Response code 15 from BIND8?

[Dave Clark]

The most interesting thing is that this is a BIND8 server as shown through a
version.bind query.  I'm wondering what the BIND developers used RCODE 15
for.

Dave

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Darcy" <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com>
To: "bind-users" <bind-users at isc.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 6:28 PM
Subject: Re: Response code 15 from BIND8?


> Hmmm... Fascinating. That nameserver seems to be rather broken, or using
> a non-standards-defined RCODE for its own purposes. It's interesting
> that it would only give this strange RCODE on a non-recursive query,
> but, then again, since it's not a delegated nameserver for otenet.gr,
> why would it expect anyone on the Internet to query it non-recursively
> for that domain?
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> My expectation would be that named would treat this as basically
> equivalent to a SERVFAIL response. It's not safe to treat it as anything
> other than that, since one doesn't know whether one can trust any of the
> other contents of the response.
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>                                              - Kevin
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> Dave Clark wrote:
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> >Yes, sorry about that.  The proper dig command is below:
> >
> >dig +norec @ns0.panafonet.gr otenet.gr
> >
> >Dave
> >
> >----- Original Message ----- 
> >From: "Kevin Darcy" <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com>
> >To: "bind-users" <bind-users at isc.org>
> >Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 5:28 PM
> >Subject: Re: Response code 15 from BIND8?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>Dave Clark wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>My tool logged an interesting occurance for me.  This server reports
> >>>response code 15, which should be reserved:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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>>http://www.dollardns.net/cgi-bin/dnscrawler/index.pl?server=ns0.panafonet.
g
> >>
> >>
> >r&name=otenet.gr&submit=BU
> >
> >
> >>>The server's version reports BIND8:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
>
>>http://www.dollardns.net/cgi-bin/dnscrawler/index.pl?server=ns0.panafonet.
g
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> >r&name=version.bind&type=TXT&class=CH&submit=BU
> >
> >
> >>>In dig from BIND 9.3.0 I got RESERVED15 in the status field.  The
> >>>
> >>>
> >following
> >
> >
> >>>command will show you:
> >>>dig @ns0.panafonet.gr otenet.gr
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>That's not what I get:
> >>
> >>% dig @ns0.panafonet.gr otenet.gr
> >>
> >>; <<>> DiG 9.2.2rc1 <<>> @ns0.panafonet.gr otenet.gr
> >>;; global options:  printcmd
> >>;; Got answer:
> >>;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 45354
> >>;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
> >>
> >>;; QUESTION SECTION:
> >>;otenet.gr.                     IN      A
> >>
> >>;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> >>otenet.gr.              9740    IN      SOA     ns1.otenet.gr.
> >>hostmaster.ns1.otenet.gr. 2005111002 10800 3600 1814400 86400
> >>
> >>;; Query time: 161 msec
> >>;; SERVER: 213.249.17.10#53(ns0.panafonet.gr)
> >>;; WHEN: Thu Nov 10 17:28:54 2005
> >>;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 78
> >>
> >>%
> >>
> >>Either it was a transient thing, or you're getting packet corruption, or
> >>both.
> >>
> >>
> >>                                          - Kevin
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>----- Original Message ----- 
> >>>From: "Brad Knowles" <brad at stop.mail-abuse.org>
> >>>To: "Tavis Gustafson" <tavis at hq.newdream.net>
> >>>Cc: "bind-users" <bind-users at isc.org>
> >>>Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 8:33 PM
> >>>Subject: Re: bind vs powerdns
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> >>>>At 4:08 PM -0800 2005-11-09, Tavis Gustafson wrote:
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> >>>>>Anyone have experience running powerdns with a TON of domains?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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> >>>>>
> >>>>You should ask these questions on the PowerDNS mailing lists.
> >>>>For one thing, I believe that all the e164 domains are being managed
> >>>>via PowerDNS, and I know there are a lot of others.
> >>>>
> >>>>-- 
> >>>>Brad Knowles, <brad at stop.mail-abuse.org>
> >>>>
> >>>>"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
> >>>>temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
> >>>>
> >>>>    -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), reply of the Pennsylvania
> >>>>    Assembly to the Governor, November 11, 1755
> >>>>
> >>>>  SAGE member since 1995.  See <http://www.sage.org/> for more info.
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