Lame Server messages

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> I have looked around the net for some information on this error, but I have
> not had much luck.
> I get the following in my syslog for both my primary and secondary servers:
> Jul 30 00:05:28 server27 named[12144]: Lame server on
> '219.46.178.208.in-addr.arpa' (in '178.208.in-addr.arpa'?):
> [206.251.8.20].53 'NS1.SNV1.GCTR.NET'
> Jul 30 00:05:29 server27 named[12144]: Lame server on
> '219.46.178.208.in-addr.arpa' (in '178.208.in-addr.arpa'?):
> [204.152.166.154].53 'NS1.IAD1.GCTR.NET'
> Jul 30 00:05:33 server27 named[12144]: Lame server on
> '219.46.178.208.in-addr.arpa' (in '178.208.in-addr.arpa'?):
> [205.216.163.20].53 'NS1.NUQ1.GCTR.NET'
> Jul 30 00:14:56 server27 named[12144]: Lame server on
> '212.46.178.208.in-addr.arpa' (in '178.208.in-addr.arpa'?): [206.41.7.71].5
> 3
> 'NS1.JFK1.GCTR.NET'
> 
> What is interesting is that the first two parts of my IP block is 208.178.
> Now I don't have a 178.208.in-addr.arpa entry in either named.conf file.  I
> actually turned off the entry for my reverse look up.  Here is my named.con
> f
> file for the primary server:

	The following is predicated on you having been allocated
	208.178.46.0/24.

	Your reverse zone had the wrong name.  It should have been
	"46.178.208.in-addr.arpa" not "208.178.46.in-addr.arpa".
	Correcting this should address your local lookup problems.

	For global lookup you need to get 46.178.208.in-addr.arpa
	delegated to you, contact ipadmin at GLOBALCENTER.NET to do
	this.

	If you are "Cyber Group", you need to also get
	47.178.208.in-addr.arpa delegated to you as you have
	208.178.46.0/23.

	If you have a delegation that is smaller that a /24 (/25-/32)
	you need to contact "Cyber Group" to get a Classless IN-ADDR.ARPA
	delegation done.  See RFC2317 for how to do this.

	Mark

> 
> // generated by named-bootconf.pl
> 
> options {
>         directory "/var/named";
>         check-names master warn;
> };
> 
> zone "." {
>         type hint;
>         file "root.hints";
> };
> 
> zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
>         type master;
>         file "named.local";
> };
> 
> zone "DOMAIN.com" {
>         type master;
>         file "DOMAIN.com";
> };
> 
> //zone "208.178.46.in-addr.arpa" {
> //      type master;
> //      file "208.178.46";
> file://};
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Kevin Goddard
> 
> 
> 
> 
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