A network technician is troubleshooting an issue where workstations in a remote branch office cannot resolve hostnames within the internal domain `internal.corp.com`, although external internet domains resolve normally. The technician runs diagnostic commands from a affected workstation with the following results:
> nslookup internal.corp.com
Server: 192.168.1.1
Address: 192.168.1.1#53
** server can't find internal.corp.com: SERVFAIL
> dig @10.10.20.5 internal.corp.com
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;internal.corp.com. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
internal.corp.com. 3600 IN A 10.10.20.50
Based on the output, which TWO of the following are the most likely root causes of this name resolution failure? (Select TWO.)
- The local router/resolver at 192.168.1.1 lacks a conditional forwarding rule configured for the `internal.corp.com` domain zone.Cevap
- Firewall rules or access control lists (ACLs) are filtering DNS traffic between the local resolver (192.168.1.1) and the authoritative DNS server (10.10.20.5).Cevap
- CThe `nslookup` command failed because it reads entries exclusively from the client's local HOSTS file rather than sending queries over the network.
- DStandard DNS resolution queries operate exclusively over TCP port 53, so any network path allowing only UDP port 53 will fail.
Cevap
The most likely root causes are that the local DNS resolver at 192.168.1.1 lacks a conditional forwarder for the internal domain, and network firewall or ACL policies are blocking DNS traffic (port 53) between the local resolver and the internal authoritative DNS server.
Directly querying the internal DNS server at 10.10.20.5 successfully returns the IP address, proving the DNS record exists and is valid. The failure only occurs when client workstations query their default local gateway/resolver (192.168.1.1), returning a SERVFAIL error. This occurs when the local resolver either does not have a conditional forwarder configured to send requests for `internal.corp.com` to 10.10.20.5, or when firewalls/ACLs block port 53 communication between 192.168.1.1 and 10.10.20.5.
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