'dig -t any ...' question

[Barry Margolin]

In article <caepoh$31cp$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 Ladislav Vobr <lvobr at ies.etisalat.ae> wrote:

> jim, thanks for your support, unfortunately I have to go, I will go 
> through you mail today evening,
> 
> I am really having problems, having bind retrying to authoritative 
> servers, I am surprised that dig work for you, since it doesn't work for 
> me and it tries for several time all the authoritative servers I have 
> and than it times-out:-( I hope it might be configuration issue, but I 
> doubt it.
> 
> I was really under impression, cache type *glue* is not provided to a 
> recursive clients, that's how it works here for me:-(
> 
> just a sample
> 
> ns3.emirates.net.ae# jobs
> [1]  + Running              snoop 10.1.1.1
> ns3.emirates.net.ae#
> ns3.emirates.net.ae#
> ns3.emirates.net.ae# dig any ladislav.name.ae
> ns3.emirates.net.ae -> 10.1.1.1     DNS C ladislav.name.ae. Internet * ?
> ns3.emirates.net.ae -> 10.1.1.1     DNS C ladislav.name.ae. Internet * ?
> ns3.emirates.net.ae -> 10.1.1.1     DNS C fake1.ladislav.name.ae. 
> Internet Unknown (38) ?
> ns3.emirates.net.ae -> 10.1.1.1     DNS C fake2.ladislav.name.ae. 
> Internet Unknown (38) ?
> ns3.emirates.net.ae -> 10.1.1.1     DNS C fake3.ladislav.name.ae. 
> Internet Unknown (38) ?
> ns3.emirates.net.ae -> 10.1.1.1     DNS C fake4.ladislav.name.ae. 
> Internet Unknown (38) ?
> ns3.emirates.net.ae -> 10.1.1.1     DNS C fake5.ladislav.name.ae. 
> Internet Unknown (38) ?
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.3 <<>> any ladislav.name.ae
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
> 
> ns3.emirates.net.ae# dig any ladislav.name.ae +norec
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.3 <<>> any ladislav.name.ae +norec
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 47234
> ;; flags: qr ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 5, ADDITIONAL: 0
> 
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;ladislav.name.ae.              IN      ANY
> 
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> ladislav.name.ae.       3278    IN      NS      fake2.ladislav.name.ae.
> ladislav.name.ae.       3278    IN      NS      fake3.ladislav.name.ae.
> ladislav.name.ae.       3278    IN      NS      fake4.ladislav.name.ae.
> ladislav.name.ae.       3278    IN      NS      fake5.ladislav.name.ae.
> ladislav.name.ae.       3278    IN      NS      fake1.ladislav.name.ae.
> 
> ;; Query time: 42 msec
> ;; SERVER: 194.170.1.99#53(194.170.1.99)
> ;; WHEN: Sat Jun 12 15:24:18 2004
> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 134
> 
> can you explain this ?

10.x.x.x addresses are private addresses that are not reachable from the 
Internet.  Why do you have your domain delegated to these unusable 
addresses?

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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