IPv6 Statistics was Re: please fix your broken DNS server

Joseph T. Klein jtk at titania.net
Thu Jul 7 18:25:10 CEST 2005


Thank you for the tips.

I neglected to include one detail. The MX is for milwaukee.gov.

So users addresses are user at milwaukee.gov - example mayor at milwaukee.gov

same/same for ci.mil.wi.us - so I guess the analysis is the same.

; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> MX milwaukee.gov
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 11999
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 4, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;milwaukee.gov.                 IN      MX

;; ANSWER SECTION:
milwaukee.gov.          24      IN      MX      20 mhsgate.ci.mil.wi.us.
milwaukee.gov.          24      IN      MX      10 gwise.milwaukee.gov.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
milwaukee.gov.          24      IN      NS      itmddns2x.milwaukee.gov.
milwaukee.gov.          24      IN      NS      itmddns3x.milwaukee.gov.
milwaukee.gov.          24      IN      NS      itmddns4x.milwaukee.gov.
milwaukee.gov.          24      IN      NS      itmddns1x.milwaukee.gov.

;; Query time: 10 msec
;; SERVER: 192.133.102.1#53(192.133.102.1)
;; WHEN: Thu Jul  7 11:14:33 2005
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 185

--
Joseph T. Klein

PSTN: +1 414 961 1690 VoIP: +1 414 431 4231 Mobile: +1 414 628 3380

On Jul 7, 2005, at 9:03 AM, Joseph T. Klein wrote:

> List,
>
> Some help here please. I am at a loss as to why I can't send mail
> to the City of Milwaukee. I get.
>
> The MX records are:
>
> monet# dig AAAA ci.mil.wi.us
>
> ; <<>> DiG 9.3.1 <<>> AAAA ci.mil.wi.us
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 13587
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
>
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;ci.mil.wi.us.                  IN      AAAA
>
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> ci.mil.wi.us.           60      IN      SOA     
> itmddns1.milwaukee.gov. chapan.milwaukee.gov. 53 7200 7200 604800 
> 86400
>
> ;; Query time: 21 msec
> ;; SERVER: 192.133.102.1#53(192.133.102.1)
> ;; WHEN: Thu Jul  7 07:11:59 2005
> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 95
>
> renoir:~ jtk$ dig AAAA gwise.milwaukee.gov
>
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> AAAA gwise.milwaukee.gov
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 6934
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
>
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;gwise.milwaukee.gov.           IN      AAAA
>
> ;; Query time: 86 msec
> ;; SERVER: 192.133.102.1#53(192.133.102.1)
> ;; WHEN: Thu Jul  7 08:59:44 2005
> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 37
>
> Hence dual stacked sendmail refuses to send mail to milwaukee.gov
>
> I have ResolverOptions=WorkAroundBrokenAAAA in my cf file.
>
> The reply from my public servant is:
>
> --
> Joseph T. Klein
>
> PSTN: +1 414 961 1690 VoIP: +1 414 431 4231 Mobile: +1 414 628 3380
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: Gerard Froh <gfroh at mpw.net>
>> Date: July 7, 2005 8:06:28 AM CDT
>> To: "Joseph T. Klein" <josephtklein at mac.com>
>> Subject: Re: IPv6 Statistics was Re: please fix your broken DNS server
>>
>> please go away - you are wasting our time.  this issue has no 
>> substantive impact
>> - it is academic.
>> gf
>> Gerard Froh
>> GFroh at mpw.net
>> 286-3547
>> Milwaukee Public Works
>> "Right-of-Way the Right Way"
>> http://www.MPW.net/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  ----- Message from josephtklein at mac.com ---------
>>      Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 02:20:13 -0500
>>      From: "Joseph T. Klein" <josephtklein at mac.com>
>>  Reply-To: "Joseph T. Klein" <josephtklein at mac.com>
>>   Subject: IPv6 Statistics was Re: please fix your broken DNS server
>>        To: Ken Walker <kwalke at mpw.net>
>>
>>  Ken et al,
>>
>>  Somewhat dated statistics - so the other cc'ed know it is a rare
>>  problem and not a general BIND 9 issue.
>>
>>  2004 RIPE survey has 0.08% of servers returning SERVFAIL.
>>
>>
>>
>>  ----- End message from josephtklein at mac.com -----
>>
>
>




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