I think this is because an A record query for www.kodefund.com returns multiple CNAME records, which is not compliant with the DNS specification: mrowe@veg

I think this is because an A record query for www.kodefund.com returns multiple CNAME records, which is not compliant with the DNS specification: mrowe@vega:~$ dig A www.kodefund.com @a.dns.gandi.net ; <<>> DiG 9.8.1-P1 <<>> A www.kodefund.com @a.dns.gandi.net ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 53562 ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.kodefund.com. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: www.kodefund.com. 10800 IN CNAME intense-ocean-3642.herokuapp.com. www.kodefund.com. 10800 IN CNAME mie-9107.herokussl.com. ;; Query time: 125 msec ;; SERVER: 173.246.97.2#53(173.246.97.2) ;; WHEN: Sun Jul 29 16:47:59 2012 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 110 If I perform the same query via my system resolver rather than directly against the gandi.net DNS servers then I simply receive no result: mrowe@vega:~$ dig A www.kodefund.com ; <<>> DiG 9.8.1-P1 <<>> A www.kodefund.com ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 36608 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.kodefund.com. IN A ;; Query time: 1306 msec ;; SERVER: 192.168.1.254#53(192.168.1.254) ;; WHEN: Sun Jul 29 16:48:58 2012 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 34 This is presumably because one of the intermediate resolver is being strict about the presence of multiple CNAMEs in the result.