OFFTOPIC: Bind resolution oddity

Alex Broens ms-list at alexb.ch
Mon Mar 30 16:33:50 IST 2009


Replying to myself after ppl clueign me in
(Thanks SteveF and DallasE)

"the spammers block queries to the authority..."





On 3/30/2009 4:44 PM, Alex Broens wrote:

> This is for those using Bind as resolvers and NOT forwarding queries to 
> some DNS down the line.
> 
> pls run
> 
> dig NS yucdedag . cn
> 
> (remove spaces in domain name)
> 
> If using Bimd for recursing it should timeout.
> 
> If you're using pdns-recursor your should be able to resolve.
> If you're using Bind and some BSD you should be able to resolve
> 
> I have been able to reproduce on Centos 5.x / latest Ubuntu
> 
> trying to find out if other distros do it as well, if its a one off, or 
> what the heck is going on.
> 
> 
> Any Comments/Feedback appreciated.
> 
> 
> Alex


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