Unable to resolve www.springerlink.com

[Mark Andrews]

> 
> "Hement Gopal" <hementg at cns.wits.ac.za> wrote in message 
> news:d6ujtf$23bm$1 at sf1.isc.org...
> > Has anyone any clue as to why this does not resolve on my BIND?
> > Rgds,
> > Hement Gopal
> >
>  Try ..
> 
> [chris at uranium chris]$ dig www.springerlink.com @alpha.ntp.springer.de
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> www.springerlink.com @alpha.ntp.springer.de
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 25447
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
> 
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;www.springerlink.com.          IN      A
> 
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> www.springerlink.com.   172800  IN      CNAME   springerlink.metapress.com.
> springerlink.metapress.com. 594 IN      A       140.234.29.20
> 
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> metapress.com.          7256    IN      NS      ns.metapress.com.
> metapress.com.          7256    IN      NS      ns1-auth.sprintlink.net.
> 
> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> ns.metapress.com.       8224    IN      A       63.164.11.2
> ns1-auth.sprintlink.net. 92758  IN      A       206.228.179.10
> 
> ;; Query time: 53 msec
> ;; SERVER: 192.129.24.9#53(alpha.ntp.springer.de)
> ;; WHEN: Tue May 24 18:08:34 2005
> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 180
> 
> Chris. 

	None of the servers for springerlink.com are returning
	authoritative answers.  They should all be authoritative for
	the CNAME record and as such they should be asserting "aa".
	Additionally alpha.ntp.springer.de is returning a bad answer
	(no CNAME).

	Mark

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> www.springerlink.com +norec @alpha.ntp.springer.de 
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 29010
;; flags: qr ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;	www.springerlink.com, type = A, class = IN

;; Total query time: 181 msec
;; FROM: drugs.dv.isc.org to SERVER: 192.129.24.9
;; WHEN: Wed May 25 04:21:18 2005
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 38  rcvd: 38


; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> www.springerlink.com +norec @ns.ebsco.com 
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 22092
;; flags: qr ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;	www.springerlink.com, type = A, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.springerlink.com.	19h53m12s IN CNAME  springerlink.metapress.com.
springerlink.metapress.com.  1H IN A  140.234.29.20

;; Total query time: 75 msec
;; FROM: drugs.dv.isc.org to SERVER: 192.73.31.130
;; WHEN: Wed May 25 04:22:49 2005
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 38  rcvd: 91


; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> www.springerlink.com +norec @ns.metapress.com 
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 39193
;; flags: qr ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;	www.springerlink.com, type = A, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.springerlink.com.	19h52m50s IN CNAME  springerlink.metapress.com.
springerlink.metapress.com.  1H IN A  140.234.29.20

;; Total query time: 74 msec
;; FROM: drugs.dv.isc.org to SERVER: 63.164.11.2
;; WHEN: Wed May 25 04:23:11 2005
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 38  rcvd: 91


; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> www.springerlink.com +norec @spm1.springer.de 
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 29925
;; flags: qr ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;	www.springerlink.com, type = A, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.springerlink.com.	2D IN CNAME	springerlink.metapress.com.
springerlink.metapress.com.  8m55s IN A  140.234.29.20

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
metapress.com.		45m37s IN NS	ns.metapress.com.
metapress.com.		45m37s IN NS	ns1-auth.sprintlink.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns.metapress.com.	1h1m45s IN A	63.164.11.2
ns1-auth.sprintlink.net.  1d30m39s IN A  206.228.179.10

;; Total query time: 235 msec
;; FROM: drugs.dv.isc.org to SERVER: 192.129.25.2
;; WHEN: Wed May 25 04:23:38 2005
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 38  rcvd: 180

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