lame server

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> Hi,
> I told this Matt Godden that he had a lame server,
> He tells me his nameserver is working fine!

	Well there are TWO nameservers.  ONE is NOT working.
 
> So why is his nameserver filling my log files with the following?
> 
>  Jan 14 15:41:21 fsn4 named[14658]: Lame server on  'NS1.xoasisnetworks.c=
> om'=20
> (in 'xoasisnetworks.com'?): [65.171.196.17].53 'NS2.xoasisnetworks.com':
>  learnt (A=3D192.33.14.30,NS=3D192.33.14.30)

	Because the server listed *is* lame (the zone is delegated to it
	and it is not answering authoritatively for the zone).

	Mark

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> +norec NS1.xoasisnetworks.com @65.171.196.17 
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 42118
;; flags: qr ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;	NS1.xoasisnetworks.com, type = A, class = IN

;; Total query time: 373 msec
;; FROM: drugs.dv.isc.org to SERVER: 65.171.196.17  65.171.196.17
;; WHEN: Wed Jan 15 10:20:02 2003
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 40  rcvd: 40


; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> +norec xoasisnetworks.com @a.gtld-servers.net 
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 29589
;; flags: qr; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;	xoasisnetworks.com, type = A, class = IN

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
xoasisnetworks.com.	2D IN NS	ns1.xoasisnetworks.com.
xoasisnetworks.com.	2D IN NS	ns2.xoasisnetworks.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.xoasisnetworks.com.  2D IN A  65.171.196.15
ns2.xoasisnetworks.com.  2D IN A  65.171.196.17

;; Total query time: 263 msec
;; FROM: drugs.dv.isc.org to SERVER: a.gtld-servers.net  192.5.6.30
;; WHEN: Wed Jan 15 10:20:21 2003
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 36  rcvd: 104

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