[Outages-discussion] What makes "dig +trace" start with 8.8.8.8? (was Re: [outages] Ebay dns record)

[Jay Ashworth]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick at ianai.net>

> > I'm assuming it's because my edge NAT router is set to forward there rather
> > than FiOS's resolvers (though I didn't set that box up)... but that sort
> > of means that that Westell has to be *transparent proxying* DNS, rather
> > than just resolving to GDNS, I would think -- otherwise it shouldn't
> > affect dig +trace, which is running on my OpenSUSE12 laptop, and whose
> > hints file would be the stock one. I think.
> 
> Wow. There are a ton of assumptions in there, many of which are easy
> to check.
> 
> I expected better of you, Jay!

It's not my router; it's not my network; I'm a contractor (this gig is 
telephony, not SA); it was just a passing curiosity.

But thanks.  ;-)

Cheers,
-- jra
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