Re: [Bitcoin-development] testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org is up again

[Robert McKay <robert@mckay.com>]

Hi Alex,

I think the problem is with my suggestion to use bind forwarding.. 
basically bind is stripping off the authorative answer bit in the 
reply.. this causes the recursor to go into a loop chasing the authority 
server which again returns a non-authoritve answer with itself as the 
authority again. I'm not sure if this can be fixed without hacking the 
bind src, so maybe it wasn't such a great suggestion in the first place. 
Basically I think if bind was returning authorative answers it would 
work, but I can't see any way to make that happen in the bind 
configuration.

Rob


On Fri, 30 May 2014 14:19:05 +0100, Alex Kotenko wrote:
> Hi Peter
>
> Ive setup DNS seeds myself a week ago, at testnet-seed.alexykot.me 
> [6]
> and bitcoin-seed.alexykot.me [7], but there is a problem with DNS
> settings that we with Andreas couldnt sort out quickly.
> The problem itself is that I can reach my nameserver and get dnsseed
> response if I query it directly with
>  dig @node.alexykot.me [8] testnet-seed.alexykot.me [9]
>
>  dig @node.alexykot.me [10] bitcoin-seed.alexykot.me [11]
>
> ​But when I try nslookup testnet-seed.alexykot.me [12]​ - it
> fails. 
> I guess the problem is in my DNS settings but I cant figure out what
> is it.
>
> ​S o could you share
> ​how you configured DNS
>  ​ for your seed
> ​ to help me debug
>  ​mine
> ? 
>
> Best regards, 
>
> Alex Kotenko
>
> 2014-05-30 10:43 GMT+01:00 Peter Todd :
>
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>> On 27 May 2014 02:19:39 GMT+03:00, Andreas Schildbach wrote:
>> >> Hey, really sorry I dont have the time to fix this issue, been
>> >> travelling for a few weeks for my consulting job. If you want to
>> >> step up and volunteer please feel free.
>> >
>> >Im already volunteering. At least I dont get paid for my efforts
>> in
>> >debugging the seed infrastructure.
>>
>> I meant running a seed yourself. Note that Ive only received funds
>> to cover expenses and a trivial amount on top to cover some time -
>> about one and a half hours at my usual rates.
>>
>> Gavin: Speaking of, given it looks like my work will be frequently
>> keeping me out of country and unable to provide any more than a
>> "best effort" attempt at running a seed, Id like to give back the
>> grant funds for doing so. Email me privately with an address to send
>> them too. I have no plans to take it down, however the expectations
>> users have for it arent something I can provide.
>>
>> >Can you verify if your copy of the seeder contains the commit
>> >8dcc006e6256cb746c2b025daf3df41baa26353e ?
>> >
>> >It fixed a bug that has exactly the symptoms we currently see.
>> >
>> >I wonder if the restart of your server actually changed/fixed
>> >anything. If you got a SERVFAIL this may be because you were
>> traveling
>> >through parts of the world that cant reach your server. Did you
>> >actually try at home, before the restart?
>>
>> I checked via the same proxy both times; I believe the endpoint is
>> located in Europe.
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