Re: connections to root servers

2022-12-19 Thread Emmanuel Fusté
resolvers to the root dns servers. So can anybody explain why this happens? In my opinion everything should go to the forwarders and I’m also wondering how bind knows about the root servers when there is no hint file? Thanks, Christian It will use build-in fallback definition. Use the

connections to root servers

2022-12-19 Thread BÖSCH Christian
explain why this happens? In my opinion everything should go to the forwarders and I’m also wondering how bind knows about the root servers when there is no hint file? Thanks, Christian smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature -- Visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo

dig: couldn't get address for root servers

2021-10-27 Thread salma smaoui
Greetings, Hope you're all doing great. Actually, I am using bind 9.11.28-S1, and I am facing some problems : whenever I use the command dig +trace, I came across this error : dig: couldn't get address for 'F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET': failure. Does anyone have an idea why I see this error ? It is reall

Re: NS ROOT queries to root servers

2018-01-19 Thread Tony Finch
Medina, Antonio wrote: > > We have noticed that each query forwarded towards root servers creates > an extra NS ROOT query. This is due to a long-standing bug which was recently fixed. You need change number 4770 - see https://source.isc.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=bind9.git;a=blob;f=C

NS ROOT queries to root servers

2018-01-18 Thread Medina, Antonio
are no using built-in root servers. So, we have customized the content of db.root file to include IP addresses of DNS servers belonging to our service provider. In our case we have configuration similar to the following one (we have omitted real server names and IP addresses): . 360 IN

Re: Can bind works without defining root servers

2017-08-15 Thread Andrew Latham
Read about it at https://source.isc.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=bind9.git;a=blob;f=lib/dns/rootns.c;h=d86d0172d10625050ff1938c1869ce28921a1226;hb=HEAD On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 10:29 AM, King, Harold Clyde (Hal) wrote: > How does Bind update the root servers? Does it go out and check, or i

Re: Can bind works without defining root servers

2017-08-15 Thread Warren Kumari
On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 11:36 AM, Matthew Pounsett wrote: > > > On 15 August 2017 at 11:29, King, Harold Clyde (Hal) wrote: >> >> How does Bind update the root servers? Does it go out and check, or is a >> release made for each change? > > > Yes. :) > &

Re: Can bind works without defining root servers

2017-08-15 Thread Matthew Pounsett
On 15 August 2017 at 11:29, King, Harold Clyde (Hal) wrote: > How does Bind update the root servers? Does it go out and check, or is a > release made for each change? > Yes. :) BIND has a compiled-in root hints list that is kept up to date at each release, which can be overridden wi

Re: Can bind works without defining root servers

2017-08-15 Thread King, Harold Clyde (Hal)
How does Bind update the root servers? Does it go out and check, or is a release made for each change? -- Hal King - h...@utk.edu Systems Administrator Office of Information Technology Shared Systems Services The University of Tennessee 103C5 Kingston Pike Building 2309 Kingston Pk

Re: Can bind works without defining root servers

2017-08-15 Thread Alan Clegg
Root hints have been built in forever. (and that's "forever" in Internet years) On 8/15/17 10:58 AM, Duleep Thilakarathne wrote: > Hi, > > I can observe, bind can resolve host names without following entry in > named.conf. could anyone help me to understand this default behavior. > > > zone "

Can bind works without defining root servers

2017-08-15 Thread Duleep Thilakarathne
Hi, I can observe, bind can resolve host names without following entry in named.conf. could anyone help me to understand this default behavior. zone "." { type hint; file "root.servers"; }; regards DT ___ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailma

Re: BIND - Continuous NS ROOT queries to root servers

2016-12-22 Thread Petr Mensik
: 65C6C973 - Original Message - From: "Antonio Medina" To: "bind-users@lists.isc.org" Cc: "Kairon Morillo" , "William Jackson" Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2016 9:22:14 AM Subject: RE: BIND - Continuous NS ROOT queries to root servers Hi

RE: BIND - Continuous NS ROOT queries to root servers

2016-12-22 Thread Medina, Antonio
. Therefore, we are no using built-in root servers. So, we have customized the content of db.root file to include IP addresses of DNS servers belonging to our service provider. In our case we have configuration similar to the following one (we have omitted real server names and IP addresses

BIND - Continuous NS ROOT queries to root servers

2016-11-30 Thread Medina, Antonio
. Therefore, we are no using built-in root servers. So, we have customized the content of db.root file to include IP addresses of DNS servers belonging to our service provider. In our case we have configuration similar to the following one (we have omitted real server names and IP addresses

Re: root zone on a nameserver which cannot reach root-servers

2016-10-03 Thread Reindl Harald
nameserver cannot reach root servers? (additional load on DNS if yes what percentage?) the root nameservers are only needed for recursion, that's it own zones and forwarding is *not* recursion ___ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-

root zone on a nameserver which cannot reach root-servers

2016-10-02 Thread blrmaani
We have a DNS server setup where all zones are either slaves or forwards to a internal DNS servers which resolves external names. Questions: 1. Do we still need a root zone (type=hint) ? 2. What is the side effect of having root zone when our nameserver cannot reach root servers? (additional

Re: frequent queries to root servers

2016-02-01 Thread Simon Forster
> On 30 Jan 2016, at 21:57, John Levine wrote: > >> If chained CNAMEs work for you, more power to you. But don't be >> surprised if they fail unexpectedly at some point. > > If they don't, you'll have a lot of unhappy users since there's a > whole lot of the Internet they won't be able to see

Re: frequent queries to root servers

2016-02-01 Thread Sam Wilson
In article , Grant Taylor wrote: > I think chained CNAMEs fall into the gray area (no mans land) between > zealots on either side of the RFC interpretation line. > > If chained CNAMEs work for you, more power to you. But don't be > surprised if they fail unexpectedly at some point. We shoul

Re: frequent queries to root servers

2016-01-30 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 30.01.2016 um 22:40 schrieb Grant Taylor: On 01/30/2016 04:44 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: From RFC 1034 - Domain names - concepts and facilities: Of course, by the robustness principle, domain software should not fail when presented with CNAME chains or loops; CNAME chains should be followed a

Re: frequent queries to root servers

2016-01-30 Thread John Levine
>If chained CNAMEs work for you, more power to you. But don't be >surprised if they fail unexpectedly at some point. If they don't, you'll have a lot of unhappy users since there's a whole lot of the Internet they won't be able to see. Try www.apple.com and www.microsoft.com, both of which ha

Re: frequent queries to root servers

2016-01-30 Thread Grant Taylor
On 01/30/2016 04:44 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: nonsense Okay ... From RFC 1034 - Domain names - concepts and facilities: Of course, by the robustness principle, domain software should not fail when presented with CNAME chains or loops; CNAME chains should be followed and CNAME loops signalled a

Re: frequent queries to root servers

2016-01-30 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 30.01.2016 um 03:45 schrieb Grant Taylor: On 01/26/2016 04:46 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: violating what? Chaining CNAMEs is a violation according to RFCs. nonsense From RFC 1034 - Domain names - concepts and facilities: Of course, by the robustness principle, domain software should not f

Re: frequent queries to root servers

2016-01-29 Thread Dave Warren
On 2016-01-29 18:45, Grant Taylor wrote: On 01/26/2016 04:46 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: violating what? Chaining CNAMEs is a violation according to RFCs. It works, but it is unsupported, and you can only blame yourself when it doesn't. Maybe I'm misremembering RFC 1034, but a CNAME chain onl

Re: frequent queries to root servers

2016-01-29 Thread Grant Taylor
On 01/26/2016 04:46 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: violating what? Chaining CNAMEs is a violation according to RFCs. It works, but it is unsupported, and you can only blame yourself when it doesn't. -- Grant. . . . unix || die ___ Please visit https:/

Re: frequent queries to root servers

2016-01-26 Thread Robert Edmonds
HONTVÁRI Levente wrote: > I assumed that the root servers are only queried a few times a week > (corresponding to the number of top level domains). The logs show a > different picture, Queries to the root servers are quite frequent. What am I > missing? > > I have attached a dn

Re: frequent queries to root servers

2016-01-26 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 27.01.2016 um 00:46 schrieb Reindl Harald: Am 27.01.2016 um 00:36 schrieb Darcy Kevin (FCA): Well, when I queried the name livetileedge.dsx.mp.microsoft.com, I got a CNAME chain where all of the links in the chain had TTLs of 300 seconds or less: livetileedge.dsx.mp.microsoft.com. 43 IN CN

Re: frequent queries to root servers

2016-01-26 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 27.01.2016 um 00:36 schrieb Darcy Kevin (FCA): Well, when I queried the name livetileedge.dsx.mp.microsoft.com, I got a CNAME chain where all of the links in the chain had TTLs of 300 seconds or less: livetileedge.dsx.mp.microsoft.com. 43 IN CNAME livetileedge.dsx.mp.microsoft.com.akadns

RE: frequent queries to root servers

2016-01-26 Thread Darcy Kevin (FCA)
t: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 9:07 AM To: bind-users@lists.isc.org Subject: frequent queries to root servers Hi All, I assumed that the root servers are only queried a few times a week (corresponding to the number of top level domains). The logs show a different picture, Queries to the root servers

frequent queries to root servers

2016-01-26 Thread HONTVÁRI Levente
Hi All, I assumed that the root servers are only queried a few times a week (corresponding to the number of top level domains). The logs show a different picture, Queries to the root servers are quite frequent. What am I missing? I have attached a dnstop screen (local network traffic was

Re: How does bind 9.x chooses root servers?

2014-09-19 Thread Mukund Sivaraman
Hi Jittinan On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 03:57:32PM +0700, Jittinan Suwanruengsri wrote: > How does bind 9.x chooses root servers? The question is better phrased as "How does BIND choose name servers?" The SRTT selection method used by BIND is not quite described anywhere in an ISC d

Re: How does bind 9.x chooses root servers?

2014-09-19 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 19.09.14 15:57, Jittinan Suwanruengsri wrote: How does bind 9.x chooses root servers? based on RTT, with ocasional re-tries of other servers try googling for "bind server selection" -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, uh...@fantomas.sk ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to rece

How does bind 9.x chooses root servers?

2014-09-19 Thread Jittinan Suwanruengsri
Hi, How does bind 9.x chooses root servers? This is sample result from tcpdump on Bind 9.x .From this result it means bind chooses root servers base on weight of response time. It does not choose the lowest response time server. Do I understand correctly? 2 a.root

Re: Root servers

2014-08-16 Thread Anand Buddhdev
On 16/08/2014 04:55, Bill Christensen wrote: > Interesting. I'm running BIND 9.10.0-P2. Apparently the package system > I'm using (MacPorts) isn't updating the root servers file though. > > I'll report the problem there. Meantime, I'll download the

Re: Root servers

2014-08-15 Thread Bill Christensen
t probably better advice is to upgrade to a supported BIND version. If the OS is so old to be have a 2008020400 hint file, it probably means no updates have been done along the way. Interesting. I'm running BIND 9.10.0-P2. Apparently the package system I'm using (MacPorts) isn't

Re: Root servers

2014-08-15 Thread Barry Margolin
u would have the current data. If you do not update Bind > the moment that a new version is released then you need a current > named.root file. Just go get a new one from the server listed at the > top of the old file. One of the first things that BIND does after startup is contact one of

Re: Root servers

2014-08-15 Thread /dev/rob0
On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 10:14:09AM -0400, Thomas Schulz wrote: I wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 02:26:54PM -0500, Bill Christensen wrote: > > > It looks like my root pointers are horribly out of date. Seems > > > to me this is something which should automatically update... > > > > Not much, a

Re: Root servers

2014-08-15 Thread Thomas Schulz
> On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 02:26:54PM -0500, Bill Christensen wrote: > > I'm seeing some root server errors on startup: > > > > 14-Aug-2014 13:14:08.142 info: host unreachable resolving > > 'd.gtld-servers.net//IN': 2001:503:ba3e::2:30#53 > > 14-Aug-2014 13:14:08.215 info: host unreachable res

Re: Root servers

2014-08-14 Thread /dev/rob0
On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 02:26:54PM -0500, Bill Christensen wrote: > I'm seeing some root server errors on startup: > > 14-Aug-2014 13:14:08.142 info: host unreachable resolving > 'd.gtld-servers.net//IN': 2001:503:ba3e::2:30#53 > 14-Aug-2014 13:14:08.215 info: host unreachable resolving > 'b

Root servers

2014-08-14 Thread Bill Christensen
Hi all, I'm seeing some root server errors on startup: 14-Aug-2014 13:14:08.142 info: host unreachable resolving 'd.gtld-servers.net//IN': 2001:503:ba3e::2:30#53 14-Aug-2014 13:14:08.215 info: host unreachable resolving 'b.gtld-servers.net/A/IN': 2001:503:231d::2:30#53 14-Aug-2014 13:14:08

Re: What if no root servers?

2014-04-09 Thread Chris Buxton
On Apr 9, 2014, at 12:02 AM, Dean Gibson (DNS Administrator) wrote: > I'm interested in a special use-case, where (say, in an emergency), access to > most of the Internet (and hence the root servers) is cut off. In this > situation, there is an emergency connected network

What if no root servers?

2014-04-08 Thread Dean Gibson (DNS Administrator)
I'm interested in a special use-case, where (say, in an emergency), access to most of the Internet (and hence the root servers) is cut off. In this situation, there is an emergency connected network consisting of several domains, each with known nameserver IP addresses. The hosts in d

RE: Reverse look-up returns root servers?

2013-10-28 Thread Shawn Bakhtiar
changing over and that's the issue? Thanks, > Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 21:47:42 +0100 > From: uh...@fantomas.sk > To: bind-users@lists.isc.org > Subject: Re: Reverse look-up returns root servers? > > On 28.10.13 16:07, Shawn Bakhtiar wrote: > >When I look-up t

Re: Reverse look-up returns root servers?

2013-10-28 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 28.10.13 16:07, Shawn Bakhtiar wrote: When I look-up the reverse at my recursive server I get: prompt> dig -x 198.173.12.21 ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: 12.173.198.in-addr.arpa. 40828INNSauth2.dns.cogentco.com. 12.173.198.in-addr.arpa. 40828INNSauth5.dns.cogentco.com. 12.17

Reverse look-up returns root servers?

2013-10-28 Thread Shawn Bakhtiar
1 msec ;; SERVER: 12.238.189.39#53(12.238.189.39) ;; WHEN: Mon Oct 28 12:55:16 2013 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 286 However, and her is the rub, when I do the same reverse look-up at any of their servers I get a list of root servers back. Shouldn't I be getting back the IP address pointer back? Als

Re: Caching name server - Choosing the root-servers

2012-12-14 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 09:00:31AM +, Can Şirin wrote a message of 114 lines which said: > I mean, choosing the faster ones (root-servers) is gonna be better > for speed performans. Yes, but BIND does it (testing the fastest) and probably better than you. > Is there any way to

Caching name server - Choosing the root-servers

2012-12-14 Thread Can Şirin
Hello, I would like to set up a caching only name server but besides that I want also to edit named.root by this means limit the root hints. I mean, choosing the faster ones (root-servers) is gonna be better for speed performans. I had a study on it and I realise that even if you edit the root

Re: Should Root Servers Always be Queried First? bind9.7.7

2012-11-07 Thread Martin McCormick
Thanks to all who reminded me how dig resolves lookups. I have since learned that we are apparently having intermittent network issues that are causing a lot of systems to behave oddly and our DNS's are only reflecting those conditions. We were taking anywhere from 0 milliseconds

Re: Should Root Servers Always be Queried First? bind9.7.7

2012-11-07 Thread Josh Kuo
.@lists.isc.org] On Behalf Of > Martin McCormick > Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 1:13 PM > To: bind-users@lists.isc.org > Subject: Should Root Servers Always be Queried First? bind9.7.7 > > If I do: > > dig @localhost +short +trace somehost.okstate.edu > > on a

RE: Should Root Servers Always be Queried First? bind9.7.7

2012-11-07 Thread david
rmick Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 1:13 PM To: bind-users@lists.isc.org Subject: Should Root Servers Always be Queried First? bind9.7.7 If I do: dig @localhost +short +trace somehost.okstate.edu on a server authoritative for the okstate.edu domain, I would expect resolution via that authoritative sy

Re: Should Root Servers Always be Queried First? bind9.7.7

2012-11-07 Thread Michael Hoskins (michoski)
-Original Message- From: Martin McCormick Date: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 1:12 PM To: "bind-users@lists.isc.org" Subject: Should Root Servers Always be Queried First? bind9.7.7 >If I do: > >dig @localhost +short +trace somehost.okstate.edu > >on a ser

Should Root Servers Always be Queried First? bind9.7.7

2012-11-07 Thread Martin McCormick
If I do: dig @localhost +short +trace somehost.okstate.edu on a server authoritative for the okstate.edu domain, I would expect resolution via that authoritative system. I do get it but the query takes the scenic route and I get all the root name servers just as if the query was for some host out

Re: Glue from Root Servers returns wrong A record, why?

2012-09-11 Thread ponga2112
> > > > 192.42.93.30 is not a root name server. True enough. ___ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bi

Re: Glue from Root Servers returns wrong A record, why?

2012-09-11 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 11:47:38AM -0700, Ponga wrote a message of 55 lines which said: > But if I ask any root server, [...] DiG 9.7.3 <<>> -t ns intaq.com > @192.42.93.30 192.42.93.30 is not a root name server. ___ Please visit https://lists.isc.o

Re: Glue from Root Servers returns wrong A record, why?

2012-09-10 Thread Doug Barton
On 9/10/2012 12:27 PM, ponga2...@gmail.com wrote: > Thanks gentleman! Much appreciated!!! Glad to help. -- I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. -- Edwa

Re: Glue from Root Servers returns wrong A record, why?

2012-09-10 Thread ponga2112
On Monday, September 10, 2012 1:23:47 PM UTC-6, Doug Barton wrote: > > > You misunderstood my suggestion. Go log into your account at the > > registrar, and fix the glue records there. WBrown's message verified my > > theory. > > > > Doug BLY! You guys are absolutely right. Not sure what

Re: Glue from Root Servers returns wrong A record, why?

2012-09-10 Thread Doug Barton
On 9/10/2012 12:11 PM, ponga2...@gmail.com wrote: > On Monday, September 10, 2012 12:51:43 PM UTC-6, Doug Barton wrote: >> On 9/10/2012 11:47 AM, Ponga wrote: >> >>> I can't find ANYWHERE in my DNS records where this 216. IP address is and >>> obviously my understand of DNS is not up to the task.

Re: Glue from Root Servers returns wrong A record, why?

2012-09-10 Thread WBrown
ponga2...@gmail.com wrote on 09/10/2012 03:11:30 PM: > > SOA points correctly to the DNS provider (zoneedit).. there is no > mention of that 216 address anywhere in the registrar :( Is the information below correct? wbrown@wbrown-D630:~$ whois intaq.com Whois Server Version 2.0 Domain names

Re: Glue from Root Servers returns wrong A record, why?

2012-09-10 Thread ponga2112
On Monday, September 10, 2012 12:51:43 PM UTC-6, Doug Barton wrote: > On 9/10/2012 11:47 AM, Ponga wrote: > > > I can't find ANYWHERE in my DNS records where this 216. IP address is and > > obviously my understand of DNS is not up to the task. Can anyone offer some > > idea on how to fix this??

Re: Glue from Root Servers returns wrong A record, why?

2012-09-10 Thread Doug Barton
On 9/10/2012 11:47 AM, Ponga wrote: > I can't find ANYWHERE in my DNS records where this 216. IP address is and > obviously my understand of DNS is not up to the task. Can anyone offer some > idea on how to fix this?? This is almost certainly part of the registration information for the .net dom

Glue from Root Servers returns wrong A record, why?

2012-09-10 Thread Ponga
I'm stumped by this, hoping someone can help: If I ask any DNS server at my disposal (in this example google), I don't get glue, and I get the correct answer: ; <<>> DiG 9.8.1-P1 <<>> -t ns intaq.com @8.8.8.8 ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, i

31 march and root servers

2012-03-30 Thread Ivo
Hello, During the research on dns/dnssec amplification attacks against root servers and evaluation of anonymous operation global blackout (we still don't know if this is a hoax...), we came up with idea which would limit one additional attack. Lets imagine query source spoofed as one o

Re: forwarder that doesn't ask root servers

2009-09-14 Thread Barry Margolin
In article , Marcos Lorenzo de Santiago wrote: > El lun, 14-09-2009 a las 15:01 +0200, Adam Tkac escribió: > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 01:31:24PM +0200, Marcos Lorenzo de Santiago wrote: > > > I believe bind has some root servers hardcoded inside and bind always > >

Re: forwarder that doesn't ask root servers

2009-09-14 Thread Marcos Lorenzo de Santiago
El lun, 14-09-2009 a las 15:01 +0200, Adam Tkac escribió: > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 01:31:24PM +0200, Marcos Lorenzo de Santiago wrote: > > I believe bind has some root servers hardcoded inside and bind always > > looks for root servers even if you give it a list of forwarders, I

Re: forwarder that doesn't ask root servers

2009-09-14 Thread Adam Tkac
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 01:31:24PM +0200, Marcos Lorenzo de Santiago wrote: > I believe bind has some root servers hardcoded inside and bind always > looks for root servers even if you give it a list of forwarders, I see > this in the firewall blocked connections. > > So the qu

forwarder that doesn't ask root servers

2009-09-14 Thread Marcos Lorenzo de Santiago
I believe bind has some root servers hardcoded inside and bind always looks for root servers even if you give it a list of forwarders, I see this in the firewall blocked connections. So the question is quite simple: Is there anyway to disable this? I mean, I just want bind to forward queries

Re: Using DNS servers to query root servers from WAN

2009-07-01 Thread samankaya
external 'branches' of my network be able to resolve google.com and all other 'outside' based sites like I am able to do inside which is what the hinted zone containing the root servers allows me to do which means I would either need to put them onto the external view and use

Re: Using DNS servers to query root servers from WAN

2009-07-01 Thread Kevin Darcy
lves if they are provisioned like this but really it's just an open end experiment in my test lab. I did include the root "." zone in the external view before which didn't work either so I guess if I can get that particular zone to work with any public IP address then I can l

Re: Using DNS servers to query root servers from WAN

2009-06-30 Thread samankaya
usted_wan" zone in which certain public IP addresses are accepted for recursive lookup for root servers. For example if I added: zone "." { type hint;? file "/etc/opt/csw/bind/db.root";? }; to both external and internal views would that work?? so if I did something mor

Re: Using DNS servers to query root servers from WAN

2009-06-30 Thread Kevin Darcy
ting problem at that! I have migrated my DNS service from Debian Etch Linux to Sun Solaris 9 running the Blastwave version of Bind9. This is a bit hard to explain but basically as default DNS setup in Debian, it installs root servers in which domains for which the server is not authoritativ

Using DNS servers to query root servers from WAN

2009-06-30 Thread samankaya
Hi, this is my first post here and I have quite an interesting problem at that! I have migrated my DNS service from Debian Etch Linux to Sun Solaris 9 running the Blastwave version of Bind9. This is a bit hard to explain but basically as default DNS setup in Debian, it installs root servers in

Re: Most external domains do not resolve (missing root servers?)

2008-11-17 Thread Kevin Darcy
sk Thanks -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: sábado, 15 de noviembre de 2008 22:25 To: Ian Gregson Subject: Re: Most external domains do not resolve (missing root servers?) /16 or /24 are ways to specify a network mask. Its called CIDR or class

RE: Most external domains do not resolve (missing root servers?)

2008-11-15 Thread Ian Gregson
not resolve (missing root servers?) /16 or /24 are ways to specify a network mask. Its called CIDR or classless inter domain routing (I think that's the meaning) syntax and its pretty easy. /8 = 255.0.0.0 /16 = 255.255.0.0 /24 = 255.255.255.0 Those are the standard subnets, but others

RE: Most external domains do not resolve (missing root servers?)

2008-11-15 Thread Ian Gregson
2008 22:08 To: Ian Gregson Subject: Re: Most external domains do not resolve (missing root servers?) You have recursion set to "no" and forwarding set to "only". This means your nameserver will never look anything up for clients but will forward all requests to the specified for

Re: Most external domains do not resolve (missing root servers?)

2008-11-15 Thread Ian Gregson
: Dawn Connelly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: sábado, 15 de noviembre de 2008 18:51 To: Ian Gregson Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Most external domains do not resolve (missing root servers?) You have recursion set to no. So the only thing the DNS server will answer for is zones it is

Re: Most external domains do not resolve (missing root servers?)

2008-11-15 Thread Dawn Connelly
with firefox but NOT many, i.e. > experts-exchange.com, linux.derkeiler.com work OK > > > > I presume its working off some kind of cache… > > > > What I did do was downloaded the named.root file and placed it in etc (see > my named.conf for config "." Zone -

Most external domains do not resolve (missing root servers?)

2008-11-15 Thread Ian Gregson
, linux.derkeiler.com work OK I presume its working off some kind of cache. What I did do was downloaded the named.root file and placed it in etc (see my named.conf for config "." Zone - I have placed after this). I think the issue is with the root servers not resolving as I ran a t