Bind 9.1.3 problem

[Pete Ehlke]

On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 05:23:53AM -0800, Sebastian Araya wrote:
> 
>   I've configured service named running on RH 7.2, it works fine for
> domains:
> 
>         pcram.com.ar
>         numisys.com.ar
> 
>   but, since last month, I've been experiencing resolve problems from
> other netblocks. For example, I've tried to query a few name servers,
> and when I make:
> 
> dig @200.49.90.11 www.pcram.com.ar
> 
>   it resolves the address 200.69.252.147 which is fine. But when I
> make:
> 
> $ dig @200.49.90.11 www.numisys.com.ar
> 
>   I recieve:
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.0 <<>> @200.49.90.11 www.numisys.com.ar
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 61508
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
> 
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;www.numisys.com.ar.            IN      A
> 
> ;; Query time: 2651 msec
> ;; SERVER: 200.49.90.11#53(200.49.90.11)
> ;; WHEN: Tue Jan 14 10:29:17 2003
> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 36
> 
>   The same problem spreads in other nameservers, which can answer
> pcram.com.ar, but they can't do it for numisys.com.ar, similary with
> MX, NS or NX query types.
> 
You have invalid NS records listed for numisys.com.ar:

bastet[~]$ dig numisys.com.ar ns

; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> numisys.com.ar ns
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 20932
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;numisys.com.ar.                        IN      NS

;; ANSWER SECTION:
numisys.com.ar.         28751   IN      NS      200.69.252.149.
numisys.com.ar.         28751   IN      NS      200.69.252.145.

;; Query time: 4 msec
;; SERVER: 64.81.113.233#53(64.81.113.233)
;; WHEN: Tue Jan 14 09:54:30 2003
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 88

bastet[~]$ 

The target of an NS record is a canonical name, not an IP address.
Modify those records so that they point to hostnames, not ip addresses.

-Pete