problem getting address record for google public dns server

[Barry Margolin]

In article <mailman.783.1289941272.555.bind-users at lists.isc.org>,
 "M. Meadows" <sun-guru at live.com> wrote:

> Can someone explain the following dig results? The first dig @8.8.8.8 
> provides the expected result
>  
>  
> : dig +noall +answer google-public-dns-a.google.com @8.8.8.8
> google-public-dns-a.google.com. 85040 IN A      8.8.8.8
> 
> We get the same result from KLOTH.NET 
> (http://www.kloth.net/services/nslookup.php)
>  
>  
> But when we specify the public facing exacttarget.com server
>  
> : dig +noall +answer google-public-dns-a.google.com @66.231.91.222 
>  
> No answer

If you hadn't use +noall, you would have seen:

;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available

Does that answer your question?

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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