From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 15 1:57:11 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDAA437B401 for ; Wed, 15 Jan 2003 01:57:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3880343F13 for ; Wed, 15 Jan 2003 01:57:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h0F9uv1n027236 for ; Wed, 15 Jan 2003 09:56:57 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h0F9uqfI027235 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 15 Jan 2003 09:56:52 GMT Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 09:56:52 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: named messages in /var/log/messages Message-ID: <20030115095652.GA26849@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , FreeBSD Questions References: <1042586630.51041.360.camel@localhost> <20030114235015.GB22937@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> <1042588833.51041.381.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1042588833.51041.381.camel@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.0 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01, USER_AGENT,USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.43 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 12:00:34AM +0000, Stacey Roberts wrote: > Okay, I've managed to track this down. VPN testing is was being done at > the time from that Win2K box to a remote site running RRAS VPN Server on > Win2K Server. > > Seems that RRAS dynamically assigns IP's from a static table of > addresses to incoming connections over the VPN. And as the VPN emanates > from the same subnet locally, my DNS server was seeing that traffic. At > least that's what it would appear to be happening, given your > suggestions. That sounds like a plausible candidate for what's the ultimate cause of this. However, as I'm sure you really meant, the log messages you're seeing are the result of some software deliberately trying to update the DNS, not that your DNS server was somehow arbitrarily picking up on other traffic on your network. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message