Nameserver06

NAMESERVER06: NS can be resolved

All name servers names listed for a delegation must be resolvable in DNS. If they are not resolvable using DNS this is a sign of misconfiguration, and raises the risk of unreachability for the domain. It could also lower the performance for any resolver trying to resolve the name.

The objective of this test is to resolve the domain using all the listed name servers used in the delegation. More information about resolver behavior is in section 7 of RFC 1035.

Inputs

The domain name to be tested.

Ordered description of steps to be taken to execute the test case

Obtain the list of name servers for the domain using Method 2 and Method 3.
Use Method 4 and Method 5 to resolve all the name server names obtained in step 1.
If any name does not resolve to either an A RR or AAAA RR, this test case fails.

Outcome(s)

If any of the name server names fails to resolve to an IP address, this test case fails.

Special procedural requirements

If either IPv4 or IPv6 transport is disabled, ignore the evaluation of the result of any test using this transport protocol. Log a message reporting on the ignored result.

Intercase dependencies

None.