Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 11:30:30 -0500 From: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <jeff-ml@mountin.net> To: Vadim Chekan <vadim@gc.lviv.ua> Cc: "stable@FreeBSD.ORG" <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Resolver in FreeBSD-3.[12] is broken? Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19991014113030.0153bd30@207.227.119.2> In-Reply-To: <3806092B.E419F8D8@gc.lviv.ua> References: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9910140809430.25661-100000@shell.uniserve.ca>
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At 06:47 PM 10/14/99 +0200, Vadim Chekan wrote: >Tom wrote: >> >> On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, Vadim Chekan wrote: >> > From FreeBSD-3.2 (I checked this on 4 machines) >> > ========================================================= >> > bash-2.03$ host 212.109.34.132 >> > 132.34.109.212.IN-ADDR.ARPA is a nickname for >> > 132.34.109.212.cscd.lviv.ua >> >> IN-ADDR DNS for that block is definitely screwed up, because I can't >> even get an answer from here. > >What do you mean? "host 212.109.34.132" doesn't do any output for you? "Host not found" or "Operation timed out" depending on what tool is used. >> Also, "host" in 3.2 can find CNAMEs, so it does not follow the CNAME. I >> think it does an ANY search. >> In this case, the "CNAME" has been followed. Probably because "host" >> did a PTR search instead of any ANY search. >> >> Whether "host" follows the CNAME or not is irrelevant. gethostbyname() >> should still do the right thing. Yep. >So this is just strange behavior of 'host'? >If I understund right this is rather bind issue, not FreeBSD so that >I'll move to more appropriate maillist :) Repeatable with dig and nslookup as well. Using 'host' should work, so most likely something is wrong the configuration. Using 'dig' didn't turn up any authoratative servers, which is a big hint. FYI, something changed since a response is now given. Still doesn't look right. Why it gives a "nickname for" rather than a "domain name pointer" might be a clue. ALWAYS do some checking externally from both your network and your upstream provider(s). Jeff Mountin - jeff@mountin.net Systems/Network Administrator FreeBSD - the power to serve '86 Yamaha MaxiumX (not FBSD powered) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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