[ale] DNS problems

[Andrew Newton]

I've got a DNS problem I was wondering if anybody could help me with.
I've got a machine dialing into the net via SLIP and I want named to
access know something about the Internet once the connection is established.
However, I can't get it to work.  I've turned debugging on named on but
I don't know what any of this stuff means.  Can anyone help.
    
This is a request for ns.advantis.com using nslookup.  alc.com is the domain
name I'm using (which is not my legal domain, but I shouldn't think it would
matter).


Debug turned ON, Level 4

datagram from [127.0.0.1].1111, fd 7, len 41; now Wed May  1 09:41:57 1996
ns_req(from=[127.0.0.1].1111)
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4
;; flags: rd; Ques: 1, Ans: 0, Auth: 0, Addit: 0
;; QUESTIONS:
;;	ns.advantis.com.alc.com, type = A, class = IN

req: nlookup(ns.advantis.com.alc.com) id 1024 type=1
req: found 'ns.advantis.com.alc.com' as 'alc.com' (cname=0)
findns: SOA found
req: leaving (ns.advantis.com.alc.com, rcode 3)
free_nsp: alclnx.alc.com rcnt 1
ns_req: answer -> [127.0.0.1].1111 fd=7 id=4 Local

datagram from [127.0.0.1].1112, fd 7, len 33; now Wed May  1 09:41:57 1996
ns_req(from=[127.0.0.1].1112)
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 5
;; flags: rd; Ques: 1, Ans: 0, Auth: 0, Addit: 0
;; QUESTIONS:
;;	ns.advantis.com, type = A, class = IN

req: nlookup(ns.advantis.com) id 1280 type=1
req: found 'ns.advantis.com' as 'com' (cname=0)
findns: using cache
findns: using hints
findns: 10 NS's added for ''
ns_forw()
nslookup(nsp=0xbffff84c, qp=0x23800, "ns.advantis.com")
nslookup: NS "A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET" c=1 t=2 (0x1)
store_name_addr:s:A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET, a:[198.41.0.4]
nslookup: NS "B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET" c=1 t=2 (0x1)
store_name_addr:s:B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET, a:[128.9.0.107]
nslookup: NS "C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET" c=1 t=2 (0x1)
store_name_addr:s:C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET, a:[192.33.4.12]
nslookup: NS "D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET" c=1 t=2 (0x1)
store_name_addr:s:D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET, a:[128.8.10.90]
nslookup: NS "E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET" c=1 t=2 (0x1)
store_name_addr:s:E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET, a:[192.203.230.10]
nslookup: NS "F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET" c=1 t=2 (0x1)
store_name_addr:s:F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET, a:[192.5.5.241]
nslookup: NS "G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET" c=1 t=2 (0x1)
store_name_addr:s:G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET, a:[192.112.36.4]
nslookup: NS "H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET" c=1 t=2 (0x1)
store_name_addr:s:H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET, a:[128.63.2.53]
nslookup: NS "I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET" c=1 t=2 (0x1)
store_name_addr:s:I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET, a:[192.36.148.17]
nslookup: NS "alclnx.alc.com" c=1 t=2 (0x1)
store_name_addr:s:alclnx.alc.com, a:[199.120.240.13]
NS 'alclnx.alc.com' contains our address
forw: nslookup reports danger
Qfree( x23800 )
free_nsp: A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET rcnt 1
free_nsp: B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET rcnt 1
free_nsp: C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET rcnt 1
free_nsp: D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET rcnt 1
free_nsp: E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET rcnt 1
free_nsp: F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET rcnt 1
free_nsp: G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET rcnt 1
free_nsp: H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET rcnt 1
free_nsp: I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET rcnt 1
free_nsp: alclnx.alc.com rcnt 1
ns_req: answer -> [127.0.0.1].1112 fd=7 id=5 Local


I thought the following line was particularly odd.....
forw: nslookup reports danger

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Andrew Newton
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