[named] error sending response: host unreachable

[Kevin Darcy]

All it means is that the client closed the socket before the response could be
delivered. There's nothing Windows-specific about the error, besides the fact that
Windows boxes tend to have more shoddy TCP/IP stacks than other kinds of boxes. If
the errors bother you, then track down the clients and see what TCP/IP stacks they
are running, including versions and patchlevels. Maybe there is some sort of
bugfix for the behavior.


- Kevin

Jinux2000 wrote:

> Hi People,
>
> I have a OpenBSD server running bind-9.1.2. The server is hosting a few domains
> and is working fine. I get a lot of messages like below. Are they safe? What do
> they mean? I tried to search about them but only found one post and that too
> about windows problem. I'm not using windows anywhere on my network.
>
> Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Jan 20 20:42:05 ns1 named[16560]: client 63.173.191.2#793: error sending
> response: host unreachable
>
> Jan 20 20:49:19 ns1 named[16560]: client 208.187.152.2#1024: error sending
> response: host unreachable