Re: [Pdns-users] DNS Failover

2013-04-30 Thread Darren Gamble
Hi Nikolaos, > b) Network connection to the whole data center dies, or the whole > data center loses power or otherwise dies. There's really no other > choice to failover that than DNS, unless you manage to route the > same IP address to two different data centers and just update t

Re: [Pdns-users] IPv6 DNS doesn't work

2011-01-17 Thread Darren Gamble
that your O/S doesn't choose a link-local or other address for the query. FYI, you definitely can not use :: for local-address in the config of either service. Otherwise, the daemon may not reply to IPv6 queries using the same address it received them on. FYI! ===

Re: [Pdns-users] IPv6 DNS doesn't work

2011-01-17 Thread Darren Gamble
tive to get outgoing IPv6 to work. This instructs the recursor what address to bind to for this. Good luck! Darren Gamble Senior Systems Architect Core Service Development Shaw Communications 3636 - 23 Street NE Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2E 8Z5 (403) 781-4948 o/pdns-user

[Pdns-users] IPv4/IPv6 nameserver preference by recursor?

2010-06-15 Thread Darren Gamble
the recursor handle a nameserver name with both A and record types? Is it capable of using both if one is unreachable? Is there a preference? Thanks! Darren Gamble Systems Architect Core Service Development Shaw Cablesystems GP 630 - 3rd Avenue SW Calgary

RE: [Pdns-users] pdns-recursor forwarder setting

2009-03-31 Thread Darren Gamble
> Can pdns-recursor be set to forward queries with recursive bit set ? It doesn't, sorry. I've previously opened up ticket #199 to request this functionality on a per-zone basis. This is blocking replacing some of our DNS servers with PowerDNS. ====

RE: [Pdns-users] PDNS-Recursor Not Providing DNS Lookups?

2008-08-22 Thread Darren Gamble
like powerdns to use the rd bit, and also situations where we don't. I think the best way to handle this would be two different configuration directives to handle the two different situations. ==== Darren Gamble Systems Architect, Regional Services Shaw Cablesy

RE: [Pdns-users] NS caching bug reappears in recursor 3.1.6

2008-05-21 Thread Darren Gamble
is would interfere with package managers' naming conventions. ======== Darren Gamble Systems Architect, Regional Services Shaw Cablesystems GP 630 - 3rd Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 4L4 (403) 781-4948 ___ Pdns-users

RE: [Pdns-users] NS caching bug reappears in recursor 3.1.6

2008-05-20 Thread Darren Gamble
omeone on the list at least try to reproduce the problem. ==== Darren Gamble Systems Architect, Regional Services Shaw Cablesystems GP 630 - 3rd Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 4L4 (403) 781-4948 ___ Pdns-users mailing list Pd

RE: [Pdns-users] NS caching bug reappears in recursor 3.1.6

2008-05-17 Thread Darren Gamble
ers to re-get the NS records for the domain. Darren Gamble Systems Architect, Regional Services Shaw Cablesystems GP 630 - 3rd Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 4L4 (403) 781-4948 ___ Pdns-users mailing list Pdns-users@mailman.power

[Pdns-users] NS caching bug reappears in recursor 3.1.6

2008-05-16 Thread Darren Gamble
is definitely a blocking issue for us. Please let us know if we can provide any more information or help. Thanks! ======== Darren Gamble Systems Architect, Regional Services Shaw Cablesystems GP 630 - 3rd Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 4L4

RE: [Pdns-users] pdns-recursor peering

2007-10-15 Thread Darren Gamble
airs. If there's some specific reason why you'd like inter-cache peering, let us know what it is, and we could probably suggest an appropriate solution for you. Good luck! ==== Darren Gamble Systems Architect, Regional Services Shaw Cablesystems GP 630 - 3rd Avenue

RE: [Pdns-users] PDNS Resolver memory leak?

2007-10-10 Thread Darren Gamble
runs well on less. You'll just have to lower that cache size >From our experience, at least, I think you can put your mind at ease. :-) Darren Gamble Systems Architect, Regional Services Shaw Cablesystems GP 630 - 3rd Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 4L4 (403)

RE: [Pdns-users] Why does pdns_recursor log stats at priority error

2007-09-13 Thread Darren Gamble
also logged by default by most distributions into the messages file. As well, many users log "Warning-and-higher" into an "action item" log file, which the stats wouldn't belong in. Just FYI! D

RE: [Pdns-users] PowerDNS does not expire domains - propagates lame delegation.

2007-09-12 Thread Darren Gamble
entage of us, at least) that the broken secondary server stops being authoritative rather than provide out-of-date information. If the user doesn't like this behavior, they have the option to configure the expiry time to a very large value. Darren Gamble Systems

RE: [Pdns-users] fail over for web server

2007-08-15 Thread Darren Gamble
r in front of the servers, or software on both web servers to manage a VIP. But, this is just the most common solution, not the only one. FYI, ======== Darren Gamble Systems Architect, Regional Services Shaw Cablesystems GP 630 - 3rd Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 4L4

RE: [Pdns-users] NSATC.net microsoft problem last week - did you notice?

2007-08-07 Thread Darren Gamble
lly sure yet what exact situation(s) still cause the recursor to do this. I know Bert has previously squashed at least two bugs on this very subject. In theory, the recursor should always remove all old information for an RRset when new information for that RRset is cached. ===

RE: [Pdns-users] cache expiry problem with pdns-recursor 3.1.4

2007-05-07 Thread Darren Gamble
he new set. This appears to be causing this problem. So yes, it does unfortunately still look like a problem with the recursor. Note also that a DNS server can not (is not supposed to, by RFC) return and/or keep a rrset where any of the TTLs differ. This is because, well, it can cause exactly th

RE: [Pdns-users] RE: Recursion failing on certain records?

2006-08-23 Thread Darren Gamble
2.9.21 snapshot at least), This zone, and many others like it, should resolve properly if you upgrade all of your caches to at least 3.1.2. That is what you need to do. 3.1.3 should be released soon too, which contains some important crash fixes too. Darren Gamble Plann

RE: [Pdns-users] Recursion failing on certain records?

2006-08-22 Thread Darren Gamble
l bet that if you were to query the 2.X server for the NS records for this zone when it is broken, you will see a single, broken NS record that is not present on the 3.1.2 server at all. More recent pdns versions have lots of other useful fixes, too. FYI, Darren G

RE: [Pdns-users] Recursion failing on certain records?

2006-08-22 Thread Darren Gamble
cases. The NS records on each server will reveal the problem. Hope this helps, ==== Darren Gamble Planner, Regional Services Shaw Cablesystems GP 630 - 3rd Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 4L4 (403) 781-4948 _