The purpose of the check is to verify the server has survived the
previous barrage of queries. This is done by sending a query and
checking we get a NOERROR response back.
Previously, that query could've been affected by a servfail cache - the
server would return a SERVFAIL answer, thus failing the check, despite
being up and running. Use version.bind txt ch query to avoid the
interference of servfail cache.
(cherry picked from commit dd7bcd2855)
Tom Krizek
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