[SPAM] Connection time out

[Christian]

Hi,

I have a wierd DNS behaviour with dig. When looking up some records, I get a 
timeout, though not with the +trace option :

root : vistres - ~> dig +trace @127.0.0.1 www.microsoft.com

; <<>> DiG 9.3.5-P2 <<>> +trace @127.0.0.1 www.microsoft.com
; (1 server found)
;; global options:  printcmd
.                       517512  IN      NS      H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       517512  IN      NS      I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       517512  IN      NS      J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       517512  IN      NS      K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       517512  IN      NS      L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       517512  IN      NS      M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       517512  IN      NS      A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       517512  IN      NS      B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       517512  IN      NS      C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       517512  IN      NS      D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       517512  IN      NS      E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       517512  IN      NS      F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       517512  IN      NS      G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
;; Received 500 bytes from 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) in 2 ms

com.                    172800  IN      NS      a.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      b.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      c.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      d.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      e.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      f.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      g.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      h.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      i.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      j.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      k.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      l.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      m.gtld-servers.net.
;; Received 495 bytes from 128.63.2.53#53(H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET) in 445 ms

microsoft.com.          172800  IN      NS      ns1.msft.net.
microsoft.com.          172800  IN      NS      ns2.msft.net.
microsoft.com.          172800  IN      NS      ns3.msft.net.
microsoft.com.          172800  IN      NS      ns4.msft.net.
microsoft.com.          172800  IN      NS      ns5.msft.net.
;; Received 213 bytes from 192.5.6.30#53(a.gtld-servers.net) in 494 ms

www.microsoft.com.      0       IN      CNAME   toggle.www.ms.akadns.net.
;; Received 73 bytes from 207.68.160.190#53(ns1.msft.net) in 538 ms

root : vistres - ~>
root : vistres - ~> dig @127.0.0.1 www.microsoft.com

; <<>> DiG 9.3.5-P2 <<>> @127.0.0.1 www.microsoft.com
; (1 server found)
;; global options:  printcmd
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
root : vistres - ~>

It has only happened with microsoft.com so far.

Any idea ?

Christian