I would be very pleased if somebody would take over this task :)
Regards,
Samy
monit user schrieb:
Many (most?) non-bind DNS server software will fail the dns protocol
test in monit as it is written (dbjdns, mydns and a couple others that
I tested so far), AFAIK because bind includes a "default" referral
response to a query about the root servers. Even the great and
powerful Paul Vixie admitted that this is something that most servers
shouldn't be doing and others pointed out non-broken client resolver
libraries will reject/throw out such a response.
The relationship between BIND and some of the DNS RFCs act a good
example of why it sucks to take a certain application's behavior and
codify it as a set of standards, as we are currently experiencing with
OOXML.
To work across all DNS servers, the test should have the following
options:
Protocol: UDP or TCP
Query Type: A, NS, etc
and if you care about the exact value of the response rather than the
fact that there was or was not a response from the server an "expect"
or "checksum" section for checking the response.
Can this go on the list? http://www.tildeslash.com/monit/doc/next.php
or how do things get on the list?
How many hours do you think it would take to add a parameterized dns
test?
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