Not able to query from F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET over IPv6 -- FROM INDIA

[Stuart Browne]

From a NL Ring node in india:

ausregistry at hostvirtual01:~$ mtr 2001:500:2f::f
                               My traceroute  [v0.81]
hostvirtual01.ring.nlnog.net (::)                          Mon Jun 15 23:29:29 2015
Keys:  Help   Display mode   Restart statistics   Order of fields   quit
                                           Packets               Pings
 Host                                    Loss%   Snt   Last   Avg  Best  Wrst StDev
 1. 2403:2500:4000::1                     0.0%    14    0.3   0.4   0.3   0.5   0.1
 2. 2401:8800:810:2::1                    0.0%    14    2.2   1.5   0.6   2.3   0.6
 3. 2401:8800:800:201::1                  0.0%    14    0.8   1.4   0.4   2.4   0.6
 4. 2404:a800:2:1e::1c:1                  0.0%    14    3.5   2.0   1.3   3.5   0.7
 5. 2404:a800:2:c003::1                   0.0%    14    7.1   6.5   4.5   9.4   1.6
 6. 2001:de8:1:2::1                       0.0%    14    2.6   2.6   2.1   3.4   0.3
 7. 2001:de8:1:2::3                       0.0%    13    3.7   2.8   2.2   3.8   0.6
 8. f.root-servers.net                    0.0%    13    3.2   3.0   2.1   4.0   0.6

'dig' et al work for one-off testing.  I am getting inconsistent results from doing lots of requests (occasional ' ;; Truncated, retrying in TCP mode.', but that's probably flood protection from testing too quickly).

All responses I get are from nsid:

; NSID: 6d 61 61 31 62 2e 66 2e 72 6f 6f 74 2d 73 65 72 76 65 72 73 2e 6f 72 67  (m) (a) (a) (1) (b) (.) (f) (.) (r) (o) (o) (t) (-) (s) (e) (r) (v) (e) (r) (s) (.) (o) (r) (g)


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From: bind-users-bounces at lists.isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounces at lists.isc.org] On Behalf Of gaurav.kansal at nic.in
Sent: Tuesday, 16 June 2015 2:58 AM
To: warren at kumari.net
Cc: bind-users at lists.isc.org
Subject: Re: Not able to query from F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET over IPv6 -- FROM INDIA

I am trying to telnet (port 53)/ping/dig on 2001:500:2F::F address.
Src address is 2405:8a00::/32.
Trace is blocked at firewall end. If needed i wl try to get the same.
Regards,
Gaurav Kansal


STUART BROWNE
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