Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 17:04:36 +1100 From: Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews@isc.org> To: Rick Knospler <rick@skylands.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ftp.perl.org strangeness Message-ID: <200403160604.i2G64aqX048856@drugs.dv.isc.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 15 Mar 2004 23:27:50 CDT." <6.0.0.22.2.20040315214718.021b0478@pop3.skylands.net>
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> I am running the latest cvs build of freebsd 4.9 stable.. > > I'm trying to connect via ftp to ftp.perl.org to do an automatic cpan perl > module installation. > > I am getting an error message > > [rick@cherry ~]: ftp ftp.perl.org > ftp: ftp.perl.org: Non-recoverable failure in name resolution > ftp> > > however, ping works fine for name resolution and other ftp sites resolve > and connect fine as well.. > > This happens on 2 different freebsd servers.. Works great from a windows box > .. > > Any clues? Their nameservers are not RFC 103[45] compliant. NXDOMAIN is the *wrong* answer to this query. AAAA records came into existance 8 years ago. There no excuse for a name server to not handle queries for them. Mark Network Working Group S. Thomson Request for Comments: 1886 Bellcore Category: Standards Track C. Huitema INRIA December 1995 DNS Extensions to support IP version 6 ; <<>> DiG 9.2.3 <<>> ftp.cpan.ddns.develooper.com @ddns5.develooper.com aaaa ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 51034 ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;ftp.cpan.ddns.develooper.com. IN AAAA ;; Query time: 207 msec ;; SERVER: 63.251.223.178#53(ddns5.develooper.com) ;; WHEN: Tue Mar 16 16:59:07 2004 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 46 > > -Rick > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: Mark_Andrews@isc.org
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