On Tue, 3 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > The ns1.obol-net.net is certainly not running bind, so the question
> > remains which nameserver is doing wrong. As far as I can see, bind would
> > return SOA in auhority section for an equevalent request.
>
> I believe the DNS server they are running is Novell's DNS server. I know
> that their web server is running "NetWare-Enterprise-Web-Server/5.1".
Yes, we have been informed that the the servers, ns{1,2}.obol-net.net are
running Novell 5.0 and 5.1, respectively (or the other way around).
> As Eric has just pointed out (as I was writing this), this tells BIND (and
> DJBDNS) "I do not have this answer, but the answer can be found at my
> nameserver".
I tested a server which I think is an NT (non-bind) server, which permits
recursion. It accepts the respons from the Novell server without SERVFAIL:
; <<>> DiG 2.2 <<>> @ns1.ballou.se ns1.obol-net.net mx
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10
;; flags: qr aa ra; Ques: 1, Ans: 0, Auth: 2, Addit: 2
;; QUESTIONS:
;; ns1.obol-net.net, type = MX, class = IN
;; AUTHORITY RECORDS:
obol-net.net. 86400 NS ns2.obol-net.net.
obol-net.net. 86400 NS ns1.obol-net.net.
Mats
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