About.com/NYTimes admins about?

Christopher Morrow morrowc.lists at gmail.com
Sat Sep 27 03:07:18 UTC 2008


I hate to reply to myself, but... (and I'm sure this isn't the only
other example) what the heck is ETrade's LB doing here?

(who is NS for etrade.com)
;etrade.com.                    IN      NS

;; ANSWER SECTION:
etrade.com.             3212    IN      NS      dnsauth2.sys.gtei.net.
etrade.com.             3212    IN      NS      dnsauth1.sys.gtei.net.
etrade.com.             3212    IN      NS      ns1m7.etrade.com.
etrade.com.             3212    IN      NS      ns2m7.etrade.com.
etrade.com.             3212    IN      NS      auth40.ns.uu.net.
etrade.com.             3212    IN      NS      ns1m4.etrade.com.
etrade.com.             3212    IN      NS      ns2m3.etrade.com.

(what's A for www.etrade.com @ns1m4.etrade.com)
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.etrade.com.                        IN      A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
www.etrade.com.         3600    IN      NS      gsched8.etrade.com.
www.etrade.com.         3600    IN      NS      gsched4.etrade.com.
www.etrade.com.         3600    IN      NS      gsched5.etrade.com.
www.etrade.com.         3600    IN      NS      gsched7.etrade.com.

sweet, now who is AAAA for www.etrade.com?
; <<>> DiG 9.4.0 <<>> AAAA @gsched5.etrade.com. www.etrade.com
; (1 server found)
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 29630
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 0, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available
;; WARNING: Messages has 20 extra bytes at end

;; Query time: 28 msec
;; SERVER: 198.93.34.30#53(198.93.34.30)
;; WHEN: Sat Sep 27 02:42:27 2008

(or without recursion in the request:
; <<>> DiG 9.4.0 <<>> AAAA @gsched5.etrade.com. www.etrade.com +norecurse
; (1 server found)
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 3362
;; flags: qr aa; QUERY: 0, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; WARNING: Messages has 20 extra bytes at end

;; Query time: 26 msec
;; SERVER: 198.93.34.30#53(198.93.34.30)
;; WHEN: Sat Sep 27 02:58:35 2008
)

what?? maybe the packet trace would help?

Frame 1 (74 bytes on wire, 74 bytes captured)
    Arrival Time: Sep 27, 2008 03:02:52.198866000
    [Time delta from previous captured frame: 0.000000000 seconds]
    [Time delta from previous displayed frame: 0.000000000 seconds]
    [Time since reference or first frame: 0.000000000 seconds]
    Frame Number: 1
    Frame Length: 74 bytes
    Capture Length: 74 bytes
    [Frame is marked: False]
    [Protocols in frame: eth:ip:udp:dns]
Ethernet II, Src: Intel_5c:b0:00 (00:0e:0c:5c:b0:00), Dst:
Unispher_a0:3d:a5 (00:90:1a:a0:3d:a5)
    Destination: Unispher_a0:3d:a5 (00:90:1a:a0:3d:a5)
        Address: Unispher_a0:3d:a5 (00:90:1a:a0:3d:a5)
        .... ...0 .... .... .... .... = IG bit: Individual address (unicast)
        .... ..0. .... .... .... .... = LG bit: Globally unique
address (factory default)
    Source: Intel_5c:b0:00 (00:0e:0c:5c:b0:00)
        Address: Intel_5c:b0:00 (00:0e:0c:5c:b0:00)
        .... ...0 .... .... .... .... = IG bit: Individual address (unicast)
        .... ..0. .... .... .... .... = LG bit: Globally unique
address (factory default)
    Type: IP (0x0800)
Internet Protocol, Src: 1.1.1.1 (1.1.1.1), Dst: 198.93.34.30 (198.93.34.30)
    Version: 4
    Header length: 20 bytes
    Differentiated Services Field: 0x00 (DSCP 0x00: Default; ECN: 0x00)
        0000 00.. = Differentiated Services Codepoint: Default (0x00)
        .... ..0. = ECN-Capable Transport (ECT): 0
        .... ...0 = ECN-CE: 0
    Total Length: 60
    Identification: 0x0000 (0)
    Flags: 0x04 (Don't Fragment)
        0... = Reserved bit: Not set
        .1.. = Don't fragment: Set
        ..0. = More fragments: Not set
    Fragment offset: 0
    Time to live: 64
    Protocol: UDP (0x11)
    Header checksum: 0x23c3 [correct]
        [Good: True]
        [Bad : False]
    Source: 1.1.1.1 (1.1.1.1)
    Destination: 198.93.34.30 (198.93.34.30)
User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: 22479 (22479), Dst Port: domain (53)
    Source port: 22479 (22479)
    Destination port: domain (53)
    Length: 40
    Checksum: 0x1728 [incorrect, should be 0x06ba (maybe caused by
"UDP checksum offload"?)]
        [Good Checksum: False]
        [Bad Checksum: True]
Domain Name System (query)
    Transaction ID: 0xfd35
    Flags: 0x0000 (Standard query)
        0... .... .... .... = Response: Message is a query
        .000 0... .... .... = Opcode: Standard query (0)
        .... ..0. .... .... = Truncated: Message is not truncated
        .... ...0 .... .... = Recursion desired: Don't do query recursively
        .... .... .0.. .... = Z: reserved (0)
        .... .... ...0 .... = Non-authenticated data OK:
Non-authenticated data is unacceptable
    Questions: 1
    Answer RRs: 0
    Authority RRs: 0
    Additional RRs: 0
    Queries
        www.etrade.com: type AAAA, class IN
            Name: www.etrade.com
            Type: AAAA (IPv6 address)
            Class: IN (0x0001)

Frame 2 (74 bytes on wire, 74 bytes captured)
    Arrival Time: Sep 27, 2008 03:02:52.226523000
    [Time delta from previous captured frame: 0.027657000 seconds]
    [Time delta from previous displayed frame: 0.027657000 seconds]
    [Time since reference or first frame: 0.027657000 seconds]
    Frame Number: 2
    Frame Length: 74 bytes
    Capture Length: 74 bytes
    [Frame is marked: False]
    [Protocols in frame: eth:ip:udp:dns]
Ethernet II, Src: Unispher_a0:3d:a5 (00:90:1a:a0:3d:a5), Dst:
Intel_5c:b0:00 (00:0e:0c:5c:b0:00)
    Destination: Intel_5c:b0:00 (00:0e:0c:5c:b0:00)
        Address: Intel_5c:b0:00 (00:0e:0c:5c:b0:00)
        .... ...0 .... .... .... .... = IG bit: Individual address (unicast)
        .... ..0. .... .... .... .... = LG bit: Globally unique
address (factory default)
    Source: Unispher_a0:3d:a5 (00:90:1a:a0:3d:a5)
        Address: Unispher_a0:3d:a5 (00:90:1a:a0:3d:a5)
        .... ...0 .... .... .... .... = IG bit: Individual address (unicast)
        .... ..0. .... .... .... .... = LG bit: Globally unique
address (factory default)
    Type: IP (0x0800)
Internet Protocol, Src: 198.93.34.30 (198.93.34.30), Dst:1.1.1.1 (1.1.1.1)
    Version: 4
    Header length: 20 bytes
    Differentiated Services Field: 0x00 (DSCP 0x00: Default; ECN: 0x00)
        0000 00.. = Differentiated Services Codepoint: Default (0x00)
        .... ..0. = ECN-Capable Transport (ECT): 0
        .... ...0 = ECN-CE: 0
    Total Length: 60
    Identification: 0x9fb6 (40886)
    Flags: 0x04 (Don't Fragment)
        0... = Reserved bit: Not set
        .1.. = Don't fragment: Set
        ..0. = More fragments: Not set
    Fragment offset: 0
    Time to live: 253
    Protocol: UDP (0x11)
    Header checksum: 0xc70b [correct]
        [Good: True]
        [Bad : False]
    Source: 198.93.34.30 (198.93.34.30)
    Destination: 1.1.1.1 (1.1.1.1)
User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: domain (53), Dst Port: 22479 (22479)
    Source port: domain (53)
    Destination port: 22479 (22479)
    Length: 40
    Checksum: 0x82ba [correct]
        [Good Checksum: True]
        [Bad Checksum: False]
Domain Name System (response)
    [Request In: 1]
    [Time: 0.027657000 seconds]
    Transaction ID: 0xfd35
    Flags: 0x8400 (Standard query response, No error)
        1... .... .... .... = Response: Message is a response
        .000 0... .... .... = Opcode: Standard query (0)
        .... .1.. .... .... = Authoritative: Server is an authority for domain
        .... ..0. .... .... = Truncated: Message is not truncated
        .... ...0 .... .... = Recursion desired: Don't do query recursively
        .... .... 0... .... = Recursion available: Server can't do
recursive queries
        .... .... .0.. .... = Z: reserved (0)
        .... .... ..0. .... = Answer authenticated: Answer/authority
portion was not authenticated by the server
        .... .... .... 0000 = Reply code: No error (0)
    Questions: 0
    Answer RRs: 0
    Authority RRs: 0
    Additional RRs: 0

2 packets captured

It's interesting as an aside that the LB here pushes out a TTL255
packet... Maybe the ETrade folks are also listening and could comment
public/private or just fix this? :) It'd be good to see what kind of
LB this is, and what version of software it is running.

-Chris

On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 10:13 PM, Christopher Morrow
<morrowc.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there perhaps an about.com/nytimes.com admin around? I was
> wondering if they perhaps knew that their loadbalancer for
> www.nytimes.com is fairly broken wrt answering AAAA queries:
>
> (who's NS for nytimes.com)
> dig  NS nytimes.com  +short
> ns1t.nytimes.com.
> nydns2.about.com.
> nydns1.about.com.
>
> (who do they think is the NS for www.nytimes.com)
> dig   www.nytimes.com   @ns1t.nytimes.com. NS
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;www.nytimes.com.               IN      NS
>
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> www.nytimes.com.        60      IN      NS      nss1.sea1.nytimes.com.
> www.nytimes.com.        60      IN      NS      nss1.lga2.nytimes.com.
>
> (what is the AAAA for www.nytimes.com ?? )
> dig   www.nytimes.com   @nss1.sea1.nytimes.com. AAAA
> ;www.nytimes.com.               IN      AAAA
>
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> .                       3600000 IN      NS      k.root-servers.net.
> .                       3600000 IN      NS      l.root-servers.net.
> .                       3600000 IN      NS      m.root-servers.net.
> .                       3600000 IN      NS      a.root-servers.net.
> .                       3600000 IN      NS      b.root-servers.net.
> .                       3600000 IN      NS      c.root-servers.net.
> .                       3600000 IN      NS      d.root-servers.net.
> .                       3600000 IN      NS      e.root-servers.net.
> .                       3600000 IN      NS      f.root-servers.net.
> .                       3600000 IN      NS      g.root-servers.net.
> .                       3600000 IN      NS      h.root-servers.net.
> .                       3600000 IN      NS      i.root-servers.net.
> .                       3600000 IN      NS      j.root-servers.net.
>
> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> k.root-servers.net.     3600000 IN      A       193.0.14.129
> l.root-servers.net.     3600000 IN      A       198.32.64.12
> m.root-servers.net.     3600000 IN      A       202.12.27.33
>
> ;; Query time: 89 msec
> ;; SERVER: 170.149.172.35#53(170.149.172.35)
>
>
> wha??? <ricky voice>Lucy, your loadbalancer is foobar'd</ricky voice>
>
> In an effort to make v6 things work a tad better in this hostile
> world, could the NYTimes folks let us know what sort of LB that is?
> and why it wants to not be a good Intenet Citizen??
>
> -Chris
>




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