From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 26 20:00:46 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A3EA16A403 for ; Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:00:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F227D43D78 for ; Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:00:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k9QK0gPm011914 for ; Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:00:42 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k9QK0gEp011913; Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:00:42 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:00:42 GMT Message-Id: <200610262000.k9QK0gEp011913@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: Jan Gyselinck Cc: Subject: Re: misc/103814: cvsup11.freebsd.org dns issues X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Jan Gyselinck List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:00:46 -0000 The following reply was made to PR misc/103814; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Jan Gyselinck To: Vivek Khera Cc: freebsd-hubs@FreeBSD.org, bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/103814: cvsup11.freebsd.org dns issues Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 19:54:22 +0000 On 26 Oct 2006, Vivek Khera wrote: > On Oct 26, 2006, at 1:56 PM, Juraj Lutter wrote: > >>Vivek Khera wrote: >>>I was successful at doing a cvsup on 19 October, but today, 26 >>>October, >>>it is coming back with SERVFAIL name lookup. >> >>ns1.downloadtech.com is causing the problem. > > It seems deeper than that, though. > > If you query one of the other authoritative DNS server you get the > CNAME for cvsup11: > > ;; ANSWER SECTION: > cvsup11.freebsd.org. 3600 IN CNAME freebsd- > mirror0.research.uu.net. > > and looking that up, you get no answer for the A record. So if you > query any of the NS records for uu.net, you get referred to other NS > servers for research.uu.net, and no answer to the A record: > > ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: > research.uu.net. 3600 IN NS beast.research.uu.net. > research.uu.net. 3600 IN NS auth03.ns.uu.net. > research.uu.net. 3600 IN NS auth50.ns.uu.net. > > ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: > beast.research.uu.net. 3600 IN A 63.87.62.73 > > Querying the auth* hosts you get the same answer back; querying > beast.research.uu.net I get no response: > > > % dig freebsd-mirror0.research.uu.net @beast.research.uu.net > dig: couldn't get address for 'beast.research.uu.net': not found > > and even: > > > % dig freebsd-mirror0.research.uu.net @63.87.62.73 > > ; <<>> DiG 9.3.2-P1 <<>> freebsd-mirror0.research.uu.net @63.87.62.73 > ; (1 server found) > ;; global options: printcmd > ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached > > > so something is *really* wrong I think. Normally these > research.uu.net servers are just 5ms from me and I believe they're in > the same data center. Oh the joys of X mergers and Y rifs... I have no idea why beast is unreachable or who manages it these days, I've reconf'd the zone to run primary now, so it should reappear on auth03/auth50 in the next hour. Regards Jan -- Jan Gyselinck EMEA Server & Service Management - Intl IT Service Delivery Verizon Business - Culliganlaan 2/E, B-1831 Diegem, Belgium