maradns problem

[Sam Trenholme]

> When I start maradns and make a query via any Tool
> (http://network-tools.com/nslook) sometimes I get all data which I
> have defined in the zonefile. But sometimes it happens that one or two
> NS entries will be forgotten to be transmitted.
>

I am unable to reproduce your problem with MaraDNS 1.2.12.10:

$ askmara Ndomain.com. 127.0.0.4
# Querying the server with the IP 127.0.0.4
# Question: Ndomain.com.
domain.com. +3600 ns ns1.nameserver.com.
domain.com. +3600 ns ns3.nameserver.com.
domain.com. +3600 ns ns2.nameserver.com.
# NS replies:
# AR replies:

$ askmara Zdomain.com. 127.0.0.4
# Querying the server with the IP 127.0.0.4
# Question: Zdomain.com.
domain.com. +3600 ns ns1.nameserver.com.
domain.com. +3600 ns ns3.nameserver.com.
domain.com. +3600 ns ns2.nameserver.com.
domain.com. +3600 soa ns1.nameserver.com. postmaster at nameserver.com.
2009030601 10800 3600 604800 10800
domain.com. +3600 mx 10 mail.nameserver.com.
domain.com. +3600 mx 20 mail2.nameserver.com.
domain.com. +86400 txt 'dns.'
domain.com. +3600 a 10.1.2.3
# NS replies:
# AR replies:

Here, the NS records in the NS ("N") and ANY ("Z") queries agree.

Is the TXT record you supply really 'dns.'?  If it's longer, we may be
seeing an issue with the 512-byte limit of DNS packets.

Please be sure you have updated to 1.2.12.10 if still using the 1.2 branch
of MaraDNS.  Note that the 1.2 branch is deprecated and will no longer be
updated after December 21, 2010.

- Sam

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