.EDU.hk.        58082   IN      A       202.45.188.19
SEC3.APNIC.NET.         160658  IN      A       202.12.28.140
SEC3.APNIC.NET.         160658  IN      AAAA    2001:dc0:1:0:4777::140

;; Query time: 150 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.48.227#53(192.168.48.227)
;; WHEN: Tue Aug  8 11:56:24 2006
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 793


People with broken routers or firewalls might have given up already.

Now lets find about your email.


; <<>> DiG 9.1.3 <<>> -t any kienhwa.hk. @ADNS1.BERKELEY.EDU
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 57212
;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;kienhwa.hk.                    IN      ANY

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
kienhwa.hk.             28800   IN      NS      NS2.OGDNS.COM.
kienhwa.hk.             28800   IN      NS      NS1.OGDNS.COM.

;; Query time: 216 msec
;; SERVER: 128.32.136.3#53(ADNS1.BERKELEY.EDU)
;; WHEN: Tue Aug  8 11:40:08 2006
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 73


Berkley has found you. Now your nameservers again

; <<>> DiG 9.1.3 <<>> -t any kienhwa.hk. @NS2.OGDNS.COM.
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 59129
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;kienhwa.hk.                    IN      ANY

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
kienhwa.hk.             1800    IN      SOA     NS2.OGDNS.COM. NS2.OGDNS.COM. 1 10800 3600 86400 0

;; Query time: 360 msec
;; SERVER: 202.134.124.67#53(NS2.OGDNS.COM.)
;; WHEN: Tue Aug  8 11:41:25 2006
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 90


That is not good. No A record. No MX record. No way to send you emails.


; <<>> DiG 9.1.3 <<>> -t mx kienhwa.hk.
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 37515
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;kienhwa.hk.                    IN      MX

;; ANSWER SECTION:
kienhwa.hk.             0       IN      MX      10 kienhwa.hk.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
kienhwa.hk.             86400   IN      NS      NS2.OGDNS.COM.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
NS2.OGDNS.COM.          169843  IN      A       202.134.124.67

;; Query time: 407 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.48.227#53(192.168.48.227)
;; WHEN: Tue Aug  8 12:07:17 2006
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 87


Ok, I could find your MX record, but I am shure my mailer
would not have found it.

; <<>> DiG 9.1.3 <<>> -t AAAA kienhwa.hk.
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 9808
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;kienhwa.hk.                    IN      AAAA

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
kienhwa.hk.             600     IN      SOA     NS2.OGDNS.COM. NS2.OGDNS.COM. 1 10800 3600 86400 0

;; Query time: 390 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.48.227#53(192.168.48.227)
;; WHEN: Tue Aug  8 12:08:03 2006
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 77


Even if my mailer had tried it, it would give up now.

; <<>> DiG 9.1.3 <<>> -t A kienhwa.hk.
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 37398
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;kienhwa.hk.                    IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
kienhwa.hk.             0       IN      A       202.134.124.67

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
kienhwa.hk.             86349   IN      NS      NS2.OGDNS.COM.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
NS2.OGDNS.COM.          169792  IN      A       202.134.124.67

;; Query time: 400 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.48.227#53(192.168.48.227)
;; WHEN: Tue Aug  8 12:08:07 2006
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 87


Only by trying all steps manually could I find it.

Dont grow gray hairs with bind 8 any longer.
It is not worth the trouble.

Try and get BIND 9.4.0b1
It can be downloaded from

         ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.4.0b1/bind-9.4.0b1.tar.gz

I have tried bind-9.4.0 from the beginning. I did not see any
problems. I think bind-9.4.0b1 is much easier to use than
trying to fix Bind 8.

Of course you can try 9.3.2 that is stable. But taking the
lastest might save you some updates and other headaches.

Kind regards
Peter and Karin



Alex Tang wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> Sometimes my user cannot send email to kienhwa.hk.
 > I find out that the dns server cannot get the ip
 > address of the mx record at the same time.
> 
> 
>>set q=mx
>>kienhwa.hk
> 
> Server:         dns
> Address:        
> 
> kienhwa.hk      mail exchanger = 10 kienhwa.hk.
> 
> but I can get the ip address of the mx by enter the host name only
> 
> 
>>set q=a
>>kienhwa.hk
> 
> Server:         dns
> Address:        
> 
> Name:   kienhwa.hk
> Address: 202.134.124.67
> 
> also the ttl of the domain is 0
> 
> 
>>set q=soa
> 
>         origin = NS1.OGDNS.COM
>         mail addr = NS1.OGDNS.COM
>         serial = 1
>         refresh = 10800
>         retry = 3600
>         expire = 86400
>         minimum = 0
> 
> What cause the problem ?
> My bind version is 8.3.7
> 
> Help Help 
> 
> Thx
> 


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