I’m trying to use CanaryTokens in one of my servers. The token kept failing to work on the droplet but worked everywhere else. I found that running “nslookup canarytokens.com” on the server failed:
;; Got SERVFAIL reply from 67.207.67.3, trying next server
;; Got SERVFAIL reply from 67.207.67.2, trying next server
Server: 127.0.0.53
Address: 127.0.0.53#53
** server can't find canarytokens.com: SERVFAIL
So I tried https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tools/dns and it also fails but the domain exists.
Can you please take a look? Thanks in advance.
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Hi there @ghecho,
As far as I can see something looks off with your nameservers:
https://www.whatsmydns.net/#NS/canarytokens.com
When did you last change your nameservers? Note that it might take up to 24-48 hours after a DNS change for the DNS cache to clear over the Globe.
Regards, Bobby
Hi, At the moment you can apply a workaround for this problem by adding a line in /etc/hosts file.
52.18.63.80 canarytokens.com
Next, try to set up a Canary Token. But bear in mind that their server IP may be changed in process of time, so you must control it from time to time.
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