[foaf-protocols] DNS problem with foafssl.org -> myxwiki

[Henry Story]

On 14 Sep 2010, at 20:22, Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote:

> 
> Op 14 sep 2010, om 20:57 heeft Henry Story het volgende geschreven:
> 
>> There is an odd DNS problem with foafssl.org and myxwiki for the past 4 days or so.
>> As a result people with WebIDs from myxwiki cannot log in.
> 
> Just run dnswalk on it;

That has not been updated for a while it seems, since 2000 at least 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dnswalk/files/

> or run 'dig ns foafssl.org' followed by same (or dig -t any ') postfixed with @<ns> where ns is the NS you got back from the first dig.
> 
> It'll show you an oddly configured primary at domaincontrol.com - which I assume is your provider. Just uploading/touching your zone file may be enough to reset whatever scripts they use - as I suspect some routine reconfig was done during a time the zone file was updated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Dw.

Thanks for the hint. Let me just paste what I did here.

After login in to foafssl.org

# dig  ns myxwiki.org

; <<>> DiG 9.3.3rc2 <<>> ns myxwiki.org
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 12030
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 3

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;myxwiki.org.			IN	NS

;; ANSWER SECTION:
myxwiki.org.		8	IN	NS	lanai.xpertnet.biz.
myxwiki.org.		8	IN	NS	maui.xpertnet.biz.
myxwiki.org.		8	IN	NS	ns-fr.xpertnet.biz.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns-fr.xpertnet.biz.	2956	IN	A	188.165.123.33
maui.xpertnet.biz.	2956	IN	A	195.242.99.119
lanai.xpertnet.biz.	3344	IN	A	195.242.99.118

;; Query time: 2 msec
;; SERVER: 216.93.160.16#53(216.93.160.16)
;; WHEN: Tue Sep 14 12:51:51 2010
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 148

# dig -t any @maui.xpertnet.biz

; <<>> DiG 9.3.3rc2 <<>> -t any @maui.xpertnet.biz
; (1 server found)
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 2445
;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 13, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;.				IN	NS

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
.			518400	IN	NS	A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.			518400	IN	NS	B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.			518400	IN	NS	C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.			518400	IN	NS	D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.			518400	IN	NS	E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.			518400	IN	NS	F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.			518400	IN	NS	G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.			518400	IN	NS	H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.			518400	IN	NS	I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.			518400	IN	NS	J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.			518400	IN	NS	K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.			518400	IN	NS	L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.			518400	IN	NS	M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.

;; Query time: 149 msec
;; SERVER: 195.242.99.119#53(195.242.99.119)
;; WHEN: Tue Sep 14 12:52:33 2010
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 228

# dig -t any @ns-fr.xpertnet.biz
                    [[ AT THIS POINT IT HANGS FOR A WHILE]]
; <<>> DiG 9.3.3rc2 <<>> -t any @ns-fr.xpertnet.biz
; (1 server found)
;; global options:  printcmd
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached