named error?
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Fri Feb 13 21:39:38 UTC 2004
> Gerald Waugh wrote:
> > I recently started seeing this error, new on to me....
> >
> > Feb 12 22:33:56 fsn1 named[823]: socket.c:1100: unexpected error:
> > Feb 12 22:33:56 fsn1 named[823]: internal_send: 244.254.254.254#53:
> > Invalid argument
> >
> > Where is this coming from, Please?
> I see a similar error when my network connection has dropped on my home
> system, and BIND can't talk to anything.
>
> What a funny IP address....... where did it get that from?
This is becoming a FAQ.
You have a client trying to lookup relays.monkeys.com (a dead anti-spam list)
which has a bad server with a CLASS E addressess.
* Mark the server as bogus.
* Fix the broken MTA generating the queries.
Mark
server 244.254.254.254 {
bogus yes;
};
; <<>> DiG 9.2.3 <<>> ns relays.monkeys.com @ns4.monkeys.com
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 16399
;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;relays.monkeys.com. IN NS
;; ANSWER SECTION:
relays.monkeys.com. 86400 IN NS bogus-maximus.monkeys.com.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
bogus-maximus.monkeys.com. 86400 IN A 244.254.254.254
;; Query time: 244 msec
;; SERVER: 66.60.159.24#53(ns4.monkeys.com)
;; WHEN: Sat Feb 14 07:08:54 2004
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 80
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Mark Andrews, ISC
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