Google DNS cannot resolve floydco.net

[ideam...@gmail.com]

Currently OpenDNS can, but Google DNS cannot.

Output of Google DNS dig:

; <<>> DiG 9.11.0-P1 <<>> @8.8.8.8 floydco.net.

; (1 server found)

;; global options: +cmd

;; Got answer:

;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 34213

;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:

; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512

;; QUESTION SECTION:

;floydco.net. IN A

;; Query time: 2109 msec

;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8)

;; WHEN: 월 11월 14 22:43:30 KST 2016

;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 40

Output of OpenDNS dig:

; <<>> DiG 9.11.0-P1 <<>> @208.67.222.222 floydco.net.

; (1 server found)

;; global options: +cmd

;; Got answer:

;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 13678

;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:

; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096

;; QUESTION SECTION:

;floydco.net. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:

floydco.net. 600 IN A 50.63.202.51

;; Query time: 475 msec

;; SERVER: 208.67.222.222#53(208.67.222.222)

;; WHEN: 월 11월 14 22:43:59 KST 2016

;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 56

Please have this fixed. Thanks!

[Alex Dupuy]

The GoDaddy authoritative DNS servers are not responding to queries from our resolvers in Singapore and Taiwan.

This could be due to routing problems, or GoDaddy may be blocking or rate limiting our resolvers. I am investigating the possibility of a routing problem, but that is less likely than GoDaddy blocking us (perhaps because of DoS attacks like that against Dyn last month). If GoDaddy's authoritative name servers will not respond to our lookups for your domain, there is not much that Google can do for you.

You have some options which can make your DNS service more reliable and eliminate the Google-GoDaddy link as a single point of failure for any reason (routing or blocking):

1. Move your DNS hosting to another service. You can continue to use GoDaddy as your registrar, but change your DNS nameservers to use another service. There are good free DNS services (see https://www.keycdn.com/blog/best-free-dns-hosting-providers/).  Instructions for changing your DNS name service are at https://www.godaddy.com/help/change-nameservers-for-my-domains-664.
• It's better if you also configure a secondary DNS service at another provider; you need to choose a primary DNS service that allows secondary servers to get zone transfers from it, as well as a DNS service that can operate as a secondary. This limits options somewhat, but both Hurricane Electric and NS1 support zone transfer as either primary or secondary, and Namecheap and BuddyNS support zone transfer as secondary, so there are still six possible combinations of primary and secondary DNS services on the KeyCDN list. Be sure to provide name servers from both your primary and secondary services to GoDaddy when setting up external DNS name servers.
2. If you have (or are willing to pay for) GoDaddy Premium DNS, you can keep GoDaddy as your primary DNS server and just set up a secondary name service with one of the four DNS services that can operate as secondary servers (Hurricane Electric, NS1, Namecheap, and BuddyNS). Instructions for setting up an external secondary service are at https://www.godaddy.com/help/enable-secondary-dns-with-godaddy-nameservers-as-masters-23910.
• You can also use another DNS service for primary DNS and have GoDaddy Premium DNS operate as a secondary: https://www.godaddy.com/help/enable-secondary-dns-with-godaddy-nameservers-as-slaves-23911; there is more information on secondary service at https://www.godaddy.com/help/what-is-secondary-dns-797.

In addition to the free DNS services on the KeyCDN list there are many paid DNS hosting services that you may wish to explore.