strange message in query log

[Barry Margolin]

In article <a24808$h1b at pub3.rc.vix.com>, Greg <gking at packetstorm.org> wrote:
>
>i searched the groups but found nothing on this.
>
>Running bind 8.x on Solaris 8 x86
>
>15-Jan-2002 14:28:51.802 default: info: ns_forw:
>query(UPL\.EXE.dom.org) NS points to CNAME (NS1.dom2.org:) learnt
>(CNAME=dom2.org:NS=192.5.6.30
>
>Name:    a.gtld-servers.net
>Address:  192.5.6.30
>
>
>what is the UPL\.exe ?

The backslash means that the "." was actually part of the label "UPL.EXE",
rather than being a separator between labels in the domain name.  You can
create entries like this in DB files by escaping them with '\' characters,
e.g.

UPL\.EXE IN NS ns1.dom2.org.

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar at genuity.net
Genuity, Woburn, MA
*** DON'T SEND TECHNICAL QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO ME, post them to newsgroups.
Please DON'T copy followups to me -- I'll assume it wasn't posted to the group.