I use dnscache on my workstation. Everything worked fine until recently. I don't know exactly when the behavior changed.
The behavior is thus: If I query for rss.slashdot.org: # dnsqr a rss.slashdot.org It times out, and the dnscache log shows the typical "servfail rss.slashdot.org. input/output error" which isn't very meaningful. However, if I first do: # dnsqr cname rss.slashdot.org 5 rss.slashdot.org: 68 bytes, 1+1+0+0 records, response, noerror query: 5 rss.slashdot.org answer: rss.slashdot.org 3453 CNAME feeds.feedburner.com then it works: # dnsqr a rss.slashdot.org 1 rss.slashdot.org: 84 bytes, 1+2+0+0 records, response, noerror query: 1 rss.slashdot.org answer: rss.slashdot.org 3450 CNAME feeds.feedburner.com answer: feeds.feedburner.com 153 A 66.150.96.119 It continues to work for a while, before it reverts. (Most likely a timeout/ttl is occurring.) I have env/FORWARDONLY set to 0 (to make it recur) and root/servers/@ is simply the list of root servers. Any ideas? /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
