debugging bind9 debian (1:9.5.1.dfsg.P3-1+lenny1) hangs

2010-01-06 Thread Mike
Hi List, not certain if this is the appropriate area for this request , so do let me know. I'm seeing system hangs with bind9 on a debian lenny box. They do clear after a bit of wait but do cause load spikes and the system becomes unresponsive. In running strace I'm wondering if what I'm se

Re: dig query

2010-01-06 Thread Evan Hunt
> I don't see specific reference to using the AD flag in queries in the > RFCs (at least on a cursory glance), but it's a very useful feature. We're kind of flying under the RFC's radar, as I understand it. The RFC says the server must ignore the AD flag in a query. What we do, though, is clear

Re: dig query

2010-01-06 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
On Wed, 6 Jan 2010, Michael Sinatra wrote: > I tried this out and I noticed that both BIND and unbound appear to > behave the same way when using dig in this manner. So both of the > major validating implementations support it. I don't see specific > reference to using the AD flag in queries

Re: dig query

2010-01-06 Thread Michael Sinatra
On 1/6/10 7:10 AM, Alan Clegg wrote: Tony Finch wrote: On Wed, 6 Jan 2010, Pamela Rock wrote: Does that imply that +adflag sets the ad bit on the query and the response where +dnssec only sets the ad bit on the responce? The AD flag is meaningless in a query. In a response it tells you whethe

Re: dig query

2010-01-06 Thread Alan Clegg
Tony Finch wrote: > The AD flag is meaningless in a query. In a response it tells you whether > the server is authoritative or not. It has nothing to do with DNSSEC. AD bit is authenticated data. AA bit is authoritative answer. AD has everything to do with DNSSEC. AA has nothing to do with DNS

Re: dig query

2010-01-06 Thread Alan Clegg
Tony Finch wrote: > On Wed, 6 Jan 2010, Pamela Rock wrote: >> Does that imply that +adflag sets the ad bit on the query and the >> response where +dnssec only sets the ad bit on the responce? > > The AD flag is meaningless in a query. In a response it tells you whether > the server is authoritativ

Re: dig query

2010-01-06 Thread Tony Finch
On Wed, 6 Jan 2010, Pamela Rock wrote: > > Does that imply that +adflag sets the ad bit on the query and the > response where +dnssec only sets the ad bit on the responce? The AD flag is meaningless in a query. In a response it tells you whether the server is authoritative or not. It has nothing t

Re: dig query

2010-01-06 Thread Pamela Rock
> AD is set when authentication is successful by the server > to whom you > are sending the query.  The "+noadflag" says don't set > the AD bit in the > outbound query (which is the default). > > AlanC > Thanks. Based on that, the following: dig +adflag gov produces: flags: qr rd ra ad; Doe

Re: dig query

2010-01-06 Thread Alan Clegg
Pamela Rock wrote: > The following dig query > > dig gov +dnssec +noadflag @10.10.10.1 > > produces the following flags in the header section: > > ;; flags: qr rd ra ad; > > Question - what is the relation with the +dnssec and +noadflag > options in the query. I would think the query would pro

dig query

2010-01-06 Thread Pamela Rock
The following dig query dig gov +dnssec +noadflag @10.10.10.1 produces the following flags in the header section: ;; flags: qr rd ra ad; Question - what is the relation with the +dnssec and +noadflag options in the query. I would think the query would produce a signed response with no ad bit

Re: 9.4.3 oddities

2010-01-06 Thread Imri Zvik
On Wednesday 06 January 2010 12:49:46 Cathy Almond wrote: > That's what I think is possibly happening in your case - one potential > contributing factor being the configuration settings I suggested you > check for.  Somewhat obscure - sorry :-/ No need to be sorry - thank you for taking the time t

Re: 9.4.3 oddities

2010-01-06 Thread Cathy Almond
Imri Zvik wrote: > On Wednesday 06 January 2010 11:56:13 Cathy Almond wrote: >> Do you use any of the following in your configuration: >> >> transfer-source >> transfer-source-v6 >> notify-source >> notify-source-v6 >> query-source >> query-source-v6 > > No :) my configuration is '*source*' free,

Re: 9.4.3 oddities

2010-01-06 Thread Imri Zvik
On Wednesday 06 January 2010 11:56:13 Cathy Almond wrote: > Do you use any of the following in your configuration: > > transfer-source > transfer-source-v6 > notify-source > notify-source-v6 > query-source > query-source-v6 No :) my configuration is '*source*' free, And anyhow, even if I had it in

Re: 9.4.3 oddities

2010-01-06 Thread Cathy Almond
Hi Imri, Do you use any of the following in your configuration: transfer-source transfer-source-v6 notify-source notify-source-v6 query-source query-source-v6 Regards, Cathy Imri Zvik wrote: > Hi, > > We've recently upgraded our caching servers to 9.4.3-P4/P3 (2 of them running > 9.4.3-P4 an