[lug] DNS resolution oddities

Justin glow at jackmoves.com
Fri Mar 29 08:15:41 MST 2002


Yes, ns.jackmoves.com is my server, I found out recently that my friend 
stopped doing slave dns on ns2.webice.net for me. Conveniently he 
didn't tell me.

> It's registered incorrectly or something's wrong:
> 
> Both ns.jackmoves.com and ns2.webice.net are listed in the GTLD 
servers as
> authoritative, but only ns.jackmoves.com is answering for the domain.
> 
> Actually ns2.webice.net is answering authoritatively that the domain 
has no
> NS records/servers... definitely a problem.
> 
> 
> nate at telluride:~$ dig @ns.jackmoves.com fishpig.org axfr
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> @ns.jackmoves.com fishpig.org axfr
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; Received 0 answers (0 records).
> ;; FROM: telluride to SERVER: 206.247.117.71
> ;; WHEN: Thu Mar 28 22:32:48 2002
> nate at telluride:~$ dig @a.gtld-servers.net fishpig.org
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> @a.gtld-servers.net fishpig.org
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> ;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
> ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
> ;; QUERY SECTION:
> ;;      fishpig.org, type = A, class = IN
> 
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> fishpig.org.            2D IN NS        NS.JACKMOVES.COM.
> fishpig.org.            2D IN NS        NS2.WEBICE.NET.
> 
> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> NS.JACKMOVES.COM.       2D IN A         206.247.117.71
> NS2.WEBICE.NET.         2D IN A         65.193.124.61
> 
> ;; Total query time: 100 msec
> ;; FROM: telluride to SERVER: a.gtld-servers.net  192.5.6.30
> ;; WHEN: Thu Mar 28 22:32:51 2002
> ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 29  rcvd: 119
> 
> 
> nate at telluride:~$ dig @ns.jackmoves.com fishpig.org
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> @ns.jackmoves.com fishpig.org
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> ;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
> ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 
1
> ;; QUERY SECTION:
> ;;      fishpig.org, type = A, class = IN
> 
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> fishpig.org.            1H IN A         206.247.117.72
> 
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> fishpig.org.            1H IN NS        ns.jackmoves.com.
> 
> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> ns.jackmoves.com.       1H IN A         206.247.117.71
> 
> ;; Total query time: 100 msec
> ;; FROM: telluride to SERVER: ns.jackmoves.com  206.247.117.71
> ;; WHEN: Thu Mar 28 22:34:16 2002
> ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 29  rcvd: 91
> 
> 
> nate at telluride:~$ dig @ns2.webice.net fishpig.org
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> @ns2.webice.net fishpig.org
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> ;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
> ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 
0
> ;; QUERY SECTION:
> ;;      fishpig.org, type = A, class = IN
> 
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> fishpig.org.            1H IN SOA       ns1.webice.net.
> administrator.webice.net. (
>                                         2001021932      ; serial
>                                         1H              ; refresh
>                                         10M             ; retry
>                                         1D              ; expiry
>                                         1H )            ; minimum
> 
> 
> ;; Total query time: 135 msec
> ;; FROM: telluride to SERVER: ns2.webice.net  65.193.124.61
> ;; WHEN: Thu Mar 28 22:34:41 2002
> ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 29  rcvd: 93
> 
> 
> --
> Nate
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us [mailto:lug-
admin at lug.boulder.co.us]On
> > Behalf Of Justin
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 4:59 PM
> > To: BLUG list
> > Subject: [lug] DNS resolution oddities
> >
> >
> > I have a domain that is having some very weird and very annoying dns
> > issues. I just added a CNAME record to the zone file and it only
> > resolves about 75% of the time, if that. Here is the zone file:
> >
> > $TTL 3600
> > $ORIGIN fishpig.org.
> > fishpig.org.    IN      SOA     jackmoves.com. root.jackmoves.com. (
> >                         2001110108
> >                         8H
> >                         2H
> >                         1W
> >                         1D )
> >                 IN      NS      ns.jackmoves.com.
> >                 IN      A       206.247.117.72
> >                 IN      MX      5 jackmoves.com.
> > localhost       IN      A       127.0.0.1
> > www             IN      CNAME   fishpig.org.
> > globalops       IN      CNAME   fishpig.org.
> >
> > I added the "globalops" line and incremented the serial number and
> > reloaded the zone in ndc. I've done this hundreds of times with 
other
> > domains on the same server and it works perfectly fine. This one, 
for
> > some reason, is not working 100%. What else can I do to further
> > troubleshoot this? I'm at a loss and this problem makes no
> > sense...FWIW, the "www" CNAME resolves all the time with on 
problems.
> >
> > Justin
> >
> > -----
> > glow at jackmoves.com
> > www.jackmoves.com
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> 
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glow at jackmoves.com
www.jackmoves.com



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