Pls help...trouble resolving a particular domain

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

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> BIND Gurus,
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> I'm having problems resolving www.oum.edu.my from my nameservers. Apparently,
>  there's no problem resolving this domain from other nameservers. Both the pr
> imary and secondary for this domain seems to be answering to my dig queries, 
> but when my users query my nameserver, it can't resolve it.  Also, there does
> n't seem to be any SOA or NS records on both the primary and secondary for th
> is domain. Could this be the problem? I've contacted the admin for this domai
> n and according to him, this is normal and in fact part of a limitation of th
> e DNS package that he is using. I've done a packet trace and have noticed tha
> t none of my queries are being replied. I've also checked this with the admin
>  for the domain and he has confirmed that there is no firewall or access list
>  blocking our communication. Any ideas on where I can go next?
> 
> Thanks!
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> 
> - Elias -

	The nameservers for www.oum.edu.my *lie* about whether the name
	exists or not.  Returning inconsistant answers is *bad*.

	Mark

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> mx www.oum.edu.my @dns1.oum.edu.my. 
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 4
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;	www.oum.edu.my, type = MX, class = IN

;; Total query time: 261 msec
;; FROM: bsdi.dv.isc.org to SERVER: dns1.oum.edu.my.  202.185.23.4
;; WHEN: Mon Aug 18 13:18:48 2003
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 32  rcvd: 32


; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> a www.oum.edu.my @dns1.oum.edu.my. 
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;	www.oum.edu.my, type = A, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.oum.edu.my.		5M IN A		202.185.23.12

;; Total query time: 263 msec
;; FROM: bsdi.dv.isc.org to SERVER: dns1.oum.edu.my.  202.185.23.4
;; WHEN: Mon Aug 18 13:19:02 2003
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 32  rcvd: 48

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