SERVFAIL when two SOA in the domain

2013-08-29 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
One of my contacts noticed that you cannot query 42.fr's SOA with BIND: SERVFAIL. Querying other types, or using Unbound (or Google Public DNS) instead of BIND works. The only thing special he sees is the double SOA: % dig SOA 42.fr ; <<>> DiG 9.9.2-P1 <<>> SOA 42.fr ;; global options: +cmd ;; G

Re: SERVFAIL when two SOA in the domain

2013-08-29 Thread Steven Carr
On 29 August 2013 19:22, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > I'm not sure of what the RFC say about that... While RFC 1035 doesn't seem to explicitely say that multiple are forbidden, or how to handle the case of multiple records, it does state under section 5.2. (Use of master files to define zones):

Re: SERVFAIL when two SOA in the domain

2013-08-29 Thread Kevin Darcy
When RFC 1035 was written, the strict rules between SHOULD/MUST didn't yet exist. That "should" is to be considered a MUST from the standpoint of modern RFCs. - Kevin On 8/29/2013 2:31 PM, Steven Carr wrote: On 29 August 2013 19:22, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: I'm not sur

Re: SERVFAIL when two SOA in the domain

2013-08-29 Thread Mark Andrews
In message <20130829182253.ga13...@laperouse.bortzmeyer.org>, Stephane Bortzmey er writes: > One of my contacts noticed that you cannot query 42.fr's SOA with > BIND: SERVFAIL. Querying other types, or using Unbound (or Google > Public DNS) instead of BIND works. > > The only thing special he see