Help - name server record problem at bind 8 and bind 9

[Alex Tang]

thanks for your reply,
 but why bind8.1.2 can get the full ns result but bind 8.37 and bind9 do =
not

bind 8.1.2 result

> set q=3Dns
> aplus-beto.com.tw.
Server:  ns1.i-cable.com
Address:  210.80.60.1

Non-authoritative answer:
aplus-beto.com.tw       nameserver =3D www.aplus-beto.com.tw
aplus-beto.com.tw       nameserver =3D mail.aplus-beto.com.tw
aplus-beto.com.tw       nameserver =3D aplus-beto.com.tw
aplus-beto.com.tw       nameserver =3D ftp.aplus-beto.com.tw

www.aplus-beto.com.tw   internet address =3D 211.23.229.58
mail.aplus-beto.com.tw  internet address =3D 211.23.229.58
aplus-beto.com.tw       internet address =3D 211.23.229.58
ftp.aplus-beto.com.tw   internet address =3D 211.23.229.58
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
and bind 8.3.7 result
> set q=3Dns
> aplus-beto.com.tw.
Server:  dns3.i-cable.com
Address:  203.83.112.1

aplus-beto.com.tw       nameserver =3D ibmserver
aplus-beto.com.tw       nameserver =3D ibmserver
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
do you know which rfc explain the formal setting of ns record, I need to =
explain the result to our clients.

-----Original Message-----
From: Barry Margolin [mailto:barmar at alum.mit.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 2:25 PM
To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org
Subject: Re: Help - name server record problem at bind 8 and bind 9


In article <c8et0m$93a$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 "Alex Tang" <alextang at cms.hkcable.com> wrote:

> > The zone record which is stored at the name server of =3D
> aplus-beto.com.tw is
> > =3D20
> > > server 211.23.229.58
> > Default Server:  [211.23.229.58]
> > Address:  211.23.229.58
> > > set q=3D3Dns
> > > aplus-beto.com.tw.
> > Server:  [211.23.229.58]
> > Address:  211.23.229.58
> > aplus-beto.com.tw       nameserver =3D3D ibmserver

That record is incorrect.  First of all, the name is missing the domain=20
suffix; they wrote:

@ IN NS ibmserver.

when they meant to write:

@ IN NS ibmserver

Putting "." at the end of a name means it's fully qualified, so the=20
origin is not appended.

Second, they need to list *all* the nameservers in the NS records on the =

master server, not just one server.

BIND 8 and 9 differ in the way they make use of the authority records=20
that come from the authoritative server.  But the real problem is on the =

authoritative servers, this is just differences in the ways that other=20
servers deal with the error.

--=20
Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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