"lame server"

[arjen-bind at 3va.net]

Why ask if you know the answer?

It actually does mean what Mark says. The server is
authoritive for the zone, but is probably badly configured,
so it cannot answer and therefore it is lame.

And btw, no zones, no resolving ;)

Grtz, 

Arjen.


On Tue, 5 Jun 2001, alexus wrote:

> 
> hmm not really.. i disagree
> 
> it has something to do with resolving, definatly not with zones...
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Mark.Andrews at nominum.com>
> To: "alexus" <ml at db.nexgen.com>
> Cc: <bind-users at isc.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 9:03 PM
> Subject: Re: "lame server"
> 
> 
> >
> > I means that a server listed as being authoritative for the zone
> > is not actually authoritative for the zone.
> >
> > In this case box.nexgen.com (64.81.208.245) is listed as being
> > a server for edgetrade.net however it is not behaving as if it
> > configured as a server for edgetrade.net.
> >
> > Mark
> > >
> > > Jun  4 20:05:11 box named[18928]: lame server resolving 'edgetrade.net'
> (in
> > > 'edgetrade.NET'?): 64.81.208.245#53
> > >
> > > what does "lame server" means???
> > >
> > >
> > >                 _/_/   _/         _/_/_/   _/     _/   _/     _/  _/_/_/
> > >               _/  _/  _/        _/    _/  _/     _/   _/     _/ _/    _/
> > >             _/    _/ _/        _/          _/  _/    _/     _/ _/
> > >            _/    _/ _/        _/_/_/       _/_/     _/     _/  _/_/_/
> > >           _/_/_/_/ _/        _/          _/  _/    _/     _/       _/
> > >          _/    _/ _/     _/ _/     _/  _/     _/  _/     _/ _/    _/
> > >         _/    _/ _/_/_/_/    _/_/_/   _/      _/   _/_/_/   _/_/_/
> > >
> > >                    (W)orld(W)ide(W)eb: http://box.nexgen.com/
> > >               (I)nternet(R)elay(C)hat: EFnet #aLeXuS
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > --
> > Mark Andrews, Nominum Inc.
> > 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
> > PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews at nominum.com
> >
> 
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