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

Frank Bulk frnkblk at iname.com
Sun Dec 7 18:15:35 UTC 2014


Just failed for me, too.  Traceroute suggests I'm testing against Google in
Chicago.

 10    27 ms    24 ms    24 ms  ae5.cr1.ord2.us.above.net [64.125.30.89]
 11    29 ms    49 ms    25 ms  ae4.er1.ord7.us.above.net [64.125.28.50]
 12    30 ms    25 ms    25 ms  72.14.217.53
 13    34 ms    32 ms    26 ms  209.85.243.99
 14    26 ms    25 ms    25 ms  google-public-dns-a.google.com [8.8.8.8]

C:\Users\Frank Bulk>dig @8.8.8.8 a targetly.co

; <<>> DiG 9.8.0-P1 <<>> @8.8.8.8 a targetly.co
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 47892
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;targetly.co.                   IN      A

;; Query time: 2077 msec
;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8)
;; WHEN: Sun Dec 07 12:10:22 2014
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 29


C:\Users\Frank Bulk>

-----Original Message-----
From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces at nanog.org] On Behalf Of Erik Levinson
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2014 12:07 PM
To: Ken Chase; Rubens Kuhl
Cc: Nanog
Subject: Re: Google public DNS - getting SERVFAIL for any domains delegated
to GoDaddy NSs

Nope, it's just super intermittent now...it resolved once and cached it 
apparently, but still SERVFAIL most of the time if you try repeatedly...

Try uberflip.net too.

On 07/12/14 12:58 PM, Ken Chase wrote:
> it just started working properly I think. yes, tested from 6 even and odd
ips
> on 3 different AS's (that all go through Torix though).
>
> /kc
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 07, 2014 at 03:51:16PM -0200, Rubens Kuhl said:
>    >>
>    >> Maybe a geo-specific issue then, which is even more weird, because
it's
>    >> still not working for me from two different ASs, though both in
Toronto,
>    >> and a traceroute makes it appear like they're not hitting the same
nodes
>    >> (but maybe they are).
>    >>
>    >> What's even more weird is I can actually resolve one domain,
>    >> startupong.com, but still not targetly.co and others.
>    >>
>    >>
>    >Last time we had weird DNS issues with GoDaddy, it was dependent on
the
>    >querying IP address due to load-balancing issues on their side. Try
issuing
>    >queries from even and odd IP addresses to see if that makes any
difference.
>    >
>    >
>    >Rubens
>
> --
> Ken Chase - math at sizone.org - Toronto Canada
>

-- 
Erik Levinson
CTO, Uberflip
416-900-3830 x2009
1183 King Street West, Suite 100
Toronto ON  M6K 3C5
www.uberflip.com





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