[wplug] Very strange DNS activity
Philip Reiche
Philip.Reiche at pl.netl.doe.gov
Thu Jul 28 13:06:01 EDT 2005
# nslookup
Default Server: fulcrum.doe.gov
Address: 205.254.144.110
> www.treas.gov
Server: fulcrum.doe.gov
Address: 205.254.144.110
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: treas.tpaq.treasury.gov
Address: 66.77.70.101
Aliases: www.treas.gov
>>> wmoran at potentialtech.com 7/28/2005 12:40 PM >>>
I'd be grateful to anyone who can explain what the government is doing
with
their DNS. It appears as if www.treas.gov is an alias for
treas.tpaq.treasury.gov, but treas.tpaq.treasury.gov does not have a
DNS record.
However, if you go to www.treas.gov in a web browser, all works well.
Anyone have enough DNS-fu to explain this oddity?
# host www.treas.gov
Host not found.
# dig www.treas.gov
; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> www.treas.gov
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 24148
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUERY SECTION:
;; www.treas.gov, type = A, class = IN
;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.treas.gov. 2S IN CNAME treas.tpaq.treasury.gov.
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
tpaq.treasury.gov. 2h55m22s IN SOA st3dns.usmint.gov.
hostmaster.st3dns.usmint.gov. (
2005072814 ; serial
8H ; refresh
2H ; retry
1W ; expiry
1D ) ; minimum
;; Total query time: 23 msec
;; FROM: pa-plum1b-166.pit.adelphia.net to SERVER: 68.168.160.2
;; WHEN: Thu Jul 28 12:37:25 2005
;; MSG SIZE sent: 31 rcvd: 126
6# dig treas.tpaq.treasury.gov
; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> treas.tpaq.treasury.gov
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 63387
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUERY SECTION:
;; treas.tpaq.treasury.gov, type = A, class = IN
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
tpaq.treasury.gov. 2h54m59s IN SOA st3dns.usmint.gov.
hostmaster.st3dns.usmint.gov. (
2005072814 ; serial
8H ; refresh
2H ; retry
1W ; expiry
1D ) ; minimum
;; Total query time: 20 msec
;; FROM: pa-plum1b-166.pit.adelphia.net to SERVER: 68.168.160.2
;; WHEN: Thu Jul 28 12:37:48 2005
;; MSG SIZE sent: 41 rcvd: 102
--
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com
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