Forward Lookup Fails/4.9.2

[John N Dvorak]

If it is what I think it is, this is a FAQ in recent weeks.

WHOIS no longer shows "on hold" status due to excessive abuse.  You need
to check the Network Solutions Web site.  Have a look at the list archive
for more information.  Barry M. recently responded to this same question.

I'm sure you already know this, but it is *highly* recommended that you
upgrade to at least 4.9.7 (if not 8.x).  4.9.2 has several severe issues
that could compromise your network security.

On Tue, 6 Jul 1999 buffalo at icarus.yml.com wrote:

>Greetings.
>
>I run three 4.9.2 nameservers (one primary, two secondaries) which have
>been serving several hundred domains without trouble for about three years
>now.
>
>Last week, however, forward lookup stopped working mysteriously for two of
>the domains we host. Reverse lookup continues to function normally for
>both domains, and named isn't complaining about either domain being
>misconfigured in any way. Other domains we host on our servers continue to
>show up normally from any nameserver we look them up from.
>
>Both domains show up normally via whois. All three of our name servers
>answer normally for the two domains in question when queried, but
>outside servers give standard 'non-existent domain/couldn't find it'
>error when queried. The problem started about the middle of last week.
>
>If anyone can suggest a way to troubleshoot this further, I'd greatly
>appreciate it.
>
>TIA,
>
>--Duncan
>
>
>

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