how is allsportsnetwork.net even working?

[bbmj214]

i'm using a linux console so the output will look different if you're using a windows command prompt. i have a customer having problems accessing this domain. all my dns servers are bind 9.5.1 fully patched. the domain we're having a problem with is allsportsnetwork.net. whois says the auth dns server for the domain are ns1.designbygeeks.com and ns2.designbygeeks.com. allsportsnetwork.net and the designbygeeks.com domain are hosted by

http://www.wiredtree.com.

if you do a dig on the designbygeeks.com domain you'll get the following

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dig designbygeeks.com

; <<>> DiG 9.5.1-P2 <<>> designbygeeks.com
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 15054
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;designbygeeks.com. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
designbygeeks.com. 13015 IN A 209.188.86.52

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
designbygeeks.com. 85015 IN NS ns2.designbygeeks.com.
designbygeeks.com. 85015 IN NS ns1.designbygeeks.com.

;; Query time: 0 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Thu Jul 2 09:40:57 2009
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 87
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the ip addresses of the auth nameservers are
ns1.designbygeeks.com: 209.188.86.52
ns2.designbygeeks.com: 209.188.86.53

query the nameservers directly for the

http://www A

record
ex:
nslookup

http://www.designbygeeks.com

209.188.86.52

i return the following
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nslookup

http://www.designbygeeks.com

209.188.86.52
Server: 209.188.86.52
Address: 209.188.86.52#53

http://www.designbygeeks.com

canonical name = designbygeeks.com.
Name: designbygeeks.com
Address: 209.188.86.52
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so you can see that the nameservers are alive and processing querys.

now try to query their dns servers for the ip of the auth nameserver.
ex:
nslookup ns1.designbygeeks.com 209.188.86.52
or
nslookup ns2.designbygeeks.com 209.188.86.53


here is what i get
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nslookup ns1.designbygeeks.com 209.188.86.52
Server: 209.188.86.52
Address: 209.188.86.52#53

Non-authoritative answer:
*** Can't find ns1.designbygeeks.com: No answer
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and the other nameserver 209.188.86.53 returns

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nslookup ns1.designbygeeks.com 209.188.86.53
Server: 209.188.86.53
Address: 209.188.86.53#53

Non-authoritative answer:
*** Can't find ns1.designbygeeks.com: No answer
--------------------------

i tried working with the people at designbygeeks.com but didn't really get anywhere other than them contacting wiredtree and wiredtree saying that the problem is at the registrar. what the hell would the registrar have to do with you're name servers not resolving thier own hostnames?


i've tried talking directly to wiretree support about this and they agreed that there is something broken here but won't fix it because i'm not the customer (designbygeeks.com).

can you guys verify my finding and let me know if i've gone crazy or not? i know the domain "works" fine for many nameservers which i suspect are windows dns servers. i've never had any problems with my name servers resolving any other domains.

let me know what you think.

eric

 

[elgrandeperro]

Since it gets an SOA, the problem isn't registration. ns1 and ns2 are registered correctly.

The problem is that designbygeeks.com isn't declaring an A record for ns1 and ns2 or isn't responding to it.

$ nslookup - 209.188.86.52
> set type=a
> ns1.designbygeeks.com.
Server: 209.188.86.52
Address: 209.188.86.52#53

** server can't find ns1.designbygeeks.com.: NXDOMAIN
> ns2.designbygeeks.com.
Server: 209.188.86.52
Address: 209.188.86.52#53

** server can't find ns2.designbygeeks.com.: NXDOMAIN
> set type=soa
> designbygeeks.com.
Server: 209.188.86.52
Address: 209.188.86.52#53

designbygeeks.com
origin = ns1.designbygeeks.com
mail addr = designbygeeks.gmail.com
serial = 2008092203
refresh = 86400
retry = 7200
expire = 3600000
minimum = 86400
>