Re: 1.0.0.0 DNS replies for many domain names (network)

[Amogh Hooshdar]

I fixed this by installing bind9 which has named server. After
installing bind9, I used the default configuration, which understands
DNS AAAA type queries and uses the root name servers and other servers
for resolution.

On Dec 17, 2007 10:21 AM, Vaidyanathan Srinivasan
<svaidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> * Amogh Hooshdar <amoghhooshdar@xxxxxxxxx> [2007-12-14 17:20:17]:
>
> > I am having a strange problem with Debian Etch 4.0 (both 64-bit and
> > 32-bit) using 2.6.18 kernel. Most websites do not open with browser,
> > Pidgin and most other GUI applicatoins. but I am able to ping them
> > fine. I am also able to do nslookup properly. When I tried to
> > investigate it with Wireshark net sniffer, I observed the following.
> >
> > PROBLEM WITH 2.6.18
> > Say, I try to open www.google.com, browser sends DNS query for
> > www.google.com to my DNS server which is correctly configured in
> > resolv.conf. It replies with the correct IP address. www.google.com
> > redirects the browser to www.google.co.in. browser sends a DNS query
> > again for www.google.co.in and the DNS server replies with 1.0.0.0
> > which obviously is the wrong address.
>
> I had this problem on Debian 4.0 and it was due to bug in the DSL
> router.  I had DNS server set to 192.168.1.1 that is my DSL router
> that holds the real DNS IP and forwards the DNS lookup request.
>
> Once in a while the DNS proxy server will give out 1.0.0.0.  The
> solution I used was to find the real DNS server and fill it in
> resolv.conf  This avoids the DNS proxy on the router and then problem
> went away.
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/81057
>
> --Vaidy
>
>
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