[Dapper] Bind9 not recursing

[NoOp]

On 10/17/2007 03:53 PM, W.D.McKinney wrote:
> _____  
> 
> From: Brian Fahrlander [mailto:brian at fahrlander.net]
> To: Ubuntu User's List [mailto:ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com]
> Sent: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:21:56 -0800
> Subject: [Dapper] Bind9 not recursing
> 
> 
>        I've set up dns many times before. In each case, if I ran the 'dig 
>   method' to get the latest set of root servers, I could look up anything 
>   in the world. The server I have does a fine job of local resolution 
>   (altavista.local, fahrlander.local, etc) but despite "recursion yes" 
>   being in  named.conf.options, if it doesn't 'own' the records, it punts!
>   
>        Here's an example of what happens when I rely on the ISP's DNS, and 
>   they TOO can't find it:
>   
>   root at hope:/etc/bind# host 192.84.16.27
>   Host 27.16.84.192.in-addr.arpa not found: 2(SERVFAIL)
>   root at hope:/etc/bind# dig 192.84.16.27
>   

It's because it's misconfigured and only goes to a name pointer:

host 192.84.16.27
27.16.84.192.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer mailman1-eqix-sjo.packet8.net.

now:
 dig mailman1-eqix-sjo.packet8.net

; <<>> DiG 9.3.4 <<>> mailman1-eqix-sjo.packet8.net
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 54452
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 4, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;mailman1-eqix-sjo.packet8.net. IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
mailman1-eqix-sjo.packet8.net. 9391 IN  A       192.84.16.27

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
packet8.net.            338     IN      NS      ns2-l3-sjo.packet8.net.
packet8.net.            338     IN      NS      ns1-l3-sjo.packet8.net.
packet8.net.            338     IN      NS      ns1-eqix-sjo.packet8.net.
packet8.net.            338     IN      NS      ns2-eqix-sjo.packet8.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1-eqix-sjo.packet8.net. 10114 IN      A       192.84.16.23


Authoritative Answer
 Query for mailman1-eqix-sjo.packet8.net type=255 class=1
  mailman1-eqix-sjo.packet8.net A (Address) 192.84.16.27
  packet8.net NS (Nameserver) ns2-l3-sjo.packet8.net
  packet8.net NS (Nameserver) ns1-eqix-sjo.packet8.net
  packet8.net NS (Nameserver) ns2-eqix-sjo.packet8.net
  packet8.net NS (Nameserver) ns1-l3-sjo.packet8.net
  ns1-l3-sjo.packet8.net A (Address) 63.209.12.18
  ns2-l3-sjo.packet8.net A (Address) 63.209.12.19
  ns1-eqix-sjo.packet8.net A (Address) 192.84.16.23
  ns2-eqix-sjo.packet8.net A (Address) 192.84.16.24


BTW: what is the crossposted newsgroup "gmane.spam.detected"?