Inconsistency at ns.ripe.net ?

[James Raftery]

On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 07:39:39AM +0000, Arvid Carlander wrote:
> If ns.ripe.net list themselves as authority for 232.62.in-addr.arpa, should
> they not be able to list the name servers for 17.232.62.in-addr.arpa in
> their answer section?

Hi Arvid,

Yes, they should. But ns.ripe.net is not announcing 232.62.in-addr.arpa
authoritatively. I'd suggest a mail to hostmaster at ripe.net pointing out
that ns.ripe.net is lame for a /16 reverse zone.

> ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> @ns.ripe.net 17.232.62.in-addr.arpa. ns
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> ;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
> ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 2

The 'aa' flag is missing == not authoritative.


Regards,
james
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