# DNSSec fails sometimes

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**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [June 24, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/dnssec-fails-sometimes/70876 "2024-06-24T22:54:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 11:18pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/dnssec-fails-sometimes/70876/3 "2024-06-24T23:18:53Z")

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Note that the syntax for `dig` uses a `@` before the server, ie

```
dig fail01.dnssec.works @127.0.0.1 -p 5335

```

That said, I also have intermittent results from that server ([example from March](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/unbound-not-resolving-domains-reliably/69177/16)). It will often time out the first time and then work (as in SERVFAIL as expected) the second time. I set up Pi-hole and Unhound for a couple of friends and saw the same behaviour on their setups too.

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