FW: v9.2.1 unable to resolve a domain

[David Botham]

-----Original Message-----
From: David Botham [mailto:dns at botham.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 10:02 AM
To: 'bind-users at isc.org'
Subject: RE: v9.2.1 unable to resolve a domain



> -----Original Message-----
> From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org] On
> Behalf Of Jim Pazarena
> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 1:18 PM
> To: bind-users at isc.org
> Subject: v9.2.1 unable to resolve a domain
> 
> I run a fairly low volume DNS server for my customers, and to my
knowledge
> I haven't had a resolving problem to date.
> 
> Now I find that my server times out, "no server could be reached".
> Where other DNS servers *can* resolve this address.
> 
>  www.houseoftools.com
> 
> Can someone offer a reason why I can't resolve the above?

Could it be due to the fact that the above is a cname for another cname?
i.e. chained cnames?

[root at nsca1 root]# dig www.houseoftools.com

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> www.houseoftools.com 
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 6, ADDITIONAL: 6
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      www.houseoftools.com, type = A, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.houseoftools.com.   1h59m56s IN CNAME  secure.mbasemarket.com.
secure.mbasemarket.com.  30M IN CNAME  kokomos.mbase.com.
kokomos.mbase.com.      4H IN A         139.142.191.68

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
mbase.com.              1D IN NS        remote2.easydns.com.
mbase.com.              1D IN NS        ns1.mbase.com.
mbase.com.              1D IN NS        ns1.easydns.com.
mbase.com.              1D IN NS        ns2.mbase.com.
mbase.com.              1D IN NS        ns2.easydns.com.
mbase.com.              1D IN NS        remote1.easydns.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
remote2.easydns.com.    1d23h59m56s IN A  212.100.224.80
ns1.mbase.com.          1d23h59m56s IN A  139.142.191.96
ns1.easydns.com.        1d23h59m56s IN A  216.220.40.243
ns2.mbase.com.          1d23h59m56s IN A  139.142.191.66
ns2.easydns.com.        1d23h59m56s IN A  216.220.40.244
remote1.easydns.com.    1d23h59m56s IN A  64.39.29.212

;; Total query time: 3776 msec
;; FROM: nsca1 to SERVER: default -- 216.154.198.178
;; WHEN: Thu Jan  2 16:04:27 2003
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 38  rcvd: 355

> 
> I can dig & nslookup any other domain name immagineable except the
above.
> --
> Jim Pazarena     mailto:paz at ccstores.com
> 
>