named quits resolving certain domains

[Mike Miller]

so all of my problems seem to not be my problems??? I am just wondering
why off site name server will answer to some of these problem domains when
mine will not???

On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, Kevin Darcy wrote:

> 
> ns1.triton.net answers non-authoritatively with a constant TTL, suggesting that it
> may be a master which is failing to load its master zone, probably due to a syntax
> error in the zone file.
> 
> ns2.triton.net answers non-authoritatively with a declining TTL, suggesting that
> it is not functioning either as a master or a slave (possibly the zone expired).
> 
> 
> - Kevin
> 
> Barry Margolin wrote:
> 
> > In article <94mvbp$r4t at pub3.rc.vix.com>, mike miller  <mikem at ndtel.com> wrote:
> > >;; res_nmkquery(QUERY, triton.net, IN, A)
> > >------------
> > >Got answer:
> > >    HEADER:
> > >        opcode = QUERY, id = 41604, rcode = SERVFAIL
> > >        header flags:  response, want recursion, recursion avail.
> > >        questions = 1,  answers = 0,  authority records = 0,  additional
> > >= 0
> > >
> > >    QUESTIONS:
> > >        triton.net, type = A, class = IN
> > >
> > >------------
> > >;; res_nmkquery(QUERY, triton.net.stellarnet.com, IN, A)
> > >------------
> > >Got answer:
> > >    HEADER:
> > >        opcode = QUERY, id = 41605, rcode = NXDOMAIN
> > >        header flags:  response, auth. answer, want recursion, recursion
> > >avail.
> > >        questions = 1,  answers = 0,  authority records = 1,  additional
> > >= 0
> > >
> > >    QUESTIONS:
> > >        triton.net.stellarnet.com, type = A, class = IN
> > >    AUTHORITY RECORDS:
> > >    ->  stellarnet.com
> > >        ttl = 86400 (1D)
> > >        origin = ns.stellarnet.com
> > >        mail addr = hostmaster.stellarnet.com
> > >        serial = 199902043
> > >        refresh = 10800 (3H)
> > >        retry   = 3600 (1H)
> > >        expire  = 604800 (1W)
> > >        minimum ttl = 86400 (1D)
> > >
> > >------------
> > >*** ns1.stellarnet.com can't find triton.net: Non-existent host/domain
> > >
> > >Why does it say triton.net.stellarnet.com when its only triton.net.  I
> >
> > It first tried just triton.net and get a SERVFAIL error code.  When it
> > can't find a name as given, it then tries looking it up with the default
> > domain appended.
> >
> > >then did a dig on triton.net and it produced the following:
> > >[root at ns1 named]# dig triton.net
> > >
> > >; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> triton.net
> > >;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> > >;; got answer:
> > >;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4
> > >;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
> > >;; QUERY SECTION:
> > >;;      triton.net, type = A, class = IN
> > >
> > >;; ANSWER SECTION:
> > >triton.net.             13h10m45s IN A  209.172.0.5
> > >
> > >;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> > >triton.net.             1d20h57m7s IN NS  NS2.triton.net.
> > >triton.net.             1d20h57m7s IN NS  NS1.triton.net.
> > >
> > >;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> > >NS2.triton.net.         1d20h57m7s IN A  209.172.0.8
> > >NS1.triton.net.         1d20h57m7s IN A  209.172.0.5
> > >
> > >;; Total query time: 1 msec
> > >;; FROM: ns1.stellarnet.com to SERVER: default -- 205.198.5.2
> > >;; WHEN: Wed Jan 24 10:15:31 2001
> > >;; MSG SIZE  sent: 28  rcvd: 112
> > >
> > >Then I did another nslookup and it worked???
> > >very confusing??
> >
> > It looks like the problem is that ns2.triton.net is misconfigured, as it is
> > not authoritative for the triton.net domain.  So if your local server
> > happens to ask ns1, it will get an answer, but if it asks ns2 it may or may
> > not get an answer, depending on whether ns2 happens to have the answer
> > cached.  If the answer isn't cached it will return a SERVFAIL error code,
> > and your local server will return that to you.
> >
> > --
> > Barry Margolin, barmar at genuity.net
> > Genuity, Burlington, MA
> > *** DON'T SEND TECHNICAL QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO ME, post them to newsgroups.
> > Please DON'T copy followups to me -- I'll assume it wasn't posted to the group.
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