Name Server Check fails for .de domain

Question

I've registered a .de domain but when I try to change the nameservers to those of the hosting company I wish to use I get the following error:

> Command failed; [53300102912
> Nameserver error [ERROR: 116 SOA
> record response must be authoritative
> (resolver\, answer)
> (\[/10.121.46.7|/2001:608:6:7:4:0:0:11\]=>85.92.74.12:53
> (UDP\, PROTOCOL_EXPLICITLY_CHOSEN\,
> Timeout: 3s\, Retry: 1 x 0s\,
> unsecure\, ignoreTC)\,
> \[/10.121.46.7|/2001:608:6:7:4:0:0:11\]=>85.92.74.12:53
> (UDP\, PROTOCOL_EXPLICITLY_CHOSEN\,
> Timeout: 3s\, Retry: 1 x 0s\,
> unsecure\, ignoreTC): )]]
> 
> If you wish to change your
> nameservers, you need to make sure
> they are configured according to DENIC
> (the .de registry) rules.

It also points me at the DENIC website nameserver check which tells me that the domains fail, much the same error as above, as is expected.

So the question is, what do I need to do? Is it something that my hosting provider will need to sort out with their nameservers, or can I do something about it myself?

Any thoughts and help much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Check at your hosting company if the DNS was configured as a master server for your domain. If you added entries (A, CNAME, etc.) it should have been, but it seems to be answering that it's not authoritative for it.

This shows that the domain has other name servers configured right now (ns and ns2.123-reg.go.uk):

$ dig ns iandevlin.de 

; <<>> DiG 9.7.3 <<>> ns iandevlin.de
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 9583
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 2

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;iandevlin.de.                  IN      NS

;; ANSWER SECTION:
iandevlin.de.           86376   IN      NS      ns.123-reg.co.uk.
iandevlin.de.           86376   IN      NS      ns2.123-reg.co.uk.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns.123-reg.co.uk.       7066    IN      A       212.67.202.2
ns2.123-reg.co.uk.      7066    IN      A       92.51.159.40

;; Query time: 12 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Mon May 30 08:33:23 2011
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 110

This shows that the DNS of your hosting service is not answering queries for your domain (85.92.74.12 is the DNS of your hosting service, right?):

$ dig @85.92.74.12 iandevlin.de

; <<>> DiG 9.7.3 <<>> @85.92.74.12 iandevlin.de
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 16387
;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 13, ADDITIONAL: 13
;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;iandevlin.de.                  IN      A

### (snip)

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
a.root-servers.net.     599044  IN      A       198.41.0.4
a.root-servers.net.     599044  IN      AAAA    2001:503:ba3e::2:30
b.root-servers.net.     599044  IN      A       192.228.79.201
c.root-servers.net.     599044  IN      A       192.33.4.12
d.root-servers.net.     599044  IN      A       128.8.10.90
e.root-servers.net.     599044  IN      A       192.203.230.10
f.root-servers.net.     599044  IN      A       192.5.5.241
f.root-servers.net.     599044  IN      AAAA    2001:500:2f::f
g.root-servers.net.     599044  IN      A       192.112.36.4
h.root-servers.net.     599044  IN      A       128.63.2.53
h.root-servers.net.     599044  IN      AAAA    2001:500:1::803f:235
i.root-servers.net.     599044  IN      A       192.36.148.17
i.root-servers.net.     599044  IN      AAAA    2001:7fe::53

;; Query time: 240 msec
;; SERVER: 85.92.74.12#53(85.92.74.12)
;; WHEN: Mon May 30 08:33:52 2011
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 497

So double-check the configuration on your hosting provider and make sure you're using the right domain name servers.