DNS lookup failure : error "dig: couldn't get address for 'example.net': failure"

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Issue

DNS failed to do recursive query.

DNS lookup Error

"dig: couldn't get address for 'example.net': failure"

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7
  • bind-9.3.6-16.P1.el5.i386
  • bind-chroot-9.3.6-16.P1.el5.i386
  • bind-libs-9.3.6-16.P1.el5.i386
  • bind-utils-9.3.6-16.P1.el5.i386
  • ypbind-1.19-12.el5_6.1.i386

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