Query - No Response

[Mark Andrews]

In message <7097328FE40440F2BF8419D9B6967693 at internal.corp.ds>, "ic.nssip" writ
es:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I have a strange issue on a DNS server that is not able to resolve =
> www.cancer.ca [65.110.160.32].
> If somebody has an idea about what is going wrong there, I will really =
> appreciate any suggestions on how to make it work.
> 
> Here is my dig and dig +trace test on that server:
> 
> U:\>dig @ns.domain.net www.cancer.ca
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 9.7.0a1 <<>> @ns.domain.net www.cancer.ca
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; global options: +cmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 154
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
> 
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;www.cancer.ca.                 IN      A
> 
> ;; Query time: 171 msec
> ;; SERVER: ns.domain.net#53(IP address)
> ;; WHEN: Wed Apr 28 15:47:09 2010
> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 31
> 
> 
> U:\>dig @ns.domain.net www.cancer.ca +trace
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 9.7.0a1 <<>> @ns.domain.net www.cancer.ca +trace
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; global options: +cmd
> .                       35864   IN      NS      l.root-servers.net.
> .                       35864   IN      NS      e.root-servers.net.
> .                       35864   IN      NS      m.root-servers.net.
> .                       35864   IN      NS      j.root-servers.net.
> .                       35864   IN      NS      c.root-servers.net.
> .                       35864   IN      NS      a.root-servers.net.
> .                       35864   IN      NS      k.root-servers.net.
> .                       35864   IN      NS      i.root-servers.net.
> .                       35864   IN      NS      b.root-servers.net.
> .                       35864   IN      NS      f.root-servers.net.
> .                       35864   IN      NS      d.root-servers.net.
> .                       35864   IN      NS      g.root-servers.net.
> .                       35864   IN      NS      h.root-servers.net.
> ;; Received 272 bytes from ns.domain.net#53(IP address) in 15 ms
> 
> ca.                     172800  IN      NS      sns-pb.isc.org.
> ca.                     172800  IN      NS      l.ca-servers.ca.
> ca.                     172800  IN      NS      k.ca-servers.ca.
> ca.                     172800  IN      NS      j.ca-servers.ca.
> ca.                     172800  IN      NS      b.ca-servers.ca.
> ca.                     172800  IN      NS      m.ca-servers.ca.
> ca.                     172800  IN      NS      c.ca-servers.ca.
> ca.                     172800  IN      NS      f.ca-servers.ca.
> ca.                     172800  IN      NS      a.ca-servers.ca.
> ca.                     172800  IN      NS      e.ca-servers.ca.
> ca.                     172800  IN      NS      d.ca-servers.ca.
> ;; Received 462 bytes from 128.8.10.90#53(d.root-servers.net) in 109 ms
> 
> cancer.ca.              86400   IN      NS      ns2.uunet.ca.
> cancer.ca.              86400   IN      NS      ns.uunet.ca.
> ;; Received 104 bytes from 192.228.25.45#53(b.ca-servers.ca) in 281 ms
> 
> www.cancer.ca.          86400   IN      A       65.110.160.32
> ;; Received 47 bytes from 142.77.1.1#53(ns.uunet.ca) in 156 ms
> 
> Thank you,
> Julian

The servers are not authoritative for the zone.  Named rejects
non-authoritative answers.

;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4055
;; flags: qr; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.cancer.ca.                 IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.cancer.ca.          86400   IN      A       65.110.160.32

;; Query time: 792 msec
;; SERVER: 142.77.1.1#53(ns.uunet.ca)
;; WHEN: Thu Apr 29 10:34:28 2010
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 47

Mark
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Mark Andrews, ISC
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