On 7/28/2010 9:06 AM, Frank J. Gómez wrote:
> /etc/resolv.conf contains:
>
> nameserver 10.10.10.60
> nameserver 10.10.10.1

Why don't you add a 'search' directive to qualify a bare hostname into 
your (real or made-up) domain to keep it in your own namespace?

> .60 is my internal DNS, and .1 is the router.
>
>
> On ".60" I've got:
>
>          forwarders {
>                  71.252.0.12;
>                  71.242.0.12;
>          };
> in /etc/bind/named.conf.options.  Those are Verizon's DNS servers.  My
> internal DNS server contains records for a few in-house servers; when
> .60 receives a request for a domain it doesn't know about, it passes the
> request along to Verizon.
>
> The bad DNS records are coming from Verizon; check it:
>
> $ dig @71.252.0.12 <http://71.252.0.12> vostro1400 ANY
>
> ; <<>> DiG 9.4.1-P1.1 <<>> @71.252.0.12 <http://71.252.0.12> vostro1400 ANY
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 40845
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
>
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;vostro1400. IN ANY
>
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> vostro1400. 0 IN A 8.15.7.117
> vostro1400. 0 IN A 63.251.179.13

That seems wrong - but so does qualifying the name with a terminating 
'.' in DNS.  The other way to avoid the problem would to remove the 
forwarders from your dns server and let them do the job right.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com



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