DIG question

[phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu]

Sara <demone33 at yahoo.it> wrote:
> Hi all,

> I created a fake domain on my server (BIND 9.2.3 Linux Red-Hat 7.3).

> Then I issued the following:

>         # dig @localhost www.fakedomain.gr +short

> Correct IP received.


> # dig @localhost www.myfakedomain.gr  +trace

> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> @localhost www.myfakedomain.gr +trace
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> .                       95722   IN      NS      E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       95722   IN      NS      F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       95722   IN      NS      G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       95722   IN      NS      H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       95722   IN      NS      I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       95722   IN      NS      J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       95722   IN      NS      K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       95722   IN      NS      L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       95722   IN      NS      M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       95722   IN      NS      A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       95722   IN      NS      B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       95722   IN      NS      C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       95722   IN      NS      D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> ;; Received 436 bytes from 127.0.0.1#53(localhost) in 1 ms

> gr.                     172800  IN      NS      GRDNS.ICS.FORTH.gr.
> gr.                     172800  IN      NS      ESTIA.ICS.FORTH.gr.
> gr.                     172800  IN      NS      NIC.AIX.gr.
> gr.                     172800  IN      NS      DNS1.ICS.FORTH.gr.
> gr.                     172800  IN      NS      GRDNS-DE.DENIC.DE.
> gr.                     172800  IN      NS      GRDNS-US.ICS.FORTH.gr.
> gr.                     172800  IN      NS      GRDNS-AT.ICS.FORTH.gr.
> gr.                     172800  IN      NS      GRDNS-BR.ICS.FORTH.gr.
> ;; Received 356 bytes from 192.203.230.10#53(E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET) in
> 241 ms

> gr.                     3600    IN      SOA     grdns.ics.forth.gr.
> hmaster-info.ics.forth.gr. 404051313 21600 7200 2592000 3600
> ;; Received 102 bytes from 139.91.1.1#53(GRDNS.ICS.FORTH.gr) in 104 ms


> Why in one case does BIND respond with its own data and in the other
> case goes to the Internet and fails?
> TIA all!

> Sara

If you 'dig' for an unqualified name ( not ending in '.' ) you 
might get unexpected results. ( not answering your original question 
however)



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