Reverse DNS woes.

Reid Sutherland reid at isys.ca
Tue Jul 24 01:46:29 UTC 2001


On July 23, 2001 07:42 pm, Mark.Andrews at nominum.com wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > 	I'm very confused as too why my reverse DNS is no longer working.  What
> >  is
> > going wrong here?  I must have done something wrong, please straighten me
> > out.
>
> 	The problem here is that the parent servers and the child servers
> 	disagree about who is serving the zone.
>
> 	Either make NS1.SUDBURYWIRED.COM and NS2.SUDBURYWIRED.COM
> 	authoritative for the zone or update the delgation to point
> 	to ns1.isys.ca and ns2.isys.ca.
>
> 	Mark

Could I tell the people that control ns1.sudburywired.com to 'forward' all 
calls to my IP block to my server?

-reid

> > See details below.
> >
> > _____________________________________________________
> >
> > IP used in all tests: 216.223.80.10
> >
> > Output from nslookup on a.root-servers.net
> > _____________________________________________________
> > simple:~# nslookup
> > Default Server:  localhost
> > Address:  127.0.0.1
> >
> > > server a.root-servers.net
> >
> > Default Server:  a.root-servers.net
> > Address:  198.41.0.4
> >
> > > set debug
> > > 216.223.80.10
> >
> > Server:  a.root-servers.net
> > Address:  198.41.0.4
> >
> > ;; res_nmkquery(QUERY, 10.80.223.216.in-addr.arpa, IN, PTR)
> > ------------
> > Got answer:
> >     HEADER:
> >         opcode = QUERY, id = 37028, rcode = NOERROR
> >         header flags:  response, want recursion
> >         questions = 1,  answers = 0,  authority records = 2,  additional
> > = 0
> >
> >     QUESTIONS:
> >         10.80.223.216.in-addr.arpa, type = PTR, class = IN
> >     AUTHORITY RECORDS:
> >     ->  80.223.216.in-addr.arpa
> >         nameserver = NS1.SUDBURYWIRED.COM
> >         ttl = 345600 (4D)
> >     ->  80.223.216.in-addr.arpa
> >         nameserver = NS2.SUDBURYWIRED.COM
> >         ttl = 345600 (4D)
> >
> > ------------
> > Authoritative answers can be found from:
> > 80.223.216.in-addr.arpa
> >         nameserver = NS1.SUDBURYWIRED.COM
> >         ttl = 345600 (4D)
> > 80.223.216.in-addr.arpa
> >         nameserver = NS2.SUDBURYWIRED.COM
> >         ttl = 345600 (4D)
> > *** No address (A) records available for 216.223.80.10
> > ______________________________________________________
> >
> >
> > Output from nslookup on ns1.sudburywired.com
> > ______________________________________________________
> > simple:~# nslookup
> > Default Server:  localhost
> > Address:  127.0.0.1
> >
> > > server ns1.sudburywired.com
> >
> > Default Server:  ns1.sudburywired.com
> > Address:  216.223.90.2
> >
> > > set debug
> > > 216.223.80.10
> >
> > Server:  ns1.sudburywired.com
> > Address:  216.223.90.2
> >
> > ;; res_nmkquery(QUERY, 10.80.223.216.in-addr.arpa, IN, PTR)
> > ------------
> > Got answer:
> >     HEADER:
> >         opcode = QUERY, id = 1077, rcode = NOERROR
> >         header flags:  response, want recursion, recursion avail.
> >         questions = 1,  answers = 1,  authority records = 2,  additional
> > = 1
> >
> >     QUESTIONS:
> >         10.80.223.216.in-addr.arpa, type = PTR, class = IN
> >     ANSWERS:
> >     ->  10.80.223.216.in-addr.arpa
> >         name = simple.isys.ca
> >         ttl = 14160 (3h56m)
> >     AUTHORITY RECORDS:
> >     ->  80.223.216.in-addr.arpa
> >         nameserver = ns1.isys.ca
> >         ttl = 14160 (3h56m)
> >     ->  80.223.216.in-addr.arpa
> >         nameserver = ns2.isys.ca
> >         ttl = 14160 (3h56m)
> >     ADDITIONAL RECORDS:
> >     ->  ns1.isys.ca
> >         internet address = 216.223.80.10
> >         ttl = 5759 (1h35m59s)
> >
> > ------------
> > Name:    simple.isys.ca
> > Address:  216.223.80.10
> > ______________________________________________________
> >
> >
> > Output from nslookup on simple.isys.ca
> > ______________________________________________________
> > simple:~# nslookup
> > Default Server:  localhost
> > Address:  127.0.0.1
> >
> > > set debug
> > > 216.223.80.10
> >
> > Server:  localhost
> > Address:  127.0.0.1
> >
> > ;; res_nmkquery(QUERY, 10.80.223.216.in-addr.arpa, IN, PTR)
> > ------------
> > Got answer:
> >     HEADER:
> >         opcode = QUERY, id = 11129, rcode = NOERROR
> >         header flags:  response, auth. answer, want recursion, recursion
> > avail.
> >         questions = 1,  answers = 1,  authority records = 2,  additional
> > = 2
> >
> >     QUESTIONS:
> >         10.80.223.216.in-addr.arpa, type = PTR, class = IN
> >     ANSWERS:
> >     ->  10.80.223.216.in-addr.arpa
> >         name = simple.isys.ca
> >         ttl = 14400 (4H)
> >     AUTHORITY RECORDS:
> >     ->  80.223.216.in-addr.arpa
> >         nameserver = ns1.isys.ca
> >         ttl = 14400 (4H)
> >     ->  80.223.216.in-addr.arpa
> >         nameserver = ns2.isys.ca
> >         ttl = 14400 (4H)
> >     ADDITIONAL RECORDS:
> >     ->  ns1.isys.ca
> >         internet address = 216.223.80.10
> >         ttl = 7200 (2H)
> >     ->  ns2.isys.ca
> >         internet address = 216.223.80.11
> >         ttl = 7200 (2H)
> >
> > ------------
> > Name:    simple.isys.ca
> > Address:  216.223.80.10
> > ______________________________________________________
> >
> >
> > Output from nslookup on ANY other server (example used: ns2.mci.net)
> > ______________________________________________________
> > simple:~# nslookup
> > Default Server:  localhost
> > Address:  127.0.0.1
> >
> > > server ns2.mci.net
> >
> > Default Server:  ns2.mci.net
> > Address:  204.147.128.70
> >
> > > set debug
> > > 216.223.80.240
> >
> > Server:  ns2.mci.net
> > Address:  204.147.128.70
> >
> > ;; res_nmkquery(QUERY, 240.80.223.216.in-addr.arpa, IN, PTR)
> > ------------
> > Got answer:
> >     HEADER:
> >         opcode = QUERY, id = 60051, rcode = SERVFAIL
> >         header flags:  response, want recursion, recursion avail.
> >         questions = 1,  answers = 0,  authority records = 0,  additional
> > = 0
> >
> >     QUESTIONS:
> >         240.80.223.216.in-addr.arpa, type = PTR, class = IN
> >
> > ------------
> > *** ns2.mci.net can't find 216.223.80.240: Server failed
> > ______________________________________________________
> >
> >
> > Output from the reverse zone file
> > ______________________________________________________
> > $TTL 14400
> > @       IN      SOA     ns1.isys.ca.     root.isys.ca. (
> >
> >                         2001072301
> >                         10800           ; Refresh 3 hours
> >                         900             ; Retry 15 minutes
> >                         604800          ; Expire 7 days
> >                         7200 )          ; Minimum ttl 2 hours
> >
> >                                 IN      NS              ns1.isys.ca.
> >                                 IN      NS              ns2.isys.ca.
> >
> > 1       IN      PTR     atm0-gw01-sud.isys.ca.
> > 2       IN      PTR     fw01-sud.isys.ca.
> > 3       IN      PTR     sw01-sud.isys.ca.
> > 4       IN      PTR     sw02-sud.isys.ca.
> > 5       IN      PTR     sw03-sud.isys.ca.
> >
> > 10      IN      PTR     simple.isys.ca.
> > 11      IN      PTR     nulled.isys.ca.
> > 12      IN      PTR     complex.isys.ca.
> > [...]
> > _________________________________________________________
> >
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > -reid
>
> --
> Mark Andrews, Nominum Inc.
> 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
> PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews at nominum.com


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