[dns-operations] cdc.gov Contact

[Tim Wicinski]

I end up jumping to dnsviz so I can point folks to a picture of the issue,
as the people I'm trying to assist have already explained how DNS works to
me.

But I also like Zonemaster of course.

tim


On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 5:59 PM Joe Abley <jabley at strandkip.nl> wrote:

> On 29 Jul 2024, at 17:13, Richard Laager <rlaager at wiktel.com> wrote:
>
> > You are running something different when you use +trace, which depending
> on the exact behavior of dig could work 2 out of 5 times, depending on
> whether dig picks auth*.ns.uu.net or ns*.cdc.gov. That inconsistency is
> the problem, which is why my example gives the more specific case of
> querying ns1.cdc.gov to demonstrate that it refuses the query.
>
> As an aside, I would say that if anybody ever feels a need to diagnose a
> problem with dig +trace, chances are very good that they should stop and
> use something like Zonemaster instead.
>
> I think actually that it would be a service to the community if dig +trace
> just said something like that when invoked in an interactive shell.
>
> I'm sure there are people who use dig +trace for good and sound reasons
> when diagnosing problems but I have yet to meet one.
>
>
> Joe
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