Seems like only one of Kenic name servers is answering queries, the rest seems to have an issue, likely the reason .ke domains are having issues.

dig zuku.co.ke ns @b.ns.kenic.or.ke.

; <<>> DiG 9.8.2rc1-RedHat-9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.3 <<>> zuku.co.ke ns @b.ns.kenic.or.ke.
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 43884
;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;zuku.co.ke.                    IN      NS

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
zuku.co.ke.             86400   IN      NS      dns2.wananchi.com.
zuku.co.ke.             86400   IN      NS      dns1.wananchi.com.

;; Query time: 27 msec
;; SERVER: 213.147.83.19#53(213.147.83.19)
;; WHEN: Fri Dec 16 07:22:28 2016
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 78


dig zuku.co.ke ns @ole.kenic.or.ke.

; <<>> DiG 9.8.2rc1-RedHat-9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.3 <<>> zuku.co.ke ns @ole.kenic.or.ke.
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: REFUSED, id: 38282
;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;zuku.co.ke.                    IN      NS

;; Query time: 17 msec
;; SERVER: 198.32.67.19#53(198.32.67.19)
;; WHEN: Fri Dec 16 07:22:51 2016
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 28

]# dig zuku.co.ke ns @ns1.afrinic.net

; <<>> DiG 9.8.2rc1-RedHat-9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.3 <<>> zuku.co.ke ns @ns1.afrinic.net
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: REFUSED, id: 15479
;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;zuku.co.ke.                    IN      NS

;; Query time: 54 msec
;; SERVER: 196.216.2.1#53(196.216.2.1)
;; WHEN: Fri Dec 16 07:23:07 2016
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 28




Maxwell


On Dec 16, 2016, at 06:26, Andris Bjornson via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:

Seems to be worsening - DNS servers in Kenya that were previously resolving .co.ke domains are now not.

I think this may have happened once before in 2015 and at that time had something to do with DNSSEC

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/public-dns-discuss/.co.ke%7Csort:relevance/public-dns-discuss/3GmS-31AYWM/LMTG08zf-PwJ


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On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 10:05 PM, Brian L <lusiola@gmail.com> wrote:
Greetings,

I know very little about DNS and as a point of note kenic is also not resolving.
Currently, they all seem to exhibit a similar TLD Parent check error according to https://intodns.com


Regards,


On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 8:04 AM, Andris Bjornson via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Hello,

I'm noting that a number of popular .co.ke domains currently don't resolve on 8.8.8.8 (google's public DNS servers).

They continue to resolve normally on other common DNS servers like 4.2.2.2.

In particular, I noticed safaricom.co.ke is impacted, as well as standardmedia.co.ke.

Anyone else noting this or know the cause?




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