From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Jul 30 9:50:31 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from smtp1.sentex.ca (smtp1.sentex.ca [199.212.134.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 732D037B403 for ; Mon, 30 Jul 2001 09:50:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from simoeon.sentex.net (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by smtp1.sentex.ca (8.11.2/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f6UGoJ661166; Mon, 30 Jul 2001 12:50:19 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20010730124002.0455dec0@marble.sentex.ca> X-Sender: mdtpop@marble.sentex.ca X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 12:44:24 -0400 To: Matt Heckaman From: Mike Tancsa Subject: Re: weirdness with DNS Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20010730115616.K44837-100000@epsilon.lucida.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 12:06 PM 7/30/01 -0400, Matt Heckaman wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >Hi all, > >I started seeing this a long time ago, but since it doesn't break anything >(well, not really) I never got around to writing this email about it. I >have a machine running 4.3-STABLE as of April 21 2001. When I do a DNS >lookup on a host that does not exist, it postfixes my domain onto the >lookup instead of saying Unknown host... At first, I thought there was a >wildcard DNS entry for lucida.ca, but there isn't. This does not occur >from any other machines on the LAN, all of which use the same nameservers. > >Example: > >matt[epsilon]:~% nslookup asdf.lucida.ca >Server: epsilon.lucida.ca >Address: 209.47.215.67 > >Name: asdf.lucida.ca.lucida.ca The UUnet name server show them being the origin of the domain. Are you sure they are not doing anything strange with your zone definitions ? It sure seems they have a wild card entry > set type=mx > sdfsfdsdf.lucida.ca. Server: ns2.uunet.ca Address: 142.77.1.5 sdfsfdsdf.lucida.ca preference = 20, mail exchanger = mail.uunet.ca lucida.ca nameserver = ns.uunet.ca lucida.ca nameserver = ns2.uunet.ca mail.uunet.ca internet address = 209.167.141.3 Get them to send you the zone definition. Also, you might be better off asking on the BIND list no ? ---Mike >matt[epsilon]:~% nslookup asfdsaf.com >Server: epsilon.lucida.ca >Address: 209.47.215.67 > >Name: asfdsaf.com.lucida.ca > >matt[epsilon]:~% host thisdoesnotexist.com >thisdoesnotexist.com.lucida.ca mail is handled (pri=20) by mail.uunet.ca > >oddly enough, if I directly specify worldcom's NS, it behaves right, so I >thought it might be MY local NS that was screwy, but the other machins on >the network that query against it behave fine! This is running BIND >8.2.3-REL, nothing in my configuration has changed in a long time. I do >not host the lucida.ca DNS, that's handled by Worldcom. > >My /etc/resolve.conf looks like: > >domain lucida.ca > ># epsilon.lucida.ca >nameserver 209.47.215.67 ># cache01.ns.wcom.ca >nameserver 142.77.2.4 ># cache02.ns.wcom.ca >nameserver 142.77.2.36 > >I'm very lost here, has anyone else seen this before? :) > >TIA, >Matt > >* Matt Heckaman - mailto:matt@LUCIDA.CA http://www.lucida.ca/gpg * >* GPG fingerprint - 53CA 8320 C8F6 32ED 9DDF 036E 3171 C093 4AD3 1364 * > > The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: > energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest. > -- G'Kar, "Survivors" > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) >Comment: http://www.lucida.ca/gpg > >iD8DBQE7ZYYNMXHAk0rTE2QRAv6vAJ9TbuCqGNCVQWi2B1jRYlW3pAuaaQCdEj4i >zXXmefD9hFlvQBSj4a5ATyU= >=TxYs >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message