DNS problem with symantec.com

Mark Andrews Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Tue Mar 23 21:22:50 UTC 2004


	You have a firewall blocking the EDNS responses > 512 octets.
	Contact your firewall vendor for a upgrade.

	Mark

; <<>> DiG 9.2.3 <<>> +dnssec enterprisesecurity.symantec.com @ns1.symantec.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 40603
;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 13, ADDITIONAL: 14

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;enterprisesecurity.symantec.com. IN	A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
enterprisesecurity.symantec.com. 900 IN	CNAME	enterprisesecurity.production.ma.circleonline.net.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
.			236547	IN	NS	D.ROOT-SERVERS.net.
.			236547	IN	NS	A.ROOT-SERVERS.net.
.			236547	IN	NS	H.ROOT-SERVERS.net.
.			236547	IN	NS	C.ROOT-SERVERS.net.
.			236547	IN	NS	G.ROOT-SERVERS.net.
.			236547	IN	NS	F.ROOT-SERVERS.net.
.			236547	IN	NS	B.ROOT-SERVERS.net.
.			236547	IN	NS	J.ROOT-SERVERS.net.
.			236547	IN	NS	K.ROOT-SERVERS.net.
.			236547	IN	NS	L.ROOT-SERVERS.net.
.			236547	IN	NS	M.ROOT-SERVERS.net.
.			236547	IN	NS	I.ROOT-SERVERS.net.
.			236547	IN	NS	E.ROOT-SERVERS.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
D.ROOT-SERVERS.net.	322947	IN	A	128.8.10.90
A.ROOT-SERVERS.net.	322947	IN	A	198.41.0.4
H.ROOT-SERVERS.net.	322947	IN	A	128.63.2.53
C.ROOT-SERVERS.net.	322947	IN	A	192.33.4.12
G.ROOT-SERVERS.net.	322947	IN	A	192.112.36.4
F.ROOT-SERVERS.net.	322947	IN	A	192.5.5.241
B.ROOT-SERVERS.net.	322947	IN	A	192.228.79.201
J.ROOT-SERVERS.net.	322947	IN	A	192.58.128.30
K.ROOT-SERVERS.net.	322947	IN	A	193.0.14.129
L.ROOT-SERVERS.net.	322947	IN	A	198.32.64.12
M.ROOT-SERVERS.net.	322947	IN	A	202.12.27.33
I.ROOT-SERVERS.net.	322947	IN	A	192.36.148.17
E.ROOT-SERVERS.net.	322947	IN	A	192.203.230.10

;; Query time: 320 msec
;; SERVER: 198.6.49.5#53(ns1.symantec.com)
;; WHEN: Wed Mar 24 08:20:22 2004
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 539

> Simon Waters (Simon at wretched.demon.co.uk) wrote:
> 
> : Next time try "dig @problem?serverip enterprisesecurity.symantec.com" if
> : it gives the right answer it is probably a client problem.
> 
>    Hi, thanks for the reply.  I tried running dig from our main campus
> DNS (uahis1.uah.edu, or 146.229.1.2) and got basically the same result.
> If I run it with no option, it times out.  If I specifically look for the
> CNAME, it finds it, then subsequent lookups for the A record work fine:
> 
> # dig enterprisesecurity.symantec.com
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> enterprisesecurity.symantec.com
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> ;; res_nsend to server default -- 146.229.1.2: Connection timed out
> #
> 
> Now look for the CNAME...
> 
> # dig enterprisesecurity.symantec.com cname
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> enterprisesecurity.symantec.com cname
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> ;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 2
> ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 4, ADDITIONAL: 4
> ;; QUERY SECTION:
> ;;      enterprisesecurity.symantec.com, type = CNAME, class = IN
> 
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> enterprisesecurity.symantec.com.  15M IN CNAME  enterprisesecurity.production
> .ma.circleonline.net.
> 
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> symantec.com.           5h31m49s IN NS  ns3.symantec.com.
> symantec.com.           5h31m49s IN NS  ns4.symantec.com.
> symantec.com.           5h31m49s IN NS  ns1.symantec.com.
> symantec.com.           5h31m49s IN NS  ns2.symantec.com.
> 
> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> ns3.symantec.com.       6h47m5s IN A    206.204.212.86
> ns4.symantec.com.       6h47m5s IN A    206.204.52.11
> ns1.symantec.com.       6h47m5s IN A    198.6.49.5
> ns2.symantec.com.       6h47m5s IN A    198.6.49.111
> 
> ;; Total query time: 132 msec
> ;; FROM: uahis1.uah.edu to SERVER: default -- 146.229.1.2
> ;; WHEN: Tue Mar 23 10:07:53 2004
> ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 49  rcvd: 279
> 
> And once I have "primed the pump", so to speak, it works:
> 
> # dig enterprisesecurity.symantec.com
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> enterprisesecurity.symantec.com
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> ;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 2
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 13, ADDITIONAL: 10
> ;; QUERY SECTION:
> ;;      enterprisesecurity.symantec.com, type = A, class = IN
> 
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> enterprisesecurity.symantec.com.  14m14s IN CNAME  enterprisesecurity.product
> ion.ma.circleonline.net.
> enterprisesecurity.production.ma.circleonline.net.  31m33s IN A  64.55.213.14
> 
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> net.                    8h18m8s IN NS   l.gtld-servers.net.
> net.                    8h18m8s IN NS   h.gtld-servers.net.
> net.                    8h18m8s IN NS   e.gtld-servers.net.
> net.                    8h18m8s IN NS   i.gtld-servers.net.
> net.                    8h18m8s IN NS   m.gtld-servers.net.
> net.                    8h18m8s IN NS   g.gtld-servers.net.
> net.                    8h18m8s IN NS   f.gtld-servers.net.
> net.                    8h18m8s IN NS   c.gtld-servers.net.
> net.                    8h18m8s IN NS   k.gtld-servers.net.
> net.                    8h18m8s IN NS   b.gtld-servers.net.
> net.                    8h18m8s IN NS   j.gtld-servers.net.
> net.                    8h18m8s IN NS   d.gtld-servers.net.
> net.                    8h18m8s IN NS   a.gtld-servers.net.
> 
> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> l.gtld-servers.net.     1d21h5m51s IN A  192.41.162.30
> h.gtld-servers.net.     1d21h5m51s IN A  192.54.112.30
> e.gtld-servers.net.     1d21h5m51s IN A  192.12.94.30
> i.gtld-servers.net.     1d21h5m51s IN A  192.43.172.30
> m.gtld-servers.net.     1d21h5m51s IN A  192.55.83.30
> g.gtld-servers.net.     1d21h5m51s IN A  192.42.93.30
> f.gtld-servers.net.     1d21h5m51s IN A  192.35.51.30
> c.gtld-servers.net.     1d21h5m51s IN A  192.26.92.30
> k.gtld-servers.net.     1d21h5m51s IN A  192.52.178.30
> b.gtld-servers.net.     1d21h5m51s IN A  192.33.14.30
> 
> ;; Total query time: 22 msec
> ;; FROM: uahis1.uah.edu to SERVER: default -- 146.229.1.2
> ;; WHEN: Tue Mar 23 10:08:39 2004
> ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 49  rcvd: 509
> 
>    So this appears to be a BIND issue.  Is this a known problem, or could
> it be a config problem?  Thanks...
> 
> Jim McCullars
> University of Alabama in Huntsville
> 
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Mark Andrews, ISC
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