Bind 9.2.1 strangeness (dig)

[Robert Gahl]

At 04:36 PM 2/6/2003 -0500, Kevin Darcy wrote:

>Robert Gahl wrote:
>
> > I'm having some strange problems wrt BIND 9.2.1 and am at a loss to
> > understand what is happening.
> >
> > The network topology here is that we live behind a DSL router (Flowpoint
> > 2200) that is doing NAT for our office. When I attempt the following query
> > from the DNS master, I get:
> >
> > [flame:/etc/rc.d/init.d]# dig taylormadegolf.com
> >
> > ; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> taylormadegolf.com
> > ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> > ;; res_nsend to server default -- 192.168.254.1: Connection timed out
> >
> > However, when I do another dig, using a different domain, I get a valid
> > response:
> >
> > [Successful query deleted]
> >
> > If I use one of our DNS servers that is located in one of our co-location
> > facilities, I get a proper answer for taylormadegolf.com:
> >
> > [Another successful query deleted]
> >
> > Does anyone have any pointers as to why I can't resolve this one domain but
> > am able to resolve others? I have flushed the cache, restarted named, etc..
> > trying to see if a clue comes forth, to no avail.
> >
> > Thanks for any assistance you can provide...
>
>Beats me. I don't see anything obviously wrong with the domain. Can you
>resolve *anything* from ns1.snip.net or ns2.snip.net? Try resolving their own
>names: they are answering authoritatively for those from here.

[bgahl at flame bgahl]$ dig ns1.slip.net

; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> ns1.slip.net
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 49975
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;ns1.slip.net.                  IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
ns1.slip.net.           1800    IN      CNAME   ns1.firstworld.net.
ns1.firstworld.net.     172800  IN      A       66.179.72.9

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
firstworld.net.         172800  IN      NS      NS2.firstworld.net.
firstworld.net.         172800  IN      NS      ns1.firstworld.net.

;; Query time: 248 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.254.1#53(192.168.254.1)
;; WHEN: Thu Feb  6 14:48:00 2003
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 107

[bgahl at flame bgahl]$ dig ns2.slip.net

; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> ns2.slip.net
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 20095
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;ns2.slip.net.                  IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
ns2.slip.net.           1800    IN      A       207.171.208.11

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
slip.net.               3600    IN      NS      ns1.firstworld.net.
slip.net.               3600    IN      NS      ns2.firstworld.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.firstworld.net.     172716  IN      A       66.179.72.9

;; Query time: 62 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.254.1#53(192.168.254.1)
;; WHEN: Thu Feb  6 14:49:24 2003
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 109

....and now, miraculously,

[bgahl at flame bgahl]$ dig taylormadegolf.com

; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> taylormadegolf.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 39338
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;taylormadegolf.com.            IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
taylormadegolf.com.     8534    IN      A       209.204.119.40

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
taylormadegolf.com.     8534    IN      NS      ns2.snip.net.
taylormadegolf.com.     8534    IN      NS      ns1.snip.net.

;; Query time: 42 msec
;; SERVER: 65.200.204.10#53(65.200.204.10)
;; WHEN: Thu Feb  6 14:49:54 2003
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 96

This is totally weird. Network latency, maybe? I thin, previously, I did 
try this (for ns1 and ns2) and they didn't work, either, but did from other 
locales.

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