Google public DNS - getting SERVFAIL for any domains delegated to GoDaddy NSs

Stephane Bortzmeyer bortzmeyer at nic.fr
Sun Dec 7 17:19:22 UTC 2014


On Sun, Dec 07, 2014 at 12:01:40PM -0500,
 Erik Levinson <erik.levinson at uberflip.com> wrote 
 a message of 25 lines which said:

> I'm getting SERVFAIL when trying to resolve any record in any domain
> whose NSs are pdns01.domaincontrol.com/pdns02.domaincontrol.com/pdns05.domaincontrol.com/pdns06.domaincontrol.com
> (GoDaddy premium DNS), only when using Google's 8.8.8.8 / 8.8.4.4
> resolvers, from multiple locations/networks.

Since Google Public DNS validates, and Go Daddy supports DNSSEC, it
would be useful to test with dig +cd (Checking Disabled) to determine
if it is a DNSSEC problem or not.

> You can look at targetly.co as one example (should be just an A
> record to 184.168.221.38 but getting SERVFAIL when querying
> 8.8.8.8).

Works for me

% dig @8.8.8.8 a targetly.co 

; <<>> DiG 9.8.4-rpz2+rl005.12-P1 <<>> @8.8.8.8 a targetly.co
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4056
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags: do; udp: 512
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;targetly.co.		IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
targetly.co.		242 IN A 184.168.221.38

;; Query time: 67 msec
;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8)
;; WHEN: Sun Dec  7 18:07:58 2014
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 56




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