Why is my system talking to itself?

[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

	Seems fine to me.

	Note you need to take care with packet tracers that are
	looking at DNS traffic as the packet tracer itself can
	generate significant DNS traffic.

	Mark


> First setup for me (besides a cache); not sure whether this is normal.
> Examples:
> 
> Feb  2 19:38:09 domain UDP datagram from clifto.com [216.227.10.185] (216.227
> .10.185:1611->216.227.10.185:53)
> Feb  2 19:38:09 ill UDP datagram from clifto.com [216.227.10.185] (216.227.10
> .185:53->216.227.10.185:1611)
> Feb  2 19:38:09 domain UDP datagram from clifto.com [216.227.10.185] (216.227
> .10.185:1611->216.227.10.185:53)
> Feb  2 19:38:09 ill UDP datagram from clifto.com [216.227.10.185] (216.227.10
> .185:53->216.227.10.185:1611)
> Feb  2 19:38:19 domain UDP datagram from clifto.com [216.227.10.185] (216.227
> .10.185:1611->216.227.10.185:53)
> Feb  2 19:38:19 ill UDP datagram from clifto.com [216.227.10.185] (216.227.10
> .185:53->216.227.10.185:1611)
> Feb  2 19:40:35 domain UDP datagram from clifto.com [216.227.10.185] (216.227
> .10.185:1621->216.227.10.185:53)
> Feb  2 19:40:35 softdataphone UDP datagram from clifto.com [216.227.10.185] (
> 216.227.10.185:53->216.227.10.185:1621)
> Feb  2 19:40:35 domain UDP datagram from clifto.com [216.227.10.185] (216.227
> .10.185:1621->216.227.10.185:53)
> Feb  2 19:40:35 softdataphone UDP datagram from clifto.com [216.227.10.185] (
> 216.227.10.185:53->216.227.10.185:1621)
> Feb  2 19:40:35 domain UDP datagram from clifto.com [216.227.10.185] (216.227
> .10.185:1621->216.227.10.185:53)
> Feb  2 19:40:35 softdataphone UDP datagram from clifto.com [216.227.10.185] (
> 216.227.10.185:53->216.227.10.185:1621)
> Feb  2 19:40:35 domain UDP datagram from clifto.com [216.227.10.185] (216.227
> .10.185:1621->216.227.10.185:53)
> Feb  2 19:40:35 softdataphone UDP datagram from clifto.com [216.227.10.185] (
> 216.227.10.185:53->216.227.10.185:1621)
> Feb  2 19:40:35 domain UDP datagram from clifto.com [216.227.10.185] (216.227
> .10.185:1621->216.227.10.185:53)
> 
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