incorrect dns returned by public servers for our domain

[Gregory Machin]

Hi.

Thanks for the feedback. I was warned not to provide to much info by
the security guy.

The domain name in question is openpolytechnic.ac.nz

Thanks

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Anand Buddhdev <anandb at ripe.net> wrote:
> On 23/02/2011 23:53, Gregory Machin wrote:
>
> Hi Gregory,
>
>> why are
>>
>> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
>> mydomain.nz.  86400   IN      NS      mcvpdns01.mydomain.nz.
>> mydomain.nz.  86400   IN      NS      drvpdns01.mydomain.nz.
>>
>> missing ?
>
> Google DNS and OpenDNS are meant to be used by end-users, who don't need
> the extra information in the authority section. The authority section is
> only needed by recursive resolvers.
>
>> We a have users complaining that they cant resolve out dns servers,
>> and thus can't do lookups for services.
>
> I actually doubt if the difference in response from Google/OpenDNS is
> responsible for resolution failures.
>
> It would be far more helpful if you can actually provide your domain
> name. Then someone can have a look and see if there's any obvious
> configuration issue. Without knowing the actual domain name, one can
> only guess about possible problems.
>
> Anand Buddhdev
> RIPE NCC
>