I've recently set up a private name server (ns1.mediamechanic.net
/ ns2.mediamechanic.net
), and it appears to be working for everything except our .org
domains (see obapps.org).
As far as I can tell, the failure is happening before the request ever makes its way to our server, so presumably something is wrong on the side of our registrar (eNom).
When I do a trace on a working TLD (.com, .net) I get this:
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Sending request to "e,gtld-servers.net" (192.12.94.30)
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Received referral response - DNS servers for "iclaimpreview.com":
-> ns1.mediamechanic.net (216.114.240.114)
-> ns2.mediamechanic.net (208.115.254.250)
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Sending request to "ns1.mediamechanic.net" (216.144.240.114)
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Received authoritative (AA) response:
-> Answer: A-record for iclaimpreview.com = 216.114.240.114
-> Authority: NS-record for iclaimpreview.com = ns2.dallas-idc.com
-> Authority: NS-record for iclaimpreview.com = ns2.dallas-idc.com
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A .org yields this:
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Attempting to resolve DNS server name "ns1.mediamechanic.net" (details not logged)
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Failed to resolve DNS server name - error: No such host is known
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Attempting to resolve DNS server name "ns2.mediamechanic.net" (details not logged)
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Failed to resolve DNS server name - error: No such host is known
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Failed to resolve - no more DNS servers left to try
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It seems that for the .org, it’s unable even to find the name server, which doesn’t make a ton of sense, so I’m at a loss.