IPv6 Nameserver Question with dig +trace

Kevin A. McGrail KMcGrail at PCCC.com
Tue Jan 24 03:02:06 UTC 2012


Hi All,

On an older Bind server such as 9.3.6-p1, I can run dig +trace www.pccc.com.

However, when I'm using 9.8.1-p1 and seeing a problem that stops the 
trace when it reaches our IPv6 nameserver, ns3.pccc.com.  Examples follow.

Am I doing something wrong with the newer dig?

Regards,
KAM

dig +trace www.pccc.com @ns.pccc.com

; <<>> DiG 9.8.1-P1 <<>> +trace www.pccc.com @ns.pccc.com
;; global options: +cmd
.                       175250  IN      NS      g.root-servers.net.
.                       175250  IN      NS      h.root-servers.net.
.                       175250  IN      NS      i.root-servers.net.
.                       175250  IN      NS      j.root-servers.net.
.                       175250  IN      NS      k.root-servers.net.
.                       175250  IN      NS      l.root-servers.net.
.                       175250  IN      NS      m.root-servers.net.
.                       175250  IN      NS      a.root-servers.net.
.                       175250  IN      NS      b.root-servers.net.
.                       175250  IN      NS      c.root-servers.net.
.                       175250  IN      NS      d.root-servers.net.
.                       175250  IN      NS      e.root-servers.net.
.                       175250  IN      NS      f.root-servers.net.
;; Received 512 bytes from 38.100.17.53#53(38.100.17.53) in 155 ms

com.                    172800  IN      NS      j.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      d.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      m.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      k.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      l.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      e.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      b.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      g.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      a.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      f.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      i.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      c.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      h.gtld-servers.net.
;; Received 502 bytes from 192.36.148.17#53(192.36.148.17) in 201 ms

pccc.com.               172800  IN      NS      ns.2rad.net.
pccc.com.               172800  IN      NS      ns.pccc.com.
pccc.com.               172800  IN      NS      ns2.pccc.com.
pccc.com.               172800  IN      NS      ns3.pccc.com.
dig: couldn't get address for 'ns3.pccc.com': not found

Compared to:

  dig +trace www.pccc.com

; <<>> DiG 9.3.6-P1-RedHat-9.3.6-4.P1.el5 <<>> +trace www.pccc.com
;; global options:  printcmd
.                       175333  IN      NS      a.root-servers.net.
.                       175333  IN      NS      b.root-servers.net.
.                       175333  IN      NS      c.root-servers.net.
.                       175333  IN      NS      d.root-servers.net.
.                       175333  IN      NS      e.root-servers.net.
.                       175333  IN      NS      f.root-servers.net.
.                       175333  IN      NS      g.root-servers.net.
.                       175333  IN      NS      h.root-servers.net.
.                       175333  IN      NS      i.root-servers.net.
.                       175333  IN      NS      j.root-servers.net.
.                       175333  IN      NS      k.root-servers.net.
.                       175333  IN      NS      l.root-servers.net.
.                       175333  IN      NS      m.root-servers.net.
;; Received 512 bytes from 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) in 1 ms

com.                    172800  IN      NS      d.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      c.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      l.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      g.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      k.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      b.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      m.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      i.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      f.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      e.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      h.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      a.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      j.gtld-servers.net.
;; Received 502 bytes from 2001:503:ba3e::2:30#53(a.root-servers.net) in 
9 ms

pccc.com.               172800  IN      NS      ns.2rad.net.
pccc.com.               172800  IN      NS      ns.pccc.com.
pccc.com.               172800  IN      NS      ns2.pccc.com.
pccc.com.               172800  IN      NS      ns3.pccc.com.
;; Received 184 bytes from 192.31.80.30#53(d.gtld-servers.net) in 24 ms

www.pccc.com.           86400   IN      CNAME   pccc.com.
pccc.com.               86400   IN      A       38.124.232.9
pccc.com.               86400   IN      NS      ns2.pccc.com.
pccc.com.               86400   IN      NS      ns3.pccc.com.
pccc.com.               86400   IN      NS      ns.2rad.net.
pccc.com.               86400   IN      NS      ns.pccc.com.
;; Received 214 bytes from 205.241.44.8#53(ns.2rad.net) in 6 ms

Also tested 9.4.1 and 9.5.0:


; <<>> DiG 9.5.0-P1 <<>> +trace www.pccc.com
;; global options:  printcmd
.                       175028  IN      NS      f.root-servers.net.
.                       175028  IN      NS      g.root-servers.net.
.                       175028  IN      NS      h.root-servers.net.
.                       175028  IN      NS      i.root-servers.net.
.                       175028  IN      NS      j.root-servers.net.
.                       175028  IN      NS      k.root-servers.net.
.                       175028  IN      NS      l.root-servers.net.
.                       175028  IN      NS      m.root-servers.net.
.                       175028  IN      NS      a.root-servers.net.
.                       175028  IN      NS      b.root-servers.net.
.                       175028  IN      NS      c.root-servers.net.
.                       175028  IN      NS      d.root-servers.net.
.                       175028  IN      NS      e.root-servers.net.
;; Received 512 bytes from 38.100.17.53#53(38.100.17.53) in 2 ms

com.                    172800  IN      NS      e.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      j.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      g.gtld-servers.net.
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      k.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      i.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      m.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      h.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      f.gtld-servers.net.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      l.gtld-servers.net.
;; Received 502 bytes from 192.33.4.12#53(c.root-servers.net) in 4 ms

pccc.com.               172800  IN      NS      ns.2rad.net.
pccc.com.               172800  IN      NS      ns.pccc.com.
pccc.com.               172800  IN      NS      ns2.pccc.com.
pccc.com.               172800  IN      NS      ns3.pccc.com.
;; Received 184 bytes from 192.5.6.30#53(a.gtld-servers.net) in 39 ms

www.pccc.com.           86400   IN      CNAME   pccc.com.
pccc.com.               86400   IN      A       38.124.232.9
pccc.com.               86400   IN      NS      ns3.pccc.com.
pccc.com.               86400   IN      NS      ns.2rad.net.
pccc.com.               86400   IN      NS      ns.pccc.com.
pccc.com.               86400   IN      NS      ns2.pccc.com.
;; Received 214 bytes from 205.241.44.8#53(ns.2rad.net) in 7 ms



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