[users] DNS problems

[Dag Wieers]

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007, Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote:

> I'm having problems resolving apt.sw.be.  Something is wrong with the
> name servers.
> (sorry for the messed up formatting - copied from a pidgin session with
> a co-worker
> that was helping me debug the problem):
>
> DNS Lookup: apt.sw.be A record
> Email link to resultsGenerated by www.DNSstuff.com at 21:22:46 GMT on 11
> Sep 2007.
>
> How I am searching:
>
> Searching for apt.sw.be A record at h.root-servers.net [128.63.2.53]:
> Got referral to amsterdam.ns.dns.be. (zone: be.) [took 38 ms]
> Searching for apt.sw.be A record at amsterdam.ns.dns.be.
> [193.194.136.30]: Got referral to ns1.3ti.be. (zone: sw.be.) [took 134
> ms
>
> Searching for apt.sw.be A record at ns1.3ti.be. [212.204.216.221]:
> Reports that dag.freshrpms.net. does not exist. [took 121 ms] Response:
> apt.sw.be. exists, and is a CNAME pointing to dag.freshrpms.net., which
> does not exist Details: apt.sw.be. exists, and is a CNAME pointing to
> dag.freshrpms.net., which does not exist. This is a very unusual
> response, and indicates that the DNS server is authoritative for both
> apt.sw.be. and dag.freshrpms.net. and that while apt.sw.be. exists, it
> knows that dag.freshrpms.net. does not exist. See RFC2308 2.1 for
> details.
>
> (05:36:39 PM) Afzan: amsterdam.ns.dns.be refers you to ns1.3ti.be which
> is broken
> (05:37:03 PM) Afzan: prague.ns.dns.be refers you to ns1.borderfield.be
> which is working
> (05:37:29 PM) Afzan: so depending which one you get pointed to by the
> root servers, you will either get a good ip or not
>
> Hope that helps resolve the problem.

I do not see a problem. ns1.3ti.be is working correctly.
Maybe there was a temporary network problem ?

There were problems at HEAnet the other day for a few hours though, but
these are not network related.

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