Frequent ndc restart needed

Thu Jun 15 00:09:14 UTC 2000

	There are some changes in the BIND 8.2.3 beta that may affect
	this.

	Mark

> Hi!
> 
> I'm having a lot of trouble with my bind. Everything runs smoothly, except 
> that every now and then I have to restart named. "Every now and then" can 
> vary from twice a minute to once every two days. I have to restart named 
> because at some point it will simply refuse to look up any address. It 
> keeps accepting connections, it just returns a "DNS unknown" like message. 
> It doesn't segfault or something.
> 
> Currently we (the people on my LAN) have a single nameserver, which serves 
> both our internal and our external addresses. I know, it would be better to 
> separate the internal from the external, and we'll do that soon, because 
> we'll get us a second server.
> 
> Named also complains a lot about lame servers. Below is a snippet from the 
> logs.
> 
> I hope you can help me. Restarting named is getting really annoying.
> 
> Greetz,
> MeltDown
> 
> 
> Server config:
> P90, 32 Mb EDO-Ram, 4 Gb harddisk, ADSL internet connection
> 
> Log snippet:
> 
> (every line starts with "Jun 15 00:36:41 acer named[30325]", but I took 
> that away for clarity)
> 
> starting.  named 8.2.2-P5 Mon Feb 28 10:17:53 EST 2000
> hint zone "" (IN) loaded (serial 0)
> master zone "0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA" (IN) loaded (serial 200006120)
> master zone "thirdtower.com" (IN) loaded (serial 200006121)
> master zone "thirdtower.demon.nl" (IN) loaded (serial 200006121)
> master zone "10.IN-ADDR.ARPA" (IN) loaded (serial 200006121)
> listening on [127.0.0.1].53 (lo)
> listening on [10.1.0.2].53 (eth0)
> listening on [10.0.2.3].53 (eth1)
> listening on [10.0.3.1].53 (eth1:0)
> listening on [10.0.3.2].53 (eth1:1)
> listening on [10.0.3.3].53 (eth1:2)
> listening on [10.0.3.4].53 (eth1:3)
> listening on [10.0.3.5].53 (eth1:4)
> listening on [10.67.195.129].53 (ppp0)
> listening on [194.109.221.152].53 (ppp0:0)
> listening on [212.238.13.43].53 (ppp1)
> Forwarding source address is [0.0.0.0].2344
> Ready to answer queries.
> ns_forw: sendto([202.12.27.33].53): Network is unreachable
> Lame server on '' (in ''?): [192.203.230.10].53 'E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET'
> Lame server on '' (in ''?): [192.112.36.4].53 'G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET'
> Lame server on '' (in ''?): [198.41.0.10].53 'J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET'
> Lame server on '' (in ''?): [198.41.0.4].53 'A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET'
> Lame server on '' (in ''?): [128.63.2.53].53 'H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET'
> Lame server on '' (in ''?): [128.9.0.107].53 'B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET'
> Lame server on '' (in ''?): [198.32.64.12].53 'L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET'
> Lame server on '' (in ''?): [202.12.27.33].53 'M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET'
> Lame server on '' (in ''?): [193.0.14.129].53 'K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET'
> Lame server on '' (in ''?): [192.36.148.17].53 'I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET'
> Lame server on '' (in ''?): [128.8.10.90].53 'D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET'
> Lame server on '' (in ''?): [192.33.4.12].53 'C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET'
> Lame server on '' (in ''?): [192.5.5.241].53 'F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET'
> ns_forw: query(51.13.188.62.in-addr.arpa) All possible A RR's lame
> ns_resp: query(wwp.mirabilis.com) All possible A RR's lame
> "thirdtower.com IN MX" points to a CNAME (mail.thirdtower.com)
> sysquery: query(name.iad.gblx.net) All possible A RR's lame
> sysquery: query(DNS-02.ICQ.NET) All possible A RR's lame
> 
> 
> 
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Mark Andrews, Nominum Inc.
1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
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