bind9 Numerous recent - error (FORMERR) resolving 'dns3.registrar-servers.com/AAAA/IN'

[Mark Andrews]

Well 208.67.220.220 returns the wrong SOA record which is why you
are getting the message.  For that matter why are you talking to
208.67.220.220 in the first place?  It is not normally involved in
resolving dns2.registrar-servers.com.

registrar-servers.com.	2898	IN	NS	dns1.name-services.com.
registrar-servers.com.	2898	IN	NS	dns3.name-services.com.
registrar-servers.com.	2898	IN	NS	dns4.name-services.com.
registrar-servers.com.	2898	IN	NS	dns5.name-services.com.
registrar-servers.com.	2898	IN	NS	dns2.name-services.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
dns4.name-services.com.	7	IN	A	98.124.194.1
dns3.name-services.com.	7	IN	A	98.124.193.1
dns5.name-services.com.	7	IN	A	98.124.196.1
dns2.name-services.com.	7	IN	A	98.124.197.1
dns1.name-services.com.	6	IN	A	98.124.192.1

; <<>> DiG 9.11.0pre-alpha <<>> dns2.registrar-servers.com aaaa @208.67.220.220
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 41549
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;dns2.registrar-servers.com.	IN	AAAA

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
.			1434	IN	SOA	a.root-servers.net. nstld.verisign-grs.com. 2015052601 1800 900 604800 86400

;; Query time: 19 msec
;; SERVER: 208.67.220.220#53(208.67.220.220)
;; WHEN: Wed May 27 08:24:35 EST 2015
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 130


In message <5564F08C.4070007 at suddenlinkmail.com>, "David C. Rankin" writes:
> All,
> 
>    I have run bind8 and bind9 for the past 15 years beginning on Mandrake be
> fore 
> it went corporate and tanked. Over the past few weeks to a month or so, my l
> ogs 
> have been filling with (FORMERR) messages like:
> 
> May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: DNS format error from 208.67.222.222#5
> 3 
> resolving dns3.registrar-servers.com/AAAA: invalid response
> May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: error (FORMERR) resolving 
> 'dns3.registrar-servers.com/AAAA/IN': 208.67.222.222#53
> May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: DNS format error from 208.67.222.222#5
> 3 
> resolving dns4.registrar-servers.com/AAAA: invalid response
> May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: error (FORMERR) resolving 
> 'dns4.registrar-servers.com/AAAA/IN': 208.67.222.222#53
> May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: DNS format error from 208.67.222.222#5
> 3 
> resolving dns2.registrar-servers.com/AAAA: invalid response
> May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: error (FORMERR) resolving 
> 'dns2.registrar-servers.com/AAAA/IN': 208.67.222.222#53
> May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: DNS format error from 208.67.220.220#5
> 3 
> resolving dns3.registrar-servers.com/AAAA: invalid response
> May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: error (FORMERR) resolving 
> 'dns3.registrar-servers.com/AAAA/IN': 208.67.220.220#53
> May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: DNS format error from 208.67.220.220#5
> 3 
> resolving dns4.registrar-servers.com/AAAA: invalid response
> May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: error (FORMERR) resolving 
> 'dns4.registrar-servers.com/AAAA/IN': 208.67.220.220#53
> May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: DNS format error from 208.67.220.220#5
> 3 
> resolving dns2.registrar-servers.com/AAAA: invalid response
> May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: error (FORMERR) resolving 
> 'dns2.registrar-servers.com/AAAA/IN': 208.67.220.220#53
> 
>    I'm not sure what to make of it. Is there something that has changed 
> requiring an update on my end, or is this just an issue with the remote? I h
> ave 
> an older bind 9.9.1 running.
> 
> -- 
> David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
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Mark Andrews, ISC
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