[ale] DNS problem

[Jim Popovitch]

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?   

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.

-Jim P.