DNS running on a IP alias doesn't work!! Please help!

[Johnny Fribert Lauridsen]

Did you try inverting the addresses on the server so that the real becomes the alias and the alias becomes the real? (just as a test to see whether it shows the same behaviour).
I recall a similar problem I had several years ago on AIX where it used the lowest Ip address in the DNS answers.
This was on AIX 4.2.1, though.
Johnny

At 08:26 20/04/2000 +0200, Didi wrote:
>Barry Margolin schrieb:
> >The methods for finding all the IP aliases differ from OS to OS.  4.9.3 was
> >the first version that tried, and it probably didn't know how to do it on
> >AIX.
> >Why don't you take the hint and upgrade?  There's no excuse for continuing
> >to run 4.9.3.  If you don't want to convert your files, upgrade to 4.9.7,
> >since it uses the same named.boot syntax.
>
>Hello again
>
>Thanks for your email Barry! I compiled BIND 4.9.7 on my 4.3.1 AIX and
>installed it. But it seems, that BIND 4.9.7 has the same alias-problem as
>BIND 4.9.3. The receiver gets the DNS-Answer from the original IP-Adresse
>instead from the alias adress! (See the ipreport with BIND 4.9.7 below).
>So I think the only way is to convert my files to BIND 8... or has anybody
>else an other solution for my problem BIND on alias-IP with AIX?
>I'm thankful for every help
>Didi
>
>
>Here is my ipreport:
>====( 73 bytes received on interface en0 )==== 09:26:26.928296960
>ETHERNET packet : [ 00:50:8b:03:38:e3 -> 08:00:5a:92:53:e6 ]  type 800  (IP)
>IP header breakdown:
>         < SRC =  159.144.12.237 >  (pc-dlu.bedag.ch)
>         < DST = 159.144.177.166 >  (dns_alias.bedag.ch)
>         ip_v=4, ip_hl=20, ip_tos=0, ip_len=59, ip_id=11918, ip_off=0
>         ip_ttl=128, ip_sum=e70, ip_p = 17 (UDP)
>UDP header breakdown:
>         <source port=1349(sbook), <destination port=53(domain) >
>         [ udp length = 39 | udp checksum = 9c47 ]
>DNS Packet breakdown:
>     QUESTIONS:
>         larisso.bedag.ch, type = A, class = IN
>
>====( 136 bytes transmitted on interface en0 )==== 09:26:26.929969920
>ETHERNET packet : [ 08:00:5a:92:53:e6 -> 00:50:8b:03:38:e3 ]  type 800  (IP)
>IP header breakdown:
>         < SRC =   159.144.12.60 >  (dns1.bedag.ch)
>         < DST =  159.144.12.237 >  (pc-dlu.bedag.ch)
>         ip_v=4, ip_hl=20, ip_tos=0, ip_len=122, ip_id=23590, ip_off=0
>         ip_ttl=30, ip_sum=e803, ip_p = 17 (UDP)
>UDP header breakdown:
>         <source port=53(domain), <destination port=1349(sbook) >
>         [ udp length = 102 | udp checksum = 5b4b ]
>DNS Packet breakdown:
>     QUESTIONS:
>         larisso.bedag.ch, type = A, class = IN
>     ANSWERS:
>     ->  larisso.bedag.ch   internet address = 159.144.124.55
>     AUTHORITY RECORDS:
>     ->  bedag.ch        nameserver = dns_alias.bedag.ch
>     ADDITIONAL RECORDS:
>     ->  dns_alias.bedag.ch       internet address = 159.144.177.166
>
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