Google Public DNS Not Resolving WWW.FBO.GOV

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timoth...@gmail.com

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Jan 3, 2019, 9:05:06 AM1/3/19
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The date and time you encountered the problem: 2 Jan 2019 (all day)

Your location:Reston VA

The platform on which you are noticing the problem (e.g. Mac, Windows, router, etc.): Multiple (Windows 10, MAC, Android, iOS)

The hostname(s) for which you are having a problem:www.fbo.gov

Whether the problem is continuous or intermittent:Continuous

The links to the tools' name server diagnosis report page:https://intodns.com/fbo.gov

The output of the commands you ran in the diagnostic tests:


Alex Dupuy

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Jan 3, 2019, 10:25:13 AM1/3/19
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The FBO's (Federal Business Opportunities aka FedBizOpps) fbo.gov domain has a stale DS record that is breaking their DNSSEC validation: http://dnsviz.net/d/www.fbo.gov/XC4oBA/dnssec/

With the government shutdown, it's unlikely to be fixed soon.

We'll see about putting in a negative trust anchor to temporarily allow this domain to be resolved.

Tim Berry

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Jan 3, 2019, 11:33:07 AM1/3/19
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I wasn't sure if that was it or not, so thanks!  Open DNS seems to resolve it just fine, is that because they're less restrictive?

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Alex Dupuy

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Jan 3, 2019, 11:37:52 AM1/3/19
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OpenDNS does not validate DNSSEC. Of the other public DNS resolvers that do, Cloudflare and Verisign are returning SERVFAIL, while Quad9 seems to have a negative trust anchor in place. If you're a Comcast customer, you can see what they have done (I suspect they might have an NTA in place too).

; <<>> DiG 9.11.2-P1-1-Debian <<>> +noedns +nostats www.fbo.gov @1.1.1.1
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 25373
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:


; <<>> DiG 9.11.2-P1-1-Debian <<>> +noedns +nostats www.fbo.gov @9.9.9.9
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 59081
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:

;; ANSWER SECTION:


; <<>> DiG 9.11.2-P1-1-Debian <<>> +noedns +nostats www.fbo.gov @64.6.64.6
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 4800
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:

Andrzej Swietek

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Jan 3, 2019, 2:03:34 PM1/3/19
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Windows ifconfig or nslookup does not specify time stamp of the dns query, use BIND dns dig tool insteaD!
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timoth...@gmail.com

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Jan 3, 2019, 2:03:39 PM1/3/19
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Got it.  Learning more about DNSSEC through the process.  Validated same with some other public DNS services that do check DNSSEC.  I suspect a lot of them probably have an NTA in place for a LOT of .gov websites!  ;)

I have an open ticket with GSA's Federal Service Desk (fsd.gov) regarding the issue.  I've passed along the screenshots/logs to help them sort it out.  Appreciate the assist and quick response!

Tim Berry

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Jan 3, 2019, 3:10:04 PM1/3/19
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Looks like they've resolved the problem: http://dnsviz.net/d/fbo.gov/dnssec/

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