newbie on bind -lame server

["Peña, Botp"]

lame is a dns jargon. I do not know its origin or who coined it first (maybe
someone in the list can give light).

you could determine if you are lamed yourself by using doc or dnswalk (as
mentioned by the two James)

Thanks,
-botp

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boulton, Michael (Corp-Warren) [mailto:mboulton at bwauto.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 11:50 PM
> To: '"Peña, Botp"'; comp-protocols-dns-bind at moderators.isc.org
> Subject: RE: newbie on bind -lame server
> 
> 
> 
>  Sorry, I missed that. How would you find if you are lamed? 
> In 'Lamens'
> terms.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	"Peña, Botp" [SMTP:botp at delmonte-phil.com]
> > Sent:	Thursday, March 29, 2001 10:49 AM
> > To:	comp-protocols-dns-bind at moderators.isc.org
> > Subject:	RE: newbie on bind -lame server
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks, James G, James R, Chip, and Jim Reid.
> > 
> > James G was kind enough to give me a report our state. And yes, we
> > ourselves
> > are lamed.
> > We will fixed this.
> > 
> > Thank you all for the help.
> > 
> > -botp
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: James Raftery [mailto:james-bind-users at now.ie]
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 10:54 PM
> > > To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at moderators.isc.org
> > > Subject: Re: newbie on bind -lame server
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 10:01:48PM +0800, "Peña, Botp" wrote:
> > > > I got a lot of lame server messages (below is a sample).
> > > > Do I need to worry?
> > > 
> > > No - your nameserver is merely logging messages that highlight the
> > > abysmal state of the DNS today. Each one of the zones 
> listed (in the
> > > "Lame server on "X" portion, where X is the zone) has a nameserver
> > > supposed to be hosting it, but isn't.
> > > 
> > > Get a copy of DoC or dnswalk and run it against your own 
> > > domains to make
> > > sure your domains are not in a similar state.
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > james
> > > -- 
> > > James Raftery (JBR54)
> > >   "It's somewhere in the Red Hat district"  --  A network 
> engineer's
> > >    freudian slip when talking about Amsterdam's nightlife 
> at RIPE 38.
> > > 
>