Unapproved Log Messages

[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

	gc._msdcs.some-domain.com is not a valid hostname, by default
	named reject invalid hostnames in master zones.  You can
	override the check via check-names.

	Mark
> 
> 
> I'm running Bind 8.2.2-P5 and my logs are full of this messages:
> 
> Dec 26 19:12:51 ns1 named[8764]: owner name "gc._msdcs.some-domain.com" IN
> (primary) is invalid - rejecting
> Dec 26 19:17:50 ns1 named[8764]: owner name "gc._msdcs.some-domain.com" IN
> (primary) is invalid - rejecting
> Dec 26 20:12:56 ns1 named[8764]: owner name "gc._msdcs.some-domain.com" IN
> (primary) is invalid - rejecting
> Dec 26 20:17:56 ns1 named[8764]: owner name "gc._msdcs.some-domain.com" IN
> (primary) is invalid - rejecting
> Dec 26 21:13:02 ns1 named[8764]: owner name "gc._msdcs.some-domain.com" IN
> (primary) is invalid - rejecting
> 
> A remote host is allowed to update and transfer to 'some-domain.com'
> (changed the name). The file some-domain.com.dns contains the normal entrys
> I wrote, but due the updates it contains following too:
> 
> $ORIGIN _msdcs.some-domain.com.
> 3c6900ca-4f3d-483b-9b3b-73baed8493ba    600     IN      CNAME
> REM.some-domain.com.
> $ORIGIN _tcp.dc._msdcs.some-domain.com.
> _ldap   600     IN      SRV             0 100 389 REM.some-domain.com.
> ;Cl=2
> _kerberos       600     IN      SRV             0 100 88
> REM.some-domain.com.      ;C
> $ORIGIN
> _tcp.Standardname-des-ersten-Standorts._sites.dc._msdcs.some-domain.com.
> _ldap   600     IN      SRV             0 100 389 REM.some-domain.com.
> ;Cl=2
> _kerberos       600     IN      SRV             0 100 88
> REM.some-domain.com.      ;C
> $ORIGIN _tcp.pdc._msdcs.some-domain.com.
> _ldap   600     IN      SRV             0 100 389 REM.some-domain.com.
> ;Cl=2
> ...
> 
> and a lot more stuff like that. Everythings working fine, but however, I
> just wanted to know why I'm getting those log messages and what it really
> means.
> 
> 
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