[systemd-devel] ** server can't find gnu.org: SERVFAIL

[Reindl Harald]

Am 20.12.2017 um 10:05 schrieb D Gilmore:
> Why is this happening? I am an average user trying to get to the 
> www.gnu.org website. I have no problem with any 
> other website at the moment. I have spent hours googling and asking 
> questions on forums trying to solve this problem. But I do not know how 
> to resolve this. I have tried different solutions only to get myself 
> into more trouble. I am using Ubuntu 17.04 64bit  which is a new 
> installation with very few additions. I do have Ghostery and a Ad 
> Blocker on both browsers (firefox and chrome) but there is no effect 
> with them enabled or disabled

https://dnssec-debugger.verisignlabs.com/gnu.org
No DS records found for gnu.org in the org zone

> So here is where I am up to:
> So many resolv.conf files in different folders /etc, /etc/systemd, 
> run/systemd/resolve, run/resolvconf and so many other places I dont know 
> about. Why is it not mentioned in the manual pages how to configure them 
> manual or automatically? 

> $ systemd-resolve --status
>        Current Scopes: DNS LLMNR/IPv4 LLMNR/IPv6
>         LLMNR setting: yes
> MulticastDNS setting: no
>        DNSSEC setting: no
>      DNSSEC supported: no
>           DNS Servers: 192.168.0.1
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> //Why is it not looking at my router IP address? (192.168.0.1)
> //Yet with IP address of gnu.org I have success! Why?

because your systemd is configured not to do so

why do you think that is systemd related and what operating system are 
you running? most likely something like below is enabled on your system 
and DNSSEC for gnu.org seems to be fucked up

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Default_Local_DNS_Resolver

> $ nslookup 208.118.235.148
> Server:        127.0.0.53
> Address:    127.0.0.53#53
> 
> Non-authoritative answer:
> 148.235.118.208.in-addr.arpa    name = wildebeest.gnu.org.