Re: d root server

2013-08-21 Thread Warren Kumari
On Aug 20, 2013, at 6:34 PM, Lyle Giese wrote: > Have you read the source code for these versions of BIND and examined the set > of HINTS that are internal to the code inside BIND? These are loaded before > any external HINTS file is loaded up. Hint[0] -- look in /lib/dns/rootns.c W [0]: P

Re: d root server

2013-08-20 Thread Lyle Giese
Have you read the source code for these versions of BIND and examined the set of HINTS that are internal to the code inside BIND? These are loaded before any external HINTS file is loaded up. Lyle On 08/20/13 16:37, rohan.he...@cwjamaica.com wrote: Lyle, Version 9.8.4-P1 is also affected. A

Re: d root server

2013-08-20 Thread rohan.henry
Lyle, Version 9.8.4-P1 is also affected. And the hints file was downloaded during setup. Also note that even a freshly downloaded copy has the old address. Note IP 199.7.91.13 in the following dig output. dig +tcp @a.root-servers.net . ns ; <<>> DiG 9.8.4-P1 <<>> +tcp @a.root-servers.net . ns

Re: d root server

2013-08-20 Thread Lyle Giese
Your bind code is old and has the old info in it. D root changed it's ip address. Bind has a built-in hints file, in case you don't setup one and it probably has the old ip address for the D root. http://blog.icann.org/2012/12/d-root/ Lyle Giese LCR Computer Services, Inc. On 08/20/13 15:44

Re: d root server

2013-08-20 Thread rohan.henry
Edward, Agreed. My concern though is why the following show up in my logs when the IP is already in the root hint file. checkhints: d.root-servers.net/A (199.7.91.13) missing from hints Regards, Rohan On Tue, 20 Aug 2013 14:40:09 -0400 Edward DeLargy wrote: >Rohan, > Normally you s

Re: d root server

2013-08-20 Thread rohan.henry
Thanks Edward, I didn't think I needed to edit the downloaded root hint file. In fact the d.root-server.net server is assigned the IP address in the dig output below. I do not know where 128.8.10.90 comes from. dig d.root-servers.net ; <<>> DiG 9.7.2-P3 <<>> d.root-servers.net ;; global optio

d root server

2013-08-20 Thread rohan.henry
Hello, Why do I still get the following in my logs even after downloading the latest version root hint file. checkhints: d.root-servers.net/A (128.8.10.90) extra record in hints checkhints: d.root-servers.net/A (199.7.91.13) missing from hints Regards, Rohan ___