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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Since installing 1.10 and now 1.10.1 I have been seeing these errors:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>20/05/2020 12:59:06 C:\Program Files\Unbound\unbound.exe[1760:0] query: 127.0.0.1 <a href="http://www.internic.net">www.internic.net</a>. A IN<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>20/05/2020 12:59:07 C:\Program Files\Unbound\unbound.exe[1760:0] query: 127.0.0.1 <a href="http://www.internic.net">www.internic.net</a>. A IN<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>20/05/2020 12:59:09 C:\Program Files\Unbound\unbound.exe[1760:0] error: SERVFAIL <<a href="http://www.internic.net.%20A%20IN">www.internic.net. A IN</a>>: could not fetch nameservers for 0x20 fallback<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>20/05/2020 12:59:09 C:\Program Files\Unbound\unbound.exe[1760:0] reply: 127.0.0.1 <a href="http://www.internic.net">www.internic.net</a>. A IN SERVFAIL 1.637495 0 34<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>20/05/2020 12:59:09 C:\Program Files\Unbound\unbound.exe[1760:0] reply: 127.0.0.1 <a href="http://www.internic.net">www.internic.net</a>. A IN SERVFAIL 2.640876 0 34<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>20/05/2020 12:59:09 C:\Program Files\Unbound\unbound.exe[1760:0] reply: ::1 <a href="http://www.internic.net">www.internic.net</a>. A IN SERVFAIL 2.859629 0 34<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>20/05/2020 12:59:09 C:\Program Files\Unbound\unbound.exe[1760:0] query: ::1 <a href="http://www.internic.net">www.internic.net</a>. A IN<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>20/05/2020 12:59:09 C:\Program Files\Unbound\unbound.exe[1760:0] query: ::1 <a href="http://www.internic.net">www.internic.net</a>. A IN<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The a little bit later all is OK?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>20/05/2020 12:59:36 C:\Program Files\Unbound\unbound.exe[1760:0] query: ::1 <a href="http://www.internic.net">www.internic.net</a>. A IN<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>20/05/2020 12:59:36 C:\Program Files\Unbound\unbound.exe[1760:0] reply: ::1 <a href="http://www.internic.net">www.internic.net</a>. A IN NOERROR 0.000000 1 89<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This is just one example I also have several others:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>20/05/2020 12:58:40 C:\Program Files\Unbound\unbound.exe[1760:0] query: ::1 <a href="http://www.google.com">www.google.com</a>. A IN<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>20/05/2020 12:58:41 C:\Program Files\Unbound\unbound.exe[1760:0] query: 127.0.0.1 <a href="http://www.google.com">www.google.com</a>. A IN<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>20/05/2020 12:58:41 C:\Program Files\Unbound\unbound.exe[1760:0] error: SERVFAIL <<a href="http://www.google.com.%20A%20IN">www.google.com. A IN</a>>: could not fetch nameservers for 0x20 fallback<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>20/05/2020 12:58:41 C:\Program Files\Unbound\unbound.exe[1760:0] reply: 127.0.0.1 <a href="http://www.google.com">www.google.com</a>. A IN SERVFAIL 0.781225 0 32<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>20/05/2020 12:58:41 C:\Program Files\Unbound\unbound.exe[1760:0] reply: ::1 <a href="http://www.google.com">www.google.com</a>. A IN SERVFAIL 1.009289 0 32<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>20/05/2020 12:58:41 C:\Program Files\Unbound\unbound.exe[1760:0] query: ::1 <a href="http://www.google.com">www.google.com</a>. A IN<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>20/05/2020 12:58:42 C:\Program Files\Unbound\unbound.exe[1760:0] reply: ::1 <a href="http://www.google.com">www.google.com</a>. A IN NOERROR 0.078129 0 48<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>20/05/2020 12:53:29 C:\Program Files\Unbound\unbound.exe[1760:0] query: ::1 login.live.com. A IN<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>20/05/2020 12:53:29 C:\Program Files\Unbound\unbound.exe[1760:0] query: 127.0.0.1 login.live.com. A IN<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>20/05/2020 12:53:30 C:\Program Files\Unbound\unbound.exe[1760:0] error: SERVFAIL <login.live.com. A IN>: could not fetch nameservers for 0x20 fallback<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>20/05/2020 12:53:30 C:\Program Files\Unbound\unbound.exe[1760:0] reply: 127.0.0.1 login.live.com. A IN SERVFAIL 0.819533 0 32<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>20/05/2020 12:53:30 C:\Program Files\Unbound\unbound.exe[1760:0] reply: ::1 login.live.com. A IN SERVFAIL 1.038277 0 32<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>20/05/2020 12:53:30 C:\Program Files\Unbound\unbound.exe[1760:0] query: ::1 login.live.com. A IN<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>20/05/2020 12:53:30 C:\Program Files\Unbound\unbound.exe[1760:0] reply: ::1 login.live.com. A IN NOERROR 0.078123 0 169<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Any thoughts?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I had not changed the configuration only the version of unbound but they seemed to be getting more frequent.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Having had a bit of a dig I found that one of the servers was the cause of the problem:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>forward-zone:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> name: "."<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> forward-tls-upstream: yes<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> # forward-first: yes<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> # Cloudflare DNS<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> forward-addr: 2606:4700:4700::1111@853#cloudflare-dns.com<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> forward-addr: 1.1.1.1@853#cloudflare-dns.com<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> forward-addr: 2606:4700:4700::1001@853#cloudflare-dns.com<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> forward-addr: 1.0.0.1@853#cloudflare-dns.com<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> # Quad9<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> #forward-addr: 2620:fe::fe@853#dns.quad9.net<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> #forward-addr: 9.9.9.9@853#dns.quad9.net<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> #forward-addr: 2620:fe::9@853#dns.quad9.net<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> ##forward-addr: <a href="mailto:149.112.112.112@853#dns.quad9.net">149.112.112.112@853#dns.quad9.net</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>When I comment out the Quad9 Server thing seem to be much better. Are there other servers that can be used so I have an alternative to CloudFlare,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Is there something I could do in the configuration that would tell me which server had been used without ballooning the log file with lots of data?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Is there something I can do in the configuration that would help what ever the issue is that causes the failure which looks like a timeout?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>