Re: 'dig -t any ...' question

In article <caepoh$31cp$1@sf1.isc.org>,
Ladislav Vobr <lvobr@ies.etisalat.ae> wrote:

> jim, thanks for your support, unfortunately I have to go, I will go
> through you mail today evening,
>
> I am really having problems, having bind retrying to authoritative
> servers, I am surprised that dig work for you, since it doesn't work for
> me and it tries for several time all the authoritative servers I have
> and than it times-out:-( I hope it might be configuration issue, but I
> doubt it.
>
> I was really under impression, cache type *glue* is not provided to a
> recursive clients, that's how it works here for me:-(
>
> just a sample
>
> ns3.emirates.net.ae# jobs
> [1] + Running snoop 10.1.1.1
> ns3.emirates.net.ae#
> ns3.emirates.net.ae#
> ns3.emirates.net.ae# dig any ladislav.name.ae
> ns3.emirates.net.ae -> 10.1.1.1 DNS C ladislav.name.ae. Internet * ?
> ns3.emirates.net.ae -> 10.1.1.1 DNS C ladislav.name.ae. Internet * ?
> ns3.emirates.net.ae -> 10.1.1.1 DNS C fake1.ladislav.name.ae.
> Internet Unknown (38) ?
> ns3.emirates.net.ae -> 10.1.1.1 DNS C fake2.ladislav.name.ae.
> Internet Unknown (38) ?
> ns3.emirates.net.ae -> 10.1.1.1 DNS C fake3.ladislav.name.ae.
> Internet Unknown (38) ?
> ns3.emirates.net.ae -> 10.1.1.1 DNS C fake4.ladislav.name.ae.
> Internet Unknown (38) ?
> ns3.emirates.net.ae -> 10.1.1.1 DNS C fake5.ladislav.name.ae.
> Internet Unknown (38) ?
>
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.3 <<>> any ladislav.name.ae
> ;; global options: printcmd
> ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
>
> ns3.emirates.net.ae# dig any ladislav.name.ae +norec
>
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.3 <<>> any ladislav.name.ae +norec
> ;; global options: printcmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 47234
> ;; flags: qr ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 5, ADDITIONAL: 0
>
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;ladislav.name.ae. IN ANY
>
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> ladislav.name.ae. 3278 IN NS fake2.ladislav.name.ae.
> ladislav.name.ae. 3278 IN NS fake3.ladislav.name.ae.
> ladislav.name.ae. 3278 IN NS fake4.ladislav.name.ae.
> ladislav.name.ae. 3278 IN NS fake5.ladislav.name.ae.
> ladislav.name.ae. 3278 IN NS fake1.ladislav.name.ae.
>
> ;; Query time: 42 msec
> ;; SERVER: 194.170.1.99#53(194.170.1.99)
> ;; WHEN: Sat Jun 12 15:24:18 2004
> ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 134
>
> can you explain this ?

10.x.x.x addresses are private addresses that are not reachable from the
Internet. Why do you have your domain delegated to these unusable
addresses?

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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