[ale] DNS problem

[dcorbin at machturtle.com (David Corbin)]

On Sunday 19 August 2007 01:18, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-08-18 at 21:02 -0400, David Corbin wrote:
> > I'm running BIND 9.2.4.  It forwards to my ISPs DNS servers except for a
> > few domains.  For some hosts that should be forwarded, I'm not getting
> > the response I get when I go directly to my ISP.  Any ideas?  Best way to
> > debug this?
> >
> > Specifically, for pool.ntp.org, I'm not getting an ANSWER.  I've been
> > using dig, but I may not be using it to it's fullest potential.
>
> I'm not 100% what you are asking for... are you asking how to use dig
> against a different DNS host than one in /etc/resolv.conf?
>

I'm trying to figure out why my DNS server appears to not forward them the way 
it forwards other addresses.

> Btw, I can't resolve any IPs (A records) for pool.ntp.org from any DNS
> system except 4.2.2.1. Even 4.2.2.2 and 4.2.2.3 don't have anything
> cached.
>

Closer examination shows that I get a list of 14 servers out of one of AT&Ts 
DNS servers, and no answer out of the other.  However, they both give 
something up for www.yahoo.com, so it's not like the one is completely dead.
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