From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 9 14:16:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA14298 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 9 Aug 1997 14:16:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts17-line5.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.222]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA14293 for ; Sat, 9 Aug 1997 14:16:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id OAA06143; Sat, 9 Aug 1997 14:16:32 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 14:16:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Paul cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: lame server? In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19970809061623.0074d0c0@mail.thsos.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 9 Aug 1997, Paul wrote: > Hello, > Is this something to be concerned about? I have been getting these messages > in my messages log? > > Aug 7 22:19:05 bob named[86]: Lame server on '109.115.98.206.in-addr.arpa' (in > '115.98.206.IN-ADDR.ARPA'?): [204.70.57.242].53 'ns2.mci.net': learnt (A=192.5.5 > .241,NS=204.70.128.1) > > If it is something I should be concerned about, what can I do to correct it? > I just purchased the O'Reilly book on dns and bind, but have not had a chance > to dig into it yet, and it seems my domain is not visible at times from various > local carriers... up on one down on the other both up both down... it is making > me kinda nervous? They're harmless. As Named references nameservers, if it discovers a dead server, it makes a notation and avoids the server for a while. No further action is needed on your part. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo