[6bone] y.ip6.int, munnari.oz.au broken (ip6.int)?

Andrei Robachevsky andrei@ripe.net
Thu, 19 Jun 2003 09:16:30 +0200


Dear Marco,

Marco d'Itri wrote:
> On Jun 16, Bill Manning <bmanning@ISI.EDU> wrote:
> 
>  >	first off, several of these systems are IPv6 -ONLY-
>  >	and there is the interesting issue of route propogation... :(
> I know this and I punched appropriate holes in my filter, so at least
> for me this is not relevant: I can ping them, but Y still replies with
> SERVFAIL to queries for "ip6.int NS" or even "e.f.f.3.ip6.int NS".
> 
>  >;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
>  >4.1.1.0.0.2.ip6.int.    86400   IN      NS      noserver.
> 
>  >....  so, whats the big problem here?  other than they were given
>  >a delegation and never registered their nameserverss?
> I'm not sure who is to blame here, but RIPE happily delegated me
> 8.1.4.1.1.0.0.2.ip6.int without actually having the parent zone
> delegated to them. I opened a ticket, but the hostmaster did not really
> look familiar with DNS issues and I am still waiting.

The delegation path is now restored. The problem was caused by a slight 
miscommunication between ours and the parent zone's administrators.

Sorry for the delay.

> 
> (I suppose that the lame delegation is to stop the flood of queries, but
> why force other servers to hit the root for "noserver."?)
> 

Regards,

Andrei Robachevsky
CTO, RIPE NCC