Strange DNSsec failure [was incorrectly sent Thursday night]

frnkblk at iname.com frnkblk at iname.com
Sat Apr 13 04:53:04 UTC 2019


It looks like running with +trace results in a 15+ second timeout, whether
it's to the local resolver or Google, whether I specify IPv4 or not.


mail1:~# dig mx1.comcast.net +trace @127.0.0.1

; <<>> DiG 9.8.4-rpz2+rl005.12-P1 <<>> mx1.comcast.net +trace @127.0.0.1
;; global options: +cmd
.                       433139  IN      NS      a.root-servers.net.
.                       433139  IN      NS      h.root-servers.net.
.                       433139  IN      NS      f.root-servers.net.
.                       433139  IN      NS      g.root-servers.net.
.                       433139  IN      NS      e.root-servers.net.
.                       433139  IN      NS      c.root-servers.net.
.                       433139  IN      NS      j.root-servers.net.
.                       433139  IN      NS      k.root-servers.net.
.                       433139  IN      NS      b.root-servers.net.
.                       433139  IN      NS      m.root-servers.net.
.                       433139  IN      NS      d.root-servers.net.
.                       433139  IN      NS      l.root-servers.net.
.                       433139  IN      NS      i.root-servers.net.
;; Received 508 bytes from 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) in 5 ms

net.                    172800  IN      NS      e.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      d.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      k.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      c.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      l.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      i.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      a.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      b.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      m.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      f.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      g.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      h.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      j.gtld-servers.net.
;; Received 490 bytes from 192.33.4.12#53(192.33.4.12) in 19 ms

comcast.net.            172800  IN      NS      dns101.comcast.net.
comcast.net.            172800  IN      NS      dns102.comcast.net.
comcast.net.            172800  IN      NS      dns103.comcast.net.
comcast.net.            172800  IN      NS      dns104.comcast.net.
comcast.net.            172800  IN      NS      dns105.comcast.net.
;; Received 358 bytes from 2001:500:d937::30#53(2001:500:d937::30) in 15255
ms

mx1.comcast.net.        300     IN      A       96.114.157.80
;; Received 49 bytes from 68.87.85.132#53(68.87.85.132) in 32 ms

mail1:~#

mail1:~# dig -4 mx1.comcast.net +trace @127.0.0.1

; <<>> DiG 9.8.4-rpz2+rl005.12-P1 <<>> -4 mx1.comcast.net +trace @127.0.0.1
;; global options: +cmd
.                       433072  IN      NS      j.root-servers.net.
.                       433072  IN      NS      m.root-servers.net.
.                       433072  IN      NS      c.root-servers.net.
.                       433072  IN      NS      f.root-servers.net.
.                       433072  IN      NS      k.root-servers.net.
.                       433072  IN      NS      d.root-servers.net.
.                       433072  IN      NS      h.root-servers.net.
.                       433072  IN      NS      l.root-servers.net.
.                       433072  IN      NS      e.root-servers.net.
.                       433072  IN      NS      g.root-servers.net.
.                       433072  IN      NS      b.root-servers.net.
.                       433072  IN      NS      i.root-servers.net.
.                       433072  IN      NS      a.root-servers.net.
;; Received 508 bytes from 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) in 13 ms

net.                    172800  IN      NS      m.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      e.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      d.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      j.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      b.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      a.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      g.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      k.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      l.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      c.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      f.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      h.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      i.gtld-servers.net.
;; Received 490 bytes from 192.33.4.12#53(192.33.4.12) in 17 ms

comcast.net.            172800  IN      NS      dns101.comcast.net.
comcast.net.            172800  IN      NS      dns102.comcast.net.
comcast.net.            172800  IN      NS      dns103.comcast.net.
comcast.net.            172800  IN      NS      dns104.comcast.net.
comcast.net.            172800  IN      NS      dns105.comcast.net.
;; Received 358 bytes from 192.54.112.30#53(192.54.112.30) in 15264 ms

mx1.comcast.net.        300     IN      A       96.114.157.80
;; Received 49 bytes from 68.87.85.132#53(68.87.85.132) in 41 ms

mail1:~#

mail1:~# dig mx1.comcast.net +trace @8.8.8.8

; <<>> DiG 9.8.4-rpz2+rl005.12-P1 <<>> mx1.comcast.net +trace @8.8.8.8
;; global options: +cmd
.                       168863  IN      NS      m.root-servers.net.
.                       168863  IN      NS      b.root-servers.net.
.                       168863  IN      NS      c.root-servers.net.
.                       168863  IN      NS      d.root-servers.net.
.                       168863  IN      NS      e.root-servers.net.
.                       168863  IN      NS      f.root-servers.net.
.                       168863  IN      NS      g.root-servers.net.
.                       168863  IN      NS      h.root-servers.net.
.                       168863  IN      NS      a.root-servers.net.
.                       168863  IN      NS      i.root-servers.net.
.                       168863  IN      NS      j.root-servers.net.
.                       168863  IN      NS      k.root-servers.net.
.                       168863  IN      NS      l.root-servers.net.
;; Received 228 bytes from 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8) in 26 ms

net.                    172800  IN      NS      a.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      b.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      c.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      d.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      e.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      f.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      g.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      h.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      i.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      j.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      k.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      l.gtld-servers.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      m.gtld-servers.net.
;; Received 490 bytes from 198.97.190.53#53(198.97.190.53) in 110 ms

comcast.net.            172800  IN      NS      dns101.comcast.net.
comcast.net.            172800  IN      NS      dns102.comcast.net.
comcast.net.            172800  IN      NS      dns103.comcast.net.
comcast.net.            172800  IN      NS      dns104.comcast.net.
comcast.net.            172800  IN      NS      dns105.comcast.net.
;; Received 358 bytes from 2001:500:d937::30#53(2001:500:d937::30) in 15268
ms

mx1.comcast.net.        300     IN      A       96.114.157.80
;; Received 49 bytes from
2001:558:100e:5:68:87:72:244#53(2001:558:100e:5:68:87:72:244) in 72 ms

mail1:~#



Frank

-----Original Message-----
From: bind-users <bind-users-bounces at lists.isc.org> On Behalf Of
frnkblk at iname.com
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2019 11:39 PM
To: bind-users at lists.isc.org
Subject: RE: Strange DNSsec failure [was incorrectly sent Thursday night]

And this forum post:
https://forums.xfinity.com/t5/Email-Web-Browsing/Unable-to-resolve-comcast-n
et-DNS/td-p/3213070

Frank

-----Original Message-----
From: bind-users <bind-users-bounces at lists.isc.org> On Behalf Of
frnkblk at iname.com
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2019 10:08 PM
To: bind-users at lists.isc.org
Subject: RE: Strange DNSsec failure [was incorrectly sent Thursday night]

Just saw this posted on twitter, too, from this morning:
https://twitter.com/janger/status/1116738060199186432

Frank

-----Original Message-----
From: bind-users <bind-users-bounces at lists.isc.org> On Behalf Of
frnkblk at iname.com
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2019 10:00 PM
To: bind-users at lists.isc.org
Subject: Strange DNSsec failure [was incorrectly sent Thursday night]

I've had DNSsec validation on our non-public resolvers for a year or two --
virtually no issues ... until Thursday.  First hint was that I couldn't get
the AAAA for dns.comcast.net.  Later in the day our monitoring system
alerted me to email in our outbound queue that could not deliver to
comcast.net.

If I perform a dig with DNSsec validation turned off then I can resolve
Comcast's FQDNs.  Here are their two MX records:

mail1:~# dig +cd mx1.comcast.net @127.0.0.1 +short
96.114.157.80
mail1:~# dig +cd mx2.comcast.net @127.0.0.1 +short
68.87.20.5
mail1:~# dig  mx1.comcast.net @127.0.0.1 | grep status
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 21243
mail1:~# dig  mx2.comcast.net @127.0.0.1 | grep status
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 18695
mail1:~#

Not sure why five of our DNSSec-validating DNS servers are choking on
comcast.net domains.  If I flush the cache or restart the server it works
until the resource record counts down to zero, after which I get a SERVFAIL.

Problem ones: BIND 9.8.4-rpz2+rl005.12-P1 (on Debian, Debian package).
Working one: BIND 9.11.0-P2 <id:9713922>

Any ideas?

None of the public resolvers I regularly test against (Google, OpenDNS,
Quaad9) are having any issues with the Comcast FQDNs that I tested.

None of the other signed zones that our monitoring system uses
(www.dnssec-or-not.net, dnssec-name-and-shame.com, www.opendnssec.org) have
an issue.

Frank

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