Can someone please explain?

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> From bind-users-bounce at isc.org Thu Aug  8 10:30:17 2002
> From: "David Botham" <dns at botham.net>
> To: <bind-users at isc.org>
> Subject: RE: Can someone please explain?
> Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 13:19:17 -0400
>
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org] On
> > Behalf Of Bind-Users Mailist
> > Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 1:14 PM
> > To: bind-users at isc.org
> > Subject: Can someone please explain?
> > 
> > Following log entry:
> > /etc.hosts.allow. line 23: host name/address mismatch: 209.61.188.115
> > !=china-stone.net
> > The above warning dated Aug 7 07:46:09
> > Line 23 reads
> > ALL : ALL : allow
>
> The PTR and A RR do not match:
>
> [root at nsca1 root]# dig -x 209.61.188.115
>
> ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> -x 
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> ;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4
> ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
> ;; QUERY SECTION:
> ;;      115.188.61.209.in-addr.arpa, type = ANY, class = IN
>
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> 115.188.61.209.in-addr.arpa.  1D IN PTR  china-stone.net.
>
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> 188.61.209.in-addr.arpa.  1D IN NS  ns.rackspace.com.
> 188.61.209.in-addr.arpa.  1D IN NS  ns2.rackspace.com.
>
> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> ns.rackspace.com.       1D IN A         207.235.16.2
> ns2.rackspace.com.      1D IN A         207.71.44.121
>
> ;; Total query time: 34 msec
> ;; FROM: nsca1 to SERVER: default -- 216.154.198.178
> ;; WHEN: Fri Dec 27 19:23:29 2002
> ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 45  rcvd: 154
>
> [root at nsca1 root]# dig china-stone.net
>
> ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> china-stone.net 
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> ;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4
> ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 0
> ;; QUERY SECTION:
> ;;      china-stone.net, type = A, class = IN
>
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> china-stone.net.        1H IN A         62.190.185.65
>
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> china-stone.net.        1H IN NS        dns9.register.com.
> china-stone.net.        1H IN NS        dns10.register.com.
>
> ;; Total query time: 5023 msec
> ;; FROM: nsca1 to SERVER: default -- 216.154.198.178
> ;; WHEN: Fri Dec 27 19:23:54 2002
> ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 33  rcvd: 100
>
>
> > 
> > So far I have not got paranoid anout hosts.allow probably because
> others
> > things have taken a higher priority :-)
> > 
> > Advice please
> > 
> > David
> > Systems Administrator
> > Vizion2000.net
>
>
>
But why this warning on my DNS which does not serve theoted domain?
David