* Andrey G. Sergeev (AKA Andris) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-08-14]: > Hello Hans, [cut] > Assuming that your name servers aren't authoritative for the, say, > yandex.ru, ku.dk and asahi.co.jp zones, please post here the results of > doing at least one command suggested below without the query-source > directive specified in your named.conf. > > dig images.yandex.ru. a +tra [cut]
Thx for replying. I did a query for the a record of images.yandex.ru with and without the trace. With trace, I get a reply - without trace, I don't (see below). (Well, I do - put after 3-4 repeated queries.) I really don't get it. If I should guess, it must be dig sending the queries differently when tracing. If it is the firewall (Cisco ASA 5510) being overwhelmed, I don't know where to look - I have tried... ----- ; <<>> DiG 9.3.4-P1 <<>> @g4.tibe.no images.yandex.ru. a +tra ; (1 server found) ;; global options: printcmd . 518289 IN NS L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518289 IN NS M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518289 IN NS A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518289 IN NS B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518289 IN NS C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518289 IN NS D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518289 IN NS E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518289 IN NS F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518289 IN NS G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518289 IN NS H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518289 IN NS I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518289 IN NS J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518289 IN NS K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. ;; Received 500 bytes from 213.161.248.67#53(213.161.248.67) in 1 ms ru. 172800 IN NS ns.ripn.net. ru. 172800 IN NS ns2.nic.fr. ru. 172800 IN NS ns2.ripn.net. ru. 172800 IN NS ns5.msk-ix.net. ru. 172800 IN NS ns9.ripn.net. ru. 172800 IN NS sunic.sunet.se. ru. 172800 IN NS auth60.ns.uu.net. ;; Received 311 bytes from 199.7.83.42#53(L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET) in 143 ms yandex.ru. 345600 IN NS ns1.yandex.ru. yandex.ru. 345600 IN NS ns2.yandex.ru. yandex.ru. 345600 IN NS ns4.yandex.ru. yandex.ru. 345600 IN NS ns5.yandex.ru. ;; Received 170 bytes from 194.85.105.17#53(ns.ripn.net) in 92 ms images.yandex.ru. 10800 IN A 77.88.21.11 images.yandex.ru. 10800 IN A 87.250.251.11 images.yandex.ru. 10800 IN A 213.180.204.11 yandex.ru. 345600 IN NS ns5.yandex.ru. yandex.ru. 345600 IN NS ns1.yandex.ru. yandex.ru. 345600 IN NS ns2.yandex.ru. yandex.ru. 345600 IN NS ns4.yandex.ru. ;; Received 218 bytes from 213.180.193.1#53(ns1.yandex.ru) in 48 ms ----- ; <<>> DiG 9.3.4-P1 <<>> @g4.tibe.no images.yandex.ru. a ; (1 server found) ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 42214 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;images.yandex.ru. IN A ;; Query time: 1 msec ;; SERVER: 213.161.248.67#53(213.161.248.67) ;; WHEN: Thu Aug 14 13:57:13 2008 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 34 ----- Hans