Cant resolve pkg.us-east.freebsd.org

[Mark Saad]

All
 I am having issues right now with resolving pkg.us-east.freebsd.org.
I am in NYC using Above.net / Zayo and I am getting host unknow from a
number of locations.



msaad at blindness:~% ping pkg.us-east.freebsd.org
ping: cannot resolve pkg.us-east.freebsd.org: No address associated with
name


msaad at blindness:~% dig @8.8.8.8 pkg.us-east.freebsd.org

; <<>> DiG 9.9.3-P2 <<>> @8.8.8.8 pkg.us-east.freebsd.org
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 36792
;; flags: qr rd ra ad; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;pkg.us-east.freebsd.org.    IN    A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
freebsd.org.        547    IN    SOA    ns0.freebsd.org.
hostmaster.freebsd.org. 2014031102 3600 900 604800 600

;; Query time: 15 msec
;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8)
;; WHEN: Tue Mar 11 12:41:39 EDT 2014
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 103

msaad at blindness:~% dig @ns0.freebsd.org pkg.us-east.freebsd.org

; <<>> DiG 9.9.3-P2 <<>> @ns0.freebsd.org pkg.us-east.freebsd.org
; (2 servers found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 14585
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;pkg.us-east.freebsd.org.    IN    A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
freebsd.org.        600    IN    SOA    ns0.freebsd.org.
hostmaster.freebsd.org. 2014031102 3600 900 604800 600

;; Query time: 72 msec
;; SERVER: 8.8.178.18#53(8.8.178.18)
;; WHEN: Tue Mar 11 12:42:34 EDT 2014
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 103


However queries for pkg.freebsd.org do work as expected.

msaad at blindness:~% dig @ns0.freebsd.org pkg.freebsd.org

; <<>> DiG 9.9.3-P2 <<>> @ns0.freebsd.org pkg.freebsd.org
; (2 servers found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 31994
;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 4
;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;pkg.freebsd.org.        IN    A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
pkg.freebsd.org.    3600    IN    NS    gns2.freebsd.org.
pkg.freebsd.org.    3600    IN    NS    gns1.freebsd.org.
pkg.freebsd.org.    3600    IN    NS    gns0.freebsd.org.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
gns0.freebsd.org.    3600    IN    A    8.8.178.30
gns1.freebsd.org.    3600    IN    A    96.47.72.24
gns2.freebsd.org.    3600    IN    A    213.138.116.75

;; Query time: 72 msec
;; SERVER: 8.8.178.18#53(8.8.178.18)
;; WHEN: Tue Mar 11 12:42:55 EDT 2014
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 149


Anyone know whats up ?


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