Blinded by something

Johnny Fribert Lauridsen jlaurids at cisco.com
Thu Jul 13 16:32:25 UTC 2000


Hi, 
I am getting blind (meta-speaking), so help me understand this:
The problem is this:
!!! teliamobile.dk MX host mail1.teliamobile.dk is not canonical

Here you get it all:  Note that I am not using mydomain.com, this is the real thing.
We just started this so we will soon be hiding the 10. names, but for now, we do not like the warning about
the 'not canonical'.  I re-created the scenario on my own system, and if I left out the trailing
domain on mail1 on the CNAME statement, I did not have this warning.
B.t.w. it does not take long for hackers to track newly created and registered zones.  We have loads
of tries in our logs.  Why?  Is it kids that have nothing else to do than try to infiltrate and make harm
on businessees?  
Advise on the 'non canonical warning', pls.?  And what else you might suggest.
Thanks,
/Johnny 

teliamobile.dk.         86400   SOA     ns.teliamobile.dk. hostmaster.teliamobile.dk. (
                         41      ;serial (version)
                         10800   ;refresh period (3 hours)
                         3600    ;retry interval (1 hour)
                         604800  ;expire time (1 week)
                         86400   ;default ttl (1 day)
                         )
ns.teliamobile.dk.      86400   A       62.44.158.10
ns1.teliamobile.dk.     86400   A       62.44.158.11
ntp.teliamobile.dk.     86400   CNAME   ns.teliamobile.dk.
www.teliamobile.dk.     86400   CNAME   speedy-fe1-pilot.teliamobile.dk.
cash.teliamobile.dk.    86400   CNAME   care02.teliamobile.dk.
mail.speedytomato.dk.teliamobile.dk.    86400   CNAME   speedy-fe1-pilot.teliamobile.dk.
ntp1.teliamobile.dk.    86400   CNAME   ns1.teliamobile.dk.
mail1.teliamobile.dk.   86400   CNAME   ns.teliamobile.dk.
care01.teliamobile.dk.  86400   A       10.200.1.40
care02.teliamobile.dk.  86400   A       62.44.158.40
care03.teliamobile.dk.  86400   A       62.44.158.41
gsw-a1.teliamobile.dk.  86400   A       62.44.159.39
gsw-a2.teliamobile.dk.  86400   A       62.44.159.38
spider.teliamobile.dk.  86400   A       62.44.159.61
wap-gw.teliamobile.dk.  86400   CNAME   wapgateway.teliamobile.dk.
FK12392.teliamobile.dk. 20      A       62.44.158.235
FK12392.teliamobile.dk. 20      TXT     "01:00:50:04:e8:6c:4b"
fk94200.teliamobile.dk. 20      A       62.44.158.231
fk94200.teliamobile.dk. 20      TXT     "01:00:06:29:92:64:bd"
PC-4596.teliamobile.dk. 20      A       62.44.158.233
PC-4596.teliamobile.dk. 1200    TXT     "01:00:06:29:b5:e4:fd"
PC-4844.teliamobile.dk. 20      A       62.44.158.236
PC-4844.teliamobile.dk. 20      TXT     "01:00:50:da:d9:e3:4f"
tmnt015.teliamobile.dk. 86400   A       62.44.158.25
dhcpserv.teliamobile.dk.        86400   CNAME   ns.teliamobile.dk.
jwi-wkst.teliamobile.dk.        86400   A       62.44.159.55
kja-wkst.teliamobile.dk.        86400   A       62.44.159.56
loopback.teliamobile.dk.        86400   CNAME   localhost.teliamobile.dk.
mgt-test.teliamobile.dk.        86400   A       62.44.159.62
sherlock.teliamobile.dk.        86400   A       62.44.159.60
dhcpserv1.teliamobile.dk.       86400   CNAME   ns1.teliamobile.dk.
gsw-core1.teliamobile.dk.       86400   A       62.44.159.36
gsw-core2.teliamobile.dk.       86400   A       62.44.159.37
keykeeper.teliamobile.dk.       86400   A       62.44.159.59
localhost.teliamobile.dk.       86400   A       127.0.0.1
PC-3021NT.teliamobile.dk.       20      TXT     "01:00:60:94:1f:13:22"
PC-3021NT.teliamobile.dk.       20      A       62.44.158.234
wap-radius.teliamobile.dk.      86400   CNAME   tmnt015.teliamobile.dk.
wapgateway.teliamobile.dk.      86400   A       62.44.158.26
cash-reload.teliamobile.dk.     86400   CNAME   care02.teliamobile.dk.
teliamobile.dk.         86400   MX      40 mail.teliamobile.dk.
teliamobile.dk.         86400   MX      30 mail1.teliamobile.dk.
  !!! teliamobile.dk MX host mail1.teliamobile.dk is not canonical
teliamobile.dk.         86400   NS      ns1.teliamobile.dk.
teliamobile.dk.         86400   NS      ns.teliamobile.dk.
wap-gateway.teliamobile.dk.     86400   CNAME   wapgateway.teliamobile.dk.
speedy-be1-pilot.teliamobile.dk.        86400   A       10.200.1.20
speedy-fe1-pilot.teliamobile.dk.        86400   A       62.44.158.20
rou-fwa-acc1-bvi999.teliamobile.dk.     86400   A       62.44.159.33
teliamobile.dk.         86400   SOA     ns.teliamobile.dk. hostmaster.teliamobile.dk. (
                         41      ;serial (version)
                         10800   ;refresh period (3 hours)
                         3600    ;retry interval (1 hour)
                         604800  ;expire time (1 week)
                         86400   ;default ttl (1 day)
                         )


Explanations on a few of the RR's (Resource Records). Those not listed can be found in the RFC's, but you probably don't need them if you don't know
which are what.


   MX    = Mail eXchanger - with preference. The lowest number handles the mail.
   A     = Address (IP-number).
   AAAA  = Address (IP-number, v6).
   CNAME = Canonical name - i.e. an alias.
   NS    = Name Server - what servers are authoritative.
   HINFO = Host Information.
   WKS   = Well Known Services.



The numbers listed before each RR is the time left for that record in the cache. If the nameserver is authoritative on that specific record, this number will not
decrease as time goes by. 

Zonetransfer (AXFR)
Please note that not all ISP's allow zonetransfer and that zonetransfer of a domain/reverse domain only makes sence if a zone HAS been defined. You can
ONLY zonetransfer a zone from one of the authoritative nameservers. 




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