Re: How to debug "Name server error for xxx: Host found but no data record of requested type"

From: Clifton Royston (no email)
Date: Mon Nov 04 2002 - 21:29:41 EST


On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 10:51:48PM -0500, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> [ On Thursday, October 31, 2002 at 19:27:55 (-0500), Wietse Venema wrote: ]
> > Subject: Re: How to debug "Name server error for xxx: Host found but no data record of requested type"
> >
> > Greg A. Woods:
> > > > Name server error for telesciences.com: Host found but no data
> > > > record of requested type
> > >
> > > That wouldn't be securityfocus.com sending you that error, now would it?
> >
> > What were they doing wrong?
>
> I've been getting warnings off and on for a while from the automated
> mailing list manager (ezmlm) at securityfocus.com saying it has been
> getting bounces while trying to send messages to me for the incidents
> and bugtraq lists.

  Yes, I've been getting those periodically too, despite 4 DNS servers
for our domain, 2 of which are clustered servers for HA and one of
which is offsite. I agree with your evaluation that it has to be their
caching DNS server.

  -- Clifton

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