On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 00:56:18 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Malcolm Ferguson wrote: > > Jacob Anawalt wrote: > > > Malcolm Ferguson wrote: > > > > Error message (repeated over and over): > > > > Sep 22 17:12:00 ns1 named[12680]: lame server resolving > > > > '75.1.5.198.in-addr.arpa' (in '1.5.198.in-addr.arpa'?): > > > > 198.6.1.161#53 > > > > > >Are you recieving SMTP or other external traffic with a service > > >that may be trying to resolve IP addresses to names? ..<snip>. > I looked up that address and I also see the lame server on my end. It > appears that auth03.ns.UU.NET and auth50.ns.UU.NET are designated as > authoritative for 1.5.198.in-addr.arpa but that they are not > configured to return answers for 75.1.5.198.in-addr.arpa which they > should since it is within their domain. In fact the two servers > return completely different data to queries. In DNS speak, they are > 'lame'. In the vernacular, they are hosed up. > > Here are commands which should return the same information but show > some of the problems. The first shows that the second two are > supposed to be the authoritative name servers. If I read this right I > would say they are b0rken. > > dig 1.5.198.in-addr.arpa ns > dig @auth03.ns.UU.NET 75.1.5.198.in-addr.arpa ptr > dig @auth50.ns.UU.NET 75.1.5.198.in-addr.arpa ptr ..any chance one of these boxes is cracked? -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
