Re: [Pdns-users] PowerDNS recursor stripping AA bit from forwarded responses

2018-02-22 Thread Julian Mehnle
Bert, bert hubert wrote: > Resolvers rarely if ever send out AA=1 answers. If you literally want to > forward packets, dnsdist may be a better choice. > > Is the current behaviour causing you problems? If so can you tell us about > those problems? I can probably use dnsdist (I only just learne

[Pdns-users] PowerDNS recursor stripping AA bit from forwarded responses

2018-02-22 Thread Julian Mehnle
d it make sense to leave the AA bit alone when forwarding back authoritative responses? If not, why not? -Julian Mehnle signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP ___ Pdns-users mailing list Pdns-users@mailman.powerdns.com https://mailman.po

Re: [Pdns-users] PowerDNS returns a malformed response when queried for a TXT record larger than 257 characters.

2010-03-24 Thread Julian Mehnle
I wrote: > The problem is that while a TXT record can contain multiple "strings" > (the parts you have to enclose in double quotes in TXT records in both > BIND and PowerDNS), each string can only be 256 bytes long at maximum > by design -- one length octet plus 255 bytes of text (RFC 1035). If >

Re: [Pdns-users] PowerDNS returns a malformed response when queried for a TXT record larger than 257 characters.

2010-03-24 Thread Julian Mehnle
Augie Schwer wrote: > PowerDNS returns a malformed response when queried for a TXT record > larger than 257 characters. > > [...] > > PowerDNS returns NOERROR and returns as much data as it can which ends > up creating the corrupt packet. > > Admittedly one shouldn't put bad data in (the above re

Re: [Pdns-users] Multipart TXT records

2010-03-01 Thread Julian Mehnle
Leen Besselink wrote: > You can also see that here: > > http://doc.powerdns.com/changelog.html > > I'm unsure about what it does mean though. > > My first thought would be that it's code to split large TXT-records > over different TXT-records. > > Or just that multi TXT-records didn't work at all,

Re: [Pdns-users] dig doesn't work after adding SPF record

2009-07-31 Thread Julian Mehnle
shion wrote: > Now I have added a SPF record. > SPF v=spf1 -all > > [...] > > After adding a SPF record, it isn't possible to dig the domain. Unlike others in this thread have said, "SPF" is very well a valid RR type. Your problem is that you forgot to enclose the RR contents in double quote

[Pdns-users] Re: SPF

2008-07-12 Thread Julian Mehnle
marty wrote: > The SPF rr is still not very well supported and few servers support it. > Dig seems to bork the SPF type pretty badly. > [...] > PDNS seems to serve this record, but I get a mess when I try to access > it with dig. Otherwise, other compatable testing tools said it was > working and v

[Pdns-users] Re: SPF

2007-10-02 Thread Julian Mehnle
bert hubert wrote: > Daniel wrote: > > is pdns able to handle IN SPF records? > > Yes. But be aware, it needs the data to be between "quotes" in the > database. However, if I understood your recent comment correctly: > There is specific support in PowerDNS to either support bare TXT > records, or

[Pdns-users] Re: "Parsing record content: Data field in DNS should start with quote" on TXT/SPF records

2007-09-20 Thread Julian Mehnle
bert hubert wrote: > On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 07:23:44PM +0000, Julian Mehnle wrote: > > all of a sudden, I am having trouble with TXT or SPF records in > > PowerDNS 2.9.21 (on Debian). I repeatedly get the following errors > > in syslog: > > Do you use the debian

[Pdns-users] Re: "Parsing record content: Data field in DNS should start with quote" on TXT/SPF records

2007-09-20 Thread Julian Mehnle
Julian Mehnle wrote: > all of a sudden, I am having trouble with TXT or SPF records in > PowerDNS 2.9.21 (on Debian). I repeatedly get the following errors in > syslog: Oh, and I'm using the gpgsql backend, in case this is relevant. Julian. signature.asc Description: This

[Pdns-users] "Parsing record content: Data field in DNS should start with quote" on TXT/SPF records

2007-09-20 Thread Julian Mehnle
Hi all, all of a sudden, I am having trouble with TXT or SPF records in PowerDNS 2.9.21 (on Debian). I repeatedly get the following errors in syslog: | Sep 20 19:11:22 io pdns[24094]: Exception: Parsing record content: Data field in DNS should start with quote (") at position 0 of 'v=spf1 op=au

[Pdns-users] Re: SPF records

2007-04-19 Thread Julian Mehnle
Jens U. Gruschwitz wrote: > my question - are there any explanations or examples out there how to > implement SPF records in powerDNS? I haven't found anything in the pdns > manual or the list archive You should either publish a TXT record only, or both TXT and SPF (type 99) records. PowerDN

[Pdns-users] Re: Now is the time to test the 2.9.21 snapshots + release notes.

2007-04-09 Thread Julian Mehnle
bert hubert wrote: > Somewhere in the coming 2 weeks, we will release the PowerDNS > Authoritative Server version 2.9.21. > > [...] > > However, since so much has been changed, care should be taken when > deploying 2.9.21. > > To signify the magnitude of the underlying improvements, the next > rele

[Pdns-users] PDNS 2.9.20: Unable to AXFR via IPv6 ("denied")

2007-01-17 Thread Julian Mehnle
Hi all, I'm having trouble making AXFRs to my authoritative PDNS server via IPv6: | $ dig AXFR mehnle.net @::1 | ; <<>> DiG 9.3.2-P1 <<>> AXFR mehnle.net @::1 | ; (1 server found) | ;; global options: printcmd | ; Transfer failed. | $ dig AXFR mehnle.net @2001:608:5::2 | ; <<>> DiG 9.3.2-P1 <<>>

[Pdns-users] Re: Installing recursor and nameserver on one server

2006-12-17 Thread Julian Mehnle
Matt Cooling wrote: > I would like to install both the PowerDNS authoritative server and the > PowerDNS recursor on the same server. Is there any documentation which > explains how to do this? If I try and install both RPMs I get a conflict > message: > > file /usr/sbin/pdns_recursor from install o

[Pdns-users] Re: Domains with binary (e.g. UTF-8) labels

2006-12-17 Thread Julian Mehnle
Ian Tester wrote: > Julian Mehnle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Case insensitivity applies only to ASCII characters. So where's the > > problem? > > We don't know if the data is ASCII. If what Bert stated is true, we > don't know what the data sh

[Pdns-users] Re: Domains with binary (e.g. UTF-8) labels

2006-12-17 Thread Julian Mehnle
bert hubert wrote: > On Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 12:48:08AM +0000, Julian Mehnle wrote: > > > It also requires some work on the database side of things, as for > > > example PostgreSQL is fond of interpreting 'VARCHARs' as UTF-8, > > > which a random label v

[Pdns-users] Re: Domains with binary (e.g. UTF-8) labels

2006-12-16 Thread Julian Mehnle
bert hubert wrote: > On Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 10:37:05PM +0100, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > > IDN is mandatory for host names but should not be for domain names > > without hosts. > > People generally use DNS for host names these days. > > However, I'll make sure we'll remove this restriction in du

[Pdns-users] Re: Domains with binary (e.g. UTF-8) labels

2006-12-16 Thread Julian Mehnle
bert hubert wrote: > To encode utf-8 domains so that they work, use 'IDN'. > > See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalized_domain_name I knew that, thanks. That's NOT what I'm trying to do. > > Is there a way for serving domains with binary labels with PDNS? As > > far as I can see, thi

[Pdns-users] Domains with binary (e.g. UTF-8) labels

2006-12-16 Thread Julian Mehnle
Hi all, I am having problems with getting the PowerDNS authoritative server to serve domains that have binary labels. For instance, I have a domain with an UTF-8 encoded label: "こんにちは.mehnle.net". It works fine with BIND 9.3: | $ dig @localhost こんにちは.mehnle.net | | ; <<>> DiG 9.3.2-P1 <<>

[Pdns-users] Re: What version are you running?

2006-12-07 Thread Julian Mehnle
Augie Schwer wrote: > On 12/7/06, Julian Mehnle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd like to see a new release, too. Especially due to the broken SPF > > RR-type support in the current release version. > > Out of curiosity does that mean you are running out of th

[Pdns-users] Re: What version are you running?

2006-12-07 Thread Julian Mehnle
Augie Schwer wrote: > The authoritative PowerDNS server has not had a release in quite some > time, but I am seeing some pretty handy fixes and a lot more recent > development in the trunk; am I way out of date if I am running a > tagged release in production? Is everyone just running out of the >

[Pdns-users] Re: How Do SPF records work in PDNS? ( begionner)

2006-11-18 Thread Julian Mehnle
Michael Loftis wrote: > SPF is simply a specially formatted TXT record associated with the > sending domain which states which A, MX, or IP's can send mail on behalf > of that domain. If you've got people denying mail because of no SPF > record well you don't want to send mail to them anyway. SPF

[Pdns-users] Re: How Do SPF records work in PDNS? ( begionner)

2006-11-18 Thread Julian Mehnle
Richard Vernooij wrote: > I seem to have a problem that many messages from a webserver, or > emailserver do not arrive on certain places. > > Now i found that it could be the reason, that i do not have SPF records > for reverse DNS. SPF has _nothing_ to do with reverse DNS. > Now when i check > h

[Pdns-users] Re: Can't get bind example zones working

2006-10-02 Thread Julian Mehnle
Alex van den Bogaerdt wrote: > I downloaded the RPM, started configuring the program and, > as suggested, tried testing my install. > > Added to pdns.conf: > launch=bind > bind-example-zones > > PowerDNS 2.9.20 (C) 2001-2006 PowerDNS.COM BV (Mar 15 2006, 19:32:45, > gcc 4.0.2) starting up > > tried

[Pdns-users] Re: Test using example.com not working

2006-09-05 Thread Julian Mehnle
Matt Cooling wrote: > I have just installed PowerDNS 2.9.20-1 on a test Linux server running > Fedora 5. As per the documentation, the only entries in pdns.conf are: > --- > launch=bind > bind-example-zones > --- > When I try to test the service I get

[Pdns-users] Re: Suggestion....

2006-08-26 Thread Julian Mehnle
bert hubert wrote: > On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 07:33:54PM +0000, Julian Mehnle wrote: > > Let me guess, you are using MySQL? > > This is the PowerDNS mailing list, not the 'flame MySQL to death' list. I apologize if my statements came over as "MySQL death flames&quo

[Pdns-users] Re: Suggestion....

2006-08-25 Thread Julian Mehnle
Mark Martin wrote: > Julian Mehnle wrote: > > [...] > > If your RDBMS supports views, you can store IP addresses in integer > > format and generate the data required by PowerDNS on the fly from > > that. Or you could make custom SQL queries in PDNS to do the same. >

Re: [Pdns-users] Suggestion....

2006-08-25 Thread Julian Mehnle
Mark Martin wrote: > This is trivial in the scheme of things, but, would it be possible to > include in the db record, the decimal of the IP address? This would > enable front end providers to 'order' the ip addresses in the forward > records, and better suits the db (i.e. a key). Let me gues

[Pdns-users] Re: Unable to insert a record of type #0

2006-08-11 Thread Julian Mehnle
Leon de Jager wrote: > Just checked database for any weird types and there are none. The only > types are: > > A > NS > CNAME > MX > SOA > TXT (SPF) > > We have SPF records for our domain, but they are normal TXT records Then I have no idea where the error comes from. Sorry. I once tried to add

[Pdns-users] Re: Unable to insert a record of type #0

2006-08-11 Thread Julian Mehnle
Leon de Jager wrote: > I am running PowerDNS 2.9.17 on Debian and every few days the DNS server > stops responding, with the following in the logs: > > Aug 10 15:05:45 fzns3 pdns[24620]: Unable to insert a record of type #0 > for 'domain.com' > Aug 10 15:06:17 fzns3 pdns[24622]: Unable to insert a