[Pdns-users] CNAME lookup failure PDNS 2.9.22/PDNS Recursor 3.3.1

[ktm at rice.edu]

On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 02:27:19PM +0100, Peter van Dijk wrote:
> Hello Ken,
> 
> On Mar 21, 2012, at 14:24 , ktm at rice.edu wrote:
> 
> > I guess I just do not understand. I added a similar CNAME record
> > in our domain pointing to the same name domains.tumblr.com and
> > here is what I get for the lookup:
> > 
> >> dig +norec a wombat1.rice.edu @ns1.rice.edu
> > 
> > ; <<>> DiG 9.3.6-P1-RedHat-9.3.6-20.P1.el5 <<>> +norec a wombat1.rice.edu @ns1.rice.edu
> > ;; global options:  printcmd
> > ;; Got answer:
> > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 36391
> 
> This one says NOERROR. That's okay. ns1-3.dreamhost.com say NXDOMAIN, which the (old) recursor interprets as 'the name you asked for simply does not exist'. Newer versions of the recursor have a workaround for this situation.
> 
> Kind regards,
> -- 
> Peter van Dijk
> Netherlabs Computer Consulting BV - http://www.netherlabs.nl/
> 

Hi Peter,

I see that it returns NOERROR, which is good. Now I do not understand why the
recursor does not recurse and return the A record information after the CNAME
lookup?

Regards,
Ken