Empty responses to query

[Stringham, Steven]

Thanks for the assistance.


-----Original Message-----
From: Mark_Andrews at isc.org [mailto:Mark_Andrews at isc.org]
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 2:35 PM
To: Stringham, Steven
Cc: bind-users at isc.org
Subject: Re: Empty responses to query


>
> So, if I understand you correctly, then your bind server would
> experience the same issue? Or, is there a setting I can make to my
> bind server to alleviate the issue?

	No.  It is a gross configuration error.  Lookup the name in
	whois and phone them or contact their technical contact.

	Mark

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark_Andrews at isc.org [mailto:Mark_Andrews at isc.org]
> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 2:07 PM
> To: Stringham, Steven
> Subject: Re: Empty responses to query
>
>
> >
> > Ok. I agree with you. But, why does it get the right info upon
> > restart
>
> > of the service then? And then after a while, it just floats away? Is

> > it dropping the records from cache but not the right ns info, or
what?
>
> 	Because on the first queries is is using the glue NS records
> 	from the parent.  Once one of these returns the child's NS
> 	RRset, in the authority section, lookups fail as there are
> 	no A/AAAA records for these NS records.
>
> 	Mark
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark_Andrews at isc.org [mailto:Mark_Andrews at isc.org]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 4:00 PM
> > To: Stringham, Steven
> > Subject: Re: Empty responses to query
> >
> >
> > >
> > > ironwoodobgyn.com
> >
> > 	Gross misconfiguration.
> >
> > ironwoodobgyn.com.      172800  IN      NS      dns1.dakotacom.net.
> > ironwoodobgyn.com.      172800  IN      NS      dns2.dakotacom.net.
> > ;; Received 118 bytes from 192.54.112.30#53(H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET) in
> > 740
>
> > ms
> >
> > ironwoodobgyn.com.      14400   IN      A       66.192.152.134
> > ironwoodobgyn.com.      14400   IN      NS      66.192.152.155.
> > ironwoodobgyn.com.      14400   IN      NS      66.192.152.154.
> > ;; Received 107 bytes from 66.192.152.154#53(dns1.dakotacom.net) in
> > 701 ms
> >
> > 	NS records take hostnames not IP addresses.
> >
> > 	Mark
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Mark_Andrews at isc.org [mailto:Mark_Andrews at isc.org]
> > > Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 2:03 PM
> > > To: Stringham, Steven
> > > Cc: bind-users at isc.org
> > > Subject: Re: Empty responses to query
> > >
> > >
> > > > Fedora 4
> > > > bind-9.2.5-3
> > > >
> > > > >From time to time on some domains, if I do a MX query (dig mx
> > > > mydomain.com) the response comes back empty.
> > >
> > > 	Well if you actually told us the problem domains someone
> > > 	could look at how those zones are configured.  This sort
> > > 	of behaviour is usually indicative of a remote configuration
> > > 	error.
> > >
> > > > If I restart the named process, then do the same dig, it comes
> > > > back with proper information. I have seen this on multiple
> > > > instances of
> > > Fedora 4.
> > > > I am not using upstream name servers (forwarders) to resolve.
> > > >
> > > > Does anybody have any hints as to what it could be?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > > Steven Stringham
> > > >
> > >
>

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