Problem with BIND 8.2.2 NOTIFY

[Russell Senior]

I have just been setting up BIND 8.2.2 on a new machine, a Linux box
using the current Debian `unstable' packages (though I've also
compiled BIND 8.2.2 from source and seen the same thing).  The server
is master for 6 zones and my ISP is allegedly slaving for me with BIND
8.1.2 or later.

Right after starting (or reloading) the daemon.log shows the zones
loading, ready to answer queries, and then I see a sysquery message
with a bogus sendto address (see excerpt below), then some `Sent
NOTIFY' messages (presumably to the slaving nameserver).  However,
when I've watched the traffic on the external interface with tcpdump,
I don't see any traffic going out when the NOTIFY messages are
allegedly sent.  And furthermore, I am not seeing any zone transfers.
Otherwise, the name server seems to function properly, responding to
queries, etc.  So what are those `sysquery: sendto' messages all
about? 

Here's the excerpt from daemon.log (sorry about the long lines):

   Nov  4 15:39:15 new-bonneville named[8679]: reloading nameserver
   Nov  4 15:39:15 new-bonneville named[8679]: Zone "tdb.com" (file /etc/bind/db.tdb): No default TTL set using SOA minimum instead
   Nov  4 15:39:15 new-bonneville named[8679]: master zone "tdb.com" (IN) loaded (serial 1999110401)
   Nov  4 15:39:15 new-bonneville named[8679]: Zone "emf-data.org" (file /etc/bind/db.emf-data): No default TTL set using SOA minimum instead
   Nov  4 15:39:15 new-bonneville named[8679]: master zone "emf-data.org" (IN) loaded (serial 1999110401)
   Nov  4 15:39:15 new-bonneville named[8679]: Zone "mpoints.com" (file /etc/bind/db.mpoints): No default TTL set using SOA minimum instead
   Nov  4 15:39:15 new-bonneville named[8679]: master zone "mpoints.com" (IN) loaded (serial 1999110401)
   Nov  4 15:39:15 new-bonneville named[8679]: Zone "klickitat.com" (file /etc/bind/db.klickitat): No default TTL set using SOA minimum instead
   Nov  4 15:39:15 new-bonneville named[8679]: master zone "klickitat.com" (IN) loaded (serial 1999110401)
   Nov  4 15:39:15 new-bonneville named[8679]: Zone "214.99.216.in-addr.arpa" (file /etc/bind/db.216.99.214): No default TTL set using SOA minimum instead
   Nov  4 15:39:15 new-bonneville named[8679]: master zone "214.99.216.in-addr.arpa" (IN) loaded (serial 1999110401)
   Nov  4 15:39:15 new-bonneville named[8679]: Zone "215.99.216.in-addr.arpa" (file /etc/bind/db.216.99.215): No default TTL set using SOA minimum instead
   Nov  4 15:39:15 new-bonneville named[8679]: master zone "215.99.216.in-addr.arpa" (IN) loaded (serial 1999110401)
   Nov  4 15:39:15 new-bonneville named[8679]: Forwarding source address is [0.0.0.0].1252
   Nov  4 15:39:15 new-bonneville named[8679]: Ready to answer queries.
   Nov  4 15:39:20 new-bonneville named[8679]: sysquery: sendto([0.0.58.43].53): Invalid argument
   Nov  4 15:39:20 new-bonneville named[8679]: Sent NOTIFY for "klickitat.com IN SOA" (klickitat.com); 2 NS, 2 A
   Nov  4 15:39:29 new-bonneville named[8679]: Sent NOTIFY for "tdb.com IN SOA" (tdb.com); 2 NS, 2 A
   Nov  4 15:39:29 new-bonneville named[8679]: Sent NOTIFY for "214.99.216.in-addr.arpa IN SOA" (214.99.216.in-addr.arpa); 2 NS, 2 A
   Nov  4 15:39:33 new-bonneville named[8679]: Sent NOTIFY for "215.99.216.in-addr.arpa IN SOA" (215.99.216.in-addr.arpa); 2 NS, 2 A
   Nov  4 15:39:39 new-bonneville named[8679]: Sent NOTIFY for "mpoints.com IN SOA" (mpoints.com); 2 NS, 2 A
   Nov  4 15:39:40 new-bonneville named[8679]: Sent NOTIFY for "emf-data.org IN SOA" (emf-data.org); 2 NS, 2 A
   Nov  4 16:39:15 new-bonneville named[8679]: Cleaned cache of 212 RRsets

Here's my /etc/named.conf:

   options {
           directory "/var/cache/bind";
           listen-on { 216.99.214.2; };
   };
   
   logging {
           category lame-servers { null; };
           category cname { null; };
   };

   zone "." {
           type hint;
           file "/etc/bind/db.root";
   };
   
   zone "localhost" {
           type master;
           file "/etc/bind/db.local";
   };
   
   zone "127.in-addr.arpa" {
           type master;
           file "/etc/bind/db.127";
   };
   
   zone "0.in-addr.arpa" {
           type master;
           file "/etc/bind/db.0";
   };
   
   zone "255.in-addr.arpa" {
           type master;
           file "/etc/bind/db.255";
   };
   
   zone "tdb.com" in {
           type master;
           file "/etc/bind/db.tdb";
   };
   
   zone "emf-data.org" in {
           type master;
           file "/etc/bind/db.emf-data";
   };
   
   zone "mpoints.com" in {
           type master;
           file "/etc/bind/db.mpoints";
   };
   
   zone "klickitat.com" in {
           type master;
           file "/etc/bind/db.klickitat";
   };
   
   zone "214.99.216.in-addr.arpa" in {
           type master;
           file "/etc/bind/db.216.99.214";
   };
   
   zone "215.99.216.in-addr.arpa" in {
           type master;
           file "/etc/bind/db.216.99.215";
   }; 

And here's one of the zone files, db.emf-data (built using h2n):

   @ IN  SOA dns.tdb.com. domainmaster.dns.tdb.com. ( 1999110401 10800 3600 604800 
   86400 )
     IN  NS  216.99.214.2.
     IN  NS  205.159.88.1.
   
   localhost            IN  A     127.0.0.1
   ftp                  IN  A     216.99.214.13
   ftp                  IN  MX    10 mail.emf-data.org.
   mail                 IN  A     216.99.214.14
   mail                 IN  MX    10 mail.emf-data.org.
   www                  IN  A     216.99.214.15
   www                  IN  MX    10 mail.emf-data.org.
   $INCLUDE /etc/bind/spcl.emf-data

Any ideas would be appreciated.  Thanks!

-- 
Russell S. Senior                                      russell at tdb.com
T. Dan Bracken, Inc.                                http://www.tdb.com
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