Vasantha: > We have a proper naming service Hmm, not sure what you mean by "proper"? But I don't think it's working, though. Squashing up what you posted to waste far less space (it'd be MUCH better if you did NOT post HTML to a mailing list): > ; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> download.fedora.redhat.com+trace > ;; global options: printcmd > ;; Got answer: > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 6768 > ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > ;download.fedora.redhat.com+trace. IN A > ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: > . 9855 IN SOA aodns2.ao. xxxxx .se. dns-admin. xxxxxx .com. 1299 21600 3600 604800 86400 > ;; Query time: 23 msec > ;; SERVER: Naming-server-ip .5#53(150.236.16.5) > ;; WHEN: Tue Apr 11 16:12:37 2006 > ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 128 You do not have any answers in the replies, beyond what's responsible for a domain. That might be because you left no space between the domain name you queried and the +trace option, or some other reason. If I do the query, I get these results: ------------- start of example ----------- [tim@mypc 2000]$ dig download.fedora.redhat.com +trace ; <<>> DiG 9.3.1 <<>> download.fedora.redhat.com +trace ;; global options: printcmd . 3600000 IN NS M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 3600000 IN NS L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. ;; Received 228 bytes from 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) in 66 ms com. 172800 IN NS A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS G.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS D.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS L.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS E.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. com. 172800 IN NS M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. ;; Received 500 bytes from 198.41.0.4#53(A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET) in 6109 ms ;; reply from unexpected source: 128.8.10.90#53, expected 192.5.6.30#53 ;; Warning: ID mismatch: expected ID 42452, got 36426 redhat.com. 172800 IN NS ns1.redhat.com. redhat.com. 172800 IN NS ns2.redhat.com. redhat.com. 172800 IN NS ns3.redhat.com. ;; Received 146 bytes from 192.5.6.30#53(A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET) in 6159 ms download.fedora.redhat.com. 300 IN A 209.132.176.221 download.fedora.redhat.com. 300 IN A 66.187.224.20 download.fedora.redhat.com. 300 IN A 209.132.176.20 download.fedora.redhat.com. 300 IN A 209.132.176.220 redhat.com. 600 IN NS ns1.redhat.com. redhat.com. 600 IN NS ns2.redhat.com. redhat.com. 600 IN NS ns3.redhat.com. ;; Received 210 bytes from 66.187.233.210#53(ns1.redhat.com) in 4013 ms ------------- end of example ----------- If I try the query without the +trace option, I get the following results: ------------- start of example ----------- [tim@mypc 2000]$ dig download.fedora.redhat.com ; <<>> DiG 9.3.1 <<>> download.fedora.redhat.com ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 39805 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 4, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 3 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;download.fedora.redhat.com. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: download.fedora.redhat.com. 300 IN A 66.187.224.20 download.fedora.redhat.com. 300 IN A 209.132.176.20 download.fedora.redhat.com. 300 IN A 209.132.176.220 download.fedora.redhat.com. 300 IN A 209.132.176.221 ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: redhat.com. 438 IN NS ns2.redhat.com. redhat.com. 438 IN NS ns3.redhat.com. redhat.com. 438 IN NS ns1.redhat.com. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: ns1.redhat.com. 172636 IN A 66.187.233.210 ns2.redhat.com. 438 IN A 66.187.224.210 ns3.redhat.com. 440 IN A 66.187.229.10 ;; Query time: 1735 msec ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) ;; WHEN: Thu Apr 13 00:41:58 2006 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 210 ------------- end of example ----------- You might want to try your test again. -- (Currently running FC4, occasionally trying FC5.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
