restarting bind fixes some resolution issues

[Matus UHLAR - fantomas]

On 09.07.17 14:36, Dario Corti wrote:
>Hi, I occasionally have issues updating some packages, with the 
>package manager saying that it cannot resolve deb.nodesource.com. I'm 
>using 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u11 and I verified that a bind restart fixes 
>the problem every time (even if technically the domain CAN be 
>resolved also before the restart).

https://mxtoolbox.com/SuperTool.aspx?action=dns%3adeb.nodesource.com&run=toolpage
http://dnscheck.pingdom.com/?domain=deb.nodesource.com

both checkers report errors...

>I issued a dig before and after the restart and it does report 
>something different, but I'm unable to understand it, so I wonder if 
>anyone can suggest a possible reason for this.
>
>Before: https://pastebin.com/7qZUmPKA
>After: https://pastebin.com/U0DUhE20

i don't see any difference here, both cases report deb.nodesource.com to be
a CNAME to d2buw04m05mirl.cloudfront.net - maybe you should look up that one
next time problem appears.

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