Even Stranger Incorrect DNS Query Results

Allie M Hopkins allie at lsu.edu
Wed Dec 8 15:35:48 UTC 2004





I have a stranger problem.. one that may end up being reported to IBM, but
I figured I give the list a shot.

A user started complaining of not being able to send mail to a particular
domain (bergstedtandmount.com).  The problem is that our name servers can
not resolve that name off the responsible name server.  After digging for a
full day, this is what I found:

ANY aix machine that I run dig @ns1.ntwo.net any.thing.com times out.  I
have tried 6 different aix machines with varying hardware, os version,
software, administrators, etc.  All fail.  On ANY other os that I try:
windows, openbsd, fedora, gentoo, this lookup is successful.  How strange
is that?????  I dug a little deeper.  When I traceroute to that nameserver,
it never reaches it from our network.  My network gurus decided to test
some things with routing and shut off one of our core routers.  Traces
would sometimes work.  When the trace reached past a certain cox router
(24.249.37.190) the dig was successful.  The very next time the trace would
stop at this router and the dig would fail.  Again, this is only true on
the aix boxes.  What in the world is going on here????  There is a mixture
of problems.  Now that both our core routers are back up I never get a
successful trace to that server, but this does not affect any other os.
What does aix do differently????

Please. Anyone.  Got any advice?

AIX trace and dig:
allie at otc-dns1 (/home/allie)$  traceroute 207.191.33.2
trying to get source for 207.191.33.2
source should be 130.39.3.5
traceroute to 207.191.33.2 (207.191.33.2) from 130.39.3.5 (130.39.3.5), 30
hops max
outgoing MTU = 1500
 1  vlan3-hsrp1-csc-118-t4.net.lsu.edu (130.39.3.10)  7 ms  1 ms  1 ms
 2  130.39.1.133 (130.39.1.133)  1 ms  1 ms  1 ms
 3  204.90.50.250 (204.90.50.250)  2 ms  2 ms  2 ms
 4  atl-edge-17.inet.qwest.net (65.114.0.153)  28 ms  28 ms  29 ms
 5  atl-core-02.inet.qwest.net (205.171.21.185)  30 ms  30 ms  30 ms
 6  atl-brdr-03.inet.qwest.net (205.171.21.102)  32 ms  28 ms  27 ms
 7  205.171.1.26 (205.171.1.26)  29 ms  31 ms  30 ms
 8  tbr1-p012801.attga.ip.att.net (12.123.20.250)  30 ms  31 ms  29 ms
 9  tbr2-cl1.wswdc.ip.att.net (12.122.10.69)  44 ms  75 ms  44 ms
10  tbr2-cl1.n54ny.ip.att.net (12.122.10.53)  48 ms  48 ms  48 ms
11  tbr1-cl1.cb1ma.ip.att.net (12.122.10.21)  54 ms  54 ms  57 ms
12  gbr1-p80.cb1ma.ip.att.net (12.122.5.54)  53 ms  55 ms  52 ms
13  gar3-p360.cb1ma.ip.att.net (12.123.40.185)  57 ms  55 ms  52 ms
14  12.125.47.58 (12.125.47.58)  80 ms  54 ms  56 ms
15  provbbrc02-pos0100.rd.ri.cox.net (68.1.0.43)  54 ms  54 ms  55 ms
16  NYRKBBRJ01-POS000000.R2.ny.cox.net (68.1.0.51)  56 ms  54 ms  54 ms
17  68.1.1.8 (68.1.1.8)  56 ms  54 ms  56 ms
18  68.1.1.3 (68.1.1.3)  130 ms  54 ms  57 ms
19  nrfkdsrc01-gew03010999.rd.hr.cox.net (68.1.0.30)  61 ms  59 ms  60 ms
20  nrfkbbrc01-pos0100.rd.hr.cox.net (68.1.0.22)  60 ms  60 ms  60 ms
21  lkhnbbrc01-pos0102.rd.at.cox.net (68.1.0.8)  69 ms  69 ms  95 ms
22  lkhnbbrc02-pos0100.rd.at.cox.net (68.1.0.3)  56 ms  55 ms  55 ms
23  mctybbrc02-pos0102.rd.no.cox.net (68.1.0.11)  66 ms  65 ms  68 ms
24  mctybbrc01-pos0100.rd.no.cox.net (68.1.0.62)  68 ms  65 ms  65 ms
25  68.1.1.200 (68.1.1.200)  80 ms  130 ms  79 ms
26  68.1.1.207 (68.1.1.207)  80 ms  78 ms  79 ms
27  ip24-249-36-186.br.br.cox.net (24.249.36.186)  82 ms  83 ms  84 ms
28  24.249.36.158 (24.249.36.158)  87 ms  88 ms  86 ms
29  cdm-24-249-37-185.laft.cox-internet.com (24.249.37.185)  92 ms  86 ms
88 ms
30  cdm-24-249-37-190.laft.cox-internet.com (24.249.37.190)  90 ms  87 ms
88 ms
allie at otc-dns1 (/home/allie)$ dig @207.191.33.2 allie.lsu.edu

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> @207.191.33.2 allie.lsu.edu
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; res_nsend to server 207.191.33.2  207.191.33.2: Connection timed out


Fedore trace and dig:
[root at dhcpserv1 log]# traceroute 207.191.33.2
traceroute to 207.191.33.2 (207.191.33.2), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
 1  vlan184-hsrp1-csc-118-t4.net.lsu.edu (130.39.184.2)  0.309 ms  0.200 ms
0.186 ms
 2  csc-118-v4-3550-border-1.g1.lsu.edu (130.39.1.3)  0.304 ms  0.232 ms
0.217 ms
 3  204.90.50.250 (204.90.50.250)  195.404 ms  2.555 ms  0.779 ms
 4  atl-edge-17.inet.qwest.net (65.114.0.153)  26.186 ms  26.460 ms  30.451
ms
 5  atl-core-02.inet.qwest.net (205.171.21.185)  28.885 ms  26.750 ms
27.636 ms
 6  atl-brdr-03.inet.qwest.net (205.171.21.102)  92.633 ms  27.345 ms
27.560 ms
 7  205.171.1.26 (205.171.1.26)  27.593 ms  30.393 ms  27.266 ms
 8  tbr1-p012402.attga.ip.att.net (12.122.12.29)  29.093 ms  28.275 ms
29.329 ms
 9  tbr2-cl1.wswdc.ip.att.net (12.122.10.69)  45.586 ms  45.017 ms  43.036
ms
10  tbr2-cl1.n54ny.ip.att.net (12.122.10.53)  51.287 ms  48.422 ms  49.911
ms
11  tbr1-cl1.cb1ma.ip.att.net (12.122.10.21)  54.571 ms  53.984 ms  91.580
ms
12  gbr1-p80.cb1ma.ip.att.net (12.122.5.54)  54.137 ms  53.290 ms  53.295
ms
13  gar3-p360.cb1ma.ip.att.net (12.123.40.185)  53.100 ms  52.107 ms
52.003 ms
14  12.125.47.58 (12.125.47.58)  57.248 ms  57.434 ms  53.877 ms
15  provbbrc02-pos0100.rd.ri.cox.net (68.1.0.43)  54.442 ms  54.152 ms
56.408 ms
16  NYRKBBRJ01-POS000000.R2.ny.cox.net (68.1.0.51)  54.967 ms  55.237 ms
55.127 ms
17  68.1.1.8 (68.1.1.8)  91.018 ms  54.732 ms  55.437 ms
18  68.1.1.3 (68.1.1.3)  54.312 ms  58.492 ms  54.005 ms
19  nrfkdsrc01-gew03010999.rd.hr.cox.net (68.1.0.30)  61.407 ms  61.528 ms
59.750 ms
20  nrfkbbrc01-pos0100.rd.hr.cox.net (68.1.0.22)  60.363 ms  61.190 ms
59.629 ms
21  lkhnbbrc01-pos0102.rd.at.cox.net (68.1.0.8)  71.309 ms  72.813 ms
103.683 ms
22  lkhnbbrc02-pos0100.rd.at.cox.net (68.1.0.3)  55.044 ms  57.649 ms
54.609 ms
23  mctybbrc02-pos0102.rd.no.cox.net (68.1.0.11)  68.360 ms  68.487 ms
65.613 ms
24  mctybbrc01-pos0100.rd.no.cox.net (68.1.0.62)  67.800 ms  68.636 ms
67.790 ms
25  68.1.1.200 (68.1.1.200)  79.086 ms  145.572 ms  81.587 ms
26  68.1.1.207 (68.1.1.207)  79.337 ms  81.892 ms  80.238 ms
27  ip24-249-36-186.br.br.cox.net (24.249.36.186)  83.764 ms  83.663 ms
81.488 ms
28  24.249.36.158 (24.249.36.158)  84.710 ms  88.968 ms  84.222 ms
29  cdm-24-249-37-185.laft.cox-internet.com (24.249.37.185)  116.339 ms
87.247 ms  87.867 ms
30  cdm-24-249-37-190.laft.cox-internet.com (24.249.37.190)  89.947 ms
88.494 ms  85.611 ms
[root at dhcpserv1 log]# dig @207.191.33.2 allie.lsu.edu

; <<>> DiG 9.2.3 <<>> @207.191.33.2 allie.lsu.edu
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 21586
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;allie.lsu.edu.                 IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
allie.lsu.edu.          3600    IN      CNAME   allie.ocs.lsu.edu.
allie.ocs.lsu.edu.      3600    IN      A       130.39.198.155

;; Query time: 237 msec
;; SERVER: 207.191.33.2#53(207.191.33.2)
;; WHEN: Wed Dec  8 09:32:33 2004
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 71



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