[FC3] Sites 'disappearing' from DNS

[Andy Green]

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Andy Green wrote:

| Hey Brian, can you give us an example domain that you experienced the
| problem with, and I guess that way we can see if it is the DNS for that
| domain that is struggling, or infer that it is your upstream DNS
| provider's server that is slow.

I reviewed the thread and see the first post has some addresses.

I get the nameserver addresses from whois.


# dig @ns2.osdn.com hardware.slashdot.org

; <<>> DiG 9.2.5 <<>> @ns2.osdn.com hardware.slashdot.org
; (1 server found)
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 27430
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 5, ADDITIONAL: 5

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;hardware.slashdot.org.         IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
hardware.slashdot.org.  7200    IN      A       66.35.250.151

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
slashdot.org.           7200    IN      NS      ns2.osdn.com.
slashdot.org.           7200    IN      NS      ns2.vasoftware.com.
slashdot.org.           7200    IN      NS      ns3.vasoftware.com.
slashdot.org.           7200    IN      NS      ns1.osdn.com.
slashdot.org.           7200    IN      NS      ns1.vasoftware.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.osdn.com.           7200    IN      A       66.35.250.10
ns1.vasoftware.com.     72924   IN      A       12.152.184.135
ns2.osdn.com.           7200    IN      A       66.35.250.11
ns2.vasoftware.com.     72924   IN      A       12.152.184.136
ns3.vasoftware.com.     72924   IN      A       66.35.250.12

;; Query time: 164 msec
;; SERVER: 66.35.250.11#53(66.35.250.11)
;; WHEN: Thu Apr  7 12:12:41 2005
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 244


# dig @ns1.tmpw.net jobsearch.monster.com

; <<>> DiG 9.2.5 <<>> @ns1.tmpw.net jobsearch.monster.com
; (1 server found)
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4501
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;jobsearch.monster.com.         IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
jobsearch.monster.com.  600     IN      A       63.112.169.3
jobsearch.monster.com.  600     IN      A       63.121.29.3

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
monster.com.            4800    IN      NS      ns1.tmpw.net.
monster.com.            4800    IN      NS      ns2.tmpw.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.tmpw.net.           3600    IN      A       63.121.28.53
ns2.tmpw.net.           3600    IN      A       63.112.168.53

;; Query time: 118 msec
;; SERVER: 63.121.28.53#53(63.121.28.53)
;; WHEN: Thu Apr  7 12:14:45 2005
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 147



After this somewhat unscientific and one-shot test I continue to suspect
the problem is with the performance of his upstream DNS, or some
communication problem that can lose packets including his DNS ones,
since the servers are both responding in well below 200ms.

- -Andy
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