[Unbound-users] dig +trace does not work with unbound

[Zbynek Michl]

Hi,

when I enable tracing in dig, I will get empty answer:

$ dig +trace www.example.com
; <<>> DiG 9.7.1-P2 <<>> +trace www.example.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Received 12 bytes from 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) in 0 ms

It is because +trace disables RD flag, so first query and reply is:

$ dig +norecurse . NS
; <<>> DiG 9.7.1-P2 <<>> +norecurse . NS
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: REFUSED, id: 23919
;; flags: qr; QUERY: 0, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; Query time: 0 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Fri Nov  5 14:01:12 2010
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 12


When I use BIND instead of unbound, it replies ok. It is because BIND answers 
its internal root-hints NS list when RD is not set. Should not unbound behaves 
the same way?

Thanks,
Zbynek