OFFTOPIC: Bind resolution oddity

[Alex Broens]

Update:

not all of spammy's NS resolve.

so that explains... oh well.

On 3/30/2009 5:33 PM, Alex Broens wrote:
> Replying to myself after ppl clueign me in
> (Thanks SteveF and DallasE)
> 
> "the spammers block queries to the authority..."
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> On 3/30/2009 4:44 PM, Alex Broens wrote:
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>> This is for those using Bind as resolvers and NOT forwarding queries 
>> to some DNS down the line.
>>
>> pls run
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>> dig NS yucdedag . cn
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>> (remove spaces in domain name)
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>> If using Bimd for recursing it should timeout.
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>> 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.
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>> Any Comments/Feedback appreciated.
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>>
>> Alex