From owner-freebsd-isp Thu May 14 11:55:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA22191 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Thu, 14 May 1998 11:55:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from DNS.Lamb.net (root@DNS.Lamb.net [207.90.181.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA22183 for ; Thu, 14 May 1998 11:55:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ulf@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by DNS.Lamb.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) id LAA11728; Thu, 14 May 1998 11:55:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gatekeeper.Alameda.net(207.90.181.2) via SMTP by DNS.Lamb.net, id smtpd011724; Thu May 14 11:55:05 1998 Received: (from ulf@localhost) by Gatekeeper.Alameda.net (8.8.6/8.7.6) id LAA19032; Thu, 14 May 1998 11:54:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Ulf Zimmermann Message-Id: <199805141854.LAA19032@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net> Subject: Re: named messages In-Reply-To: from "Matthew D. Fuller" at "May 14, 98 01:16:53 pm" To: fullermd@futuresouth.com (Matthew D. Fuller) Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 11:54:56 -0700 (PDT) Cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > OK, it's not FreeBSD related, but I imagine there's someone here who knows > what these strange messages we've been getting from named mean. > > Most are of the form: > ns named[pid]: ns_resp: TCP truncated: "some.domain.we.dont.serve" IN A > some instead show a "1.2.3.4.in-addr-arpa" IN PTR (with of course a real > domain and real IP). Is this a problem on someone else's end trying to > secondary a domain we don't serve off us, or what? > Usually happen either every hour, every half hour, or every 20 minutes or > so, randomly switching between intervals. I have the "TCP truncated" messages too. And all for "hostspace.com". They have hundreds of A records (repeating themself even) in their zone file. I talked with them, they said they have a reason for it, but weren't telling me why. > > Thoughts? > > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | > * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * > | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| > * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * > | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message