'lame server resolving' - why am i getting this?

[phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu]

Fred Kilbourn <fred at fredk.com> wrote:

> I am running BIND 9.2.1 on a Red Hat 7 box.  For reasons unbeknownst
> to me i am getting this crazy message.  I am sure someone out there
> who knows a bit more than i about BIND and DNS could help me figure it
> out.  Following are examples of the error i am receiving and config
> files for my BIND install:

It's not your nameserver that faulty, it's the nameservers for 
178.199.in-addr.arpa where all nameservers are Lame.

If it's your provider, go complain.

> dig 178.199.in-addr.arpa ns @NS2.AMERITECH.NET.

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> 178.199.in-addr.arpa ns @NS2.AMERITECH.NET.
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 2
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      178.199.in-addr.arpa, type = NS, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
178.199.in-addr.arpa.   6h35m16s IN NS  NS1.AMERITECH.NET.
178.199.in-addr.arpa.   6h35m16s IN NS  NS2.AMERITECH.NET.

Look at the absence of 'aa' in the flags field. Same goes 
with both nameservers.


> Thanks,
>   Fred Kilbourn



> ~~~~~ERRORS I AM RECEIVING~~~~~
> Jul 11 11:46:55 mx named[765]: lame server resolving
> '218.251.178.199.in-addr.arpa' (in '178.199.in-addr.arpa'?):
> 206.141.251.2#53
> Jul 11 11:46:55 mx named[765]: lame server resolving
> '218.251.178.199.in-addr.arpa' (in '178.199.in-addr.arpa'?):
> 207.231.134.27#53
> Jul 11 11:46:55 mx named[765]: lame server resolving
> '218.251.178.199.in-addr.arpa' (in '178.199.in-addr.arpa'?):
> 206.141.251.2#53
> Jul 11 11:46:55 mx named[765]: lame server resolving
> '218.251.178.199.in-addr.arpa' (in '178.199.in-addr.arpa'?):
> 207.231.134.27#53



> ~~~~~NAMED.CONF~~~~~
> options {
>         directory "/var/named";
>         query-source port 53;
> };

> --snip--

> zone "." {
>         type hint;
>         file "named.root";
> };

> zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
>         type master;
>         file "zone/127.0.0";
> };

> zone "biip.net" {
>         type master;
>         file "zone/biip.net";
> };



> ~~~~~BIIP.NET~~~~~
> $TTL 3D
> @       IN      SOA     mx.biip.net. . (
>                         6       ; serial number
>                         3600    ; refresh
>                         600     ; retry
>                         86400   ; expire
>                         3600  ) ; minimum TTL
>                 NS      mx.biip.net.
>                 MX      10 mx.biip.net.

> mx              A       199.178.251.26
> www             A       199.178.251.26


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