Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 14:59:38 +0100 From: Rasputin <rara.rasputin@virgin.net> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange localhost NS look attempts Message-ID: <20010403145937.A11424@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <200104031338.JAA16296@world.std.com>; from kwc@world.std.com on Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 09:38:20AM -0400 References: <200104031338.JAA16296@world.std.com>
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* Kenneth W Cochran <kwc@world.std.com> [010403 14:40]: > Hello -stable: > > Can someone tell me why I keep getting log-messages like this? > It sometimes seems to "break" Netscape (waiting trying to > resolve localhost). Put an entry for localhost in /etc/hosts; also if your domain is set to foo.com in /etc/resolv.conf, add an entry for localhost.foo.com just to be safe. > I'm using a "dummy" hostname of > "myname.my.domain." This has been happening for *months* with > no (or not much?) ill-effect, but I would like to clean that > up if possible & there must be something I'm not quite getting > right for config... What is happening here? It appears that > I am rejecting a UDP DNS query from "myself."(?) > Apr 3 03:23:15 myname /kernel: Connection attempt to UDP 10.0.0.1:1516 from 10. > 0.0.1:53 > Apr 3 03:23:15 myname /kernel: Connection attempt to UDP 10.0.0.1:1517 from 10. > 0.0.1:53 No, the traffic is coming back *from* your local DNS server to a client program (using unprivileged port 1516...1530) - probably Netscape. It's not an error, it's just a bit verbose. See other posting about LOG_IN_VAIN for a fix. -- Rasputin Jack of All Trades :: Master of Nuns To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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