SERVFAIL when trying to get a certificate

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My domain is: itolymp.com

I ran this command: certbot --manual certonly

It produced this output: Failed authorization procedure. itolymp.com (http-01): urn:acme:error:dns :: DNS problem: SERVFAIL looking up A for itolymp.com

The operating system my web server runs on is (include version): Ubuntu 16

I can login to a root shell on my machine (yes or no, or I don’t know): yes

Hi @itolymp

you have buggy nameservers ( https://check-your-website.server-daten.de/?q=itolymp.com ):

com

|X|Fatal error: Nameserver doesn't support TCP connection: ns10.uadns.com / 82.196.1.175|
|---|---|
|X|Fatal error: Nameserver doesn't support TCP connection: ns11.uadns.com / 192.241.147.88|
|X|Fatal error: Nameserver doesn't support TCP connection: ns11.uadns.com / 2604:a880:400:d0::1699:d001|
|X|Fatal error: Nameserver doesn't support TCP connection: ns12.uadns.com / 95.216.174.31|
|X|Fatal error: Nameserver doesn't support TCP connection: ns12.uadns.com / 2a01:4f9:c010:2624::1|

Authoritative name servers must support TCP connections:

https://www.iana.org/help/nameserver-requirements

Name server reachability

The name servers must answer DNS queries over both the UDP and TCP protocols on port 53. Tests will be conducted from multiple network locations to verify the name server is responding.

This tool sees an IP address.

Unboundtest (Letsencrypt uses the same config)

https://unboundtest.com/m/A/itolymp.com/ZJQXEETI

has the same SERVFAIL.

For me, TCP does respond.

It looks like the nameservers incorrectly respond to capitalized queries with a referral to the root:

$ dig +norecurse @2604:a880:400:d0::1699:d001 Itolymp.Com

; <<>> DiG 9.13.5-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+2-Ubuntu <<>> +norecurse @2604:a880:400:d0::1699:d001 Itolymp.Com
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 63279
;; flags: qr; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 13, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;Itolymp.Com.                   IN      A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
.                       3600000 IN      NS      J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       3600000 IN      NS      K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       3600000 IN      NS      L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       3600000 IN      NS      M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       3600000 IN      NS      A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       3600000 IN      NS      B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       3600000 IN      NS      C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       3600000 IN      NS      D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       3600000 IN      NS      E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       3600000 IN      NS      F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       3600000 IN      NS      G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       3600000 IN      NS      H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       3600000 IN      NS      I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.

;; Query time: 44 msec
;; SERVER: 2604:a880:400:d0::1699:d001#53(2604:a880:400:d0::1699:d001)
;; WHEN: Sun Feb 10 12:45:01 UTC 2019
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 251

Responses to lowercase queries are apparently correct.

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That's interesting.

I've checked my code manual. The result:

The nameserver sends one byte back (0x0). If I read again, I get the rest.

There are other nameservers who send two bytes (this is the size of the following UDP-response), then reading again, then follows the rest.

So now the tool sees TCP-support.

Perhaps unboundtest (and Letsencrypt with the same settings)

https://unboundtest.com/m/A/itolymp.com/RYSPPHM5

gets the same: One byte -> SERVFAIL.

https://unboundtest.com/m/A/itolymp.com/RYSPPHM5

Query results for A itolymp.com

Response:
;; opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 1739
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

But I don't see a single SERVFAIL in the answer.

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