Zone problems...pls help

[Barry Finkel]

Elias <elias at streamyx.com> wrote:

>Hi all,
>Is there a reason to as why certain DNS servers can resolve a domain
>perfectly fine while others can't? Is there any special configuration
>options in BIND to cycle through all the available nameservers if one
>of them is down, or is this done automatically? How long does BIND
>generally wait for a reply before it decides to give up and try another
>server? Is this value tuneable?
>
>As for my domain problem, www.ikip.edu.my does not resolve properly at
>times, while at other times, there's no problems. Anybody has any ideas
>what is going on? Any help greatly appreciated. TQ
>
>; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> @ns1.time.net.my www.ikip.edu.my 
>; (1 server found)
>;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
>;; got answer:
>;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4
>;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 0
>;; QUERY SECTION:
>;;      www.ikip.edu.my, type = A, class = IN
>
>;; ANSWER SECTION:
>www.ikip.edu.my.        17h20m34s IN A  219.93.20.131
>
>;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
>ikip.edu.my.            17h20m34s IN NS  phg.ambmsb.com.my.
>ikip.edu.my.            17h20m34s IN NS  phg.ikip.edu.my.
>
>;; Total query time: 199 msec
>;; FROM: medusa to SERVER: ns1.time.net.my  203.121.16.85
>;; WHEN: Fri Feb 21 17:25:07 2003
>;; MSG SIZE  sent: 33  rcvd: 96


Here is the output of doc-2.1.4; it shows errors that you should correct.

britaine% doc -x -v ikip.edu.my 
Doc-2.1.4: doc -x -v ikip.edu.my
Doc-2.1.4: Starting test of ikip.edu.my.   parent is edu.my.
Doc-2.1.4: Test date - Mon Feb 24 09:06:15 CST 2003
soa @dns1.mynic.net.my. for edu.my. has serial: 2003052006
soa @gate1.jaring.my. for edu.my. has serial: 2003052006
soa @ns5.jaring.my. for edu.my. has serial: 2003052006
soa @ns6.jaring.my. for edu.my. has serial: 2003052006
SOA serial #'s agree for edu.my. domain
Found 3 NS and 1 glue records for ikip.edu.my. @dns1.mynic.net.my. (non-AUTH)
Found 3 NS and 3 glue records for ikip.edu.my. @gate1.jaring.my. (non-AUTH)
Found 3 NS and 3 glue records for ikip.edu.my. @ns5.jaring.my. (non-AUTH)
Found 3 NS and 3 glue records for ikip.edu.my. @ns6.jaring.my. (non-AUTH)
DNServers for edu.my.
   === 0 were also authoritatve for ikip.edu.my.
   === 4 were non-authoritative for ikip.edu.my.
Servers for edu.my. (not also authoritative for ikip.edu.my.)
   === agree on NS records for ikip.edu.my.
NS list summary for ikip.edu.my. from parent (edu.my.) servers
  == ns4.tm.net.my. phg.ambmsb.com.my. phg.ikip.edu.my.
soa @ns4.tm.net.my. for ikip.edu.my. serial: 993
soa @phg.ambmsb.com.my. for ikip.edu.my. serial: 995
soa @phg.ikip.edu.my. for ikip.edu.my. serial: 993
WARN: Found 2 unique SOA serial #'s for ikip.edu.my.
Authoritative domain (ikip.edu.my.) servers agree on NS for ikip.edu.my.
ERROR: NS list from ikip.edu.my. authoritative servers does not
  === match NS list from parent (edu.my.) servers
NS list summary for ikip.edu.my. from authoritative servers
  == phg.ambmsb.com.my. phg.ikip.edu.my.
ERROR: ns4.tm.net.my. claims to be authoritative, but does not appear in
NS list from authoritative servers
Checking 1 potential addresses for hosts at ikip.edu.my.
  == 219.93.20.130
in-addr PTR record found for 219.93.20.130
Summary:
   ERRORS found for ikip.edu.my. (count: 2)
   WARNINGS issued for ikip.edu.my. (count: 1)
Done testing ikip.edu.my.  Mon Feb 24 09:06:25 CST 2003

britaine%
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