issue getting response from some gtld servers

[Mark Andrews]

			UPGRADE.

> I'm noticing a weird problem with bind9 dig... bind 8 dig seems to work
> fine.
> 
> aura% dig @a.gtld-servers.net net. soa
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.3rc3 <<>> @a.gtld-servers.net net. soa
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
> 
> My system seems to be resolving a.gtld-servers.net itself just fine:
> aura% dig a.gtld-servers.net +sh      
> 192.5.6.30
> 
> Digging at that IP works fine:
> 
> aura% dig @192.5.6.30 net. soa +sh    
> a.gtld-servers.net. nstld.verisign-grs.com. 1100265444 1800 900 604800
> 900
> 
> I get the same problem with b.gtld-servers.net; others I checked (e, f,
> d) seem to be fine.
> 
> On the same machine, bind 8 dig works fine:
> aura% dig.old @a.gtld-servers.net net. soa      
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> @a.gtld-servers.net net. soa 
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> ;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
> ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 13, ADDITIONAL: 11
> ;; QUERY SECTION:
> ;;      net, type = SOA, class = IN
> 
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> net.                    2D IN SOA       a.gtld-servers.net. nstld.verisign-g
> rs.com. (
> 
> On another machine (on a different network), bind 9 dig shows the same
> thing.
> 
> 
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Mark Andrews, ISC
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