BIND 8.3.1 and Error 5501 in Windows

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> 
> Hi,
> 
> We recently upgraded from 8.2.5-REL to 8.3.1-REL (running on FreeBSD). Since
> that time, a number of customers using Windows 2000 and Windows NT have
> complained about seeing the following error in their logs.
> 
> 5501	- The DNS server encountered a bad packet from 139.130.4.4.  Packet
> processing leads beyond packet length.
> 
> Has anyone seen this, and what changed between 8.2.5 and 8.3.1 which may be
> the cause? Note that I suspect the problem lies in Windows not Bind, I just
> want to understand what changed in Bind.

	This *may* be caused by the following.  See 8.3.2-RC1.

1257.   [bug]           malformed response to query w/ tsig + edns.

	Mark
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Peter
> 
> -----------------------------------------------
> Peter Marrinon
> Systems Engineer
> Telstra Internet Systems Development
> (02) 6208 1684
> peterm at telstra.net
> 
> 
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