bind 8.2.2p7 dies

[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

	See: http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/bind-security.html
	bind 8.2.2p7 has know security flaws.

	Ignore the lame server messages as they don't indicate a local
	problem, though they will help you understand why you can't
	resolve certian domains.

	Mark

> 
> Attached are a portion of the logs for my name server here.  What is
> happening is that it stops responding.  I am going to try to make & install
> 9.1.1rc4.  This is a LM 6.0 Linux server, that is also running Apache(if
> that matters).  But I see tons of lame server messages mainly from
> 'Ameritech.net'.  I already have 9.1.1rc4 running on a slave server under RH
> 6.2 linux and it seems to be fine.
> 
> I wrote a short perl script to check DNS by running dig against the
> localhost and see if it responds.  If it doesn't restart named.  I run this
> every 15 minutes.  I have three DNS servers, 2 running redhat 6.2 and this
> LM Linux 6.0 server.  The LM 6.0 Linux server is the only server that stops
> responding from time to time.  At 15.32, apparently named stopped responding
> and my perl script restarted.
> 
> So I guess, my question to the list is, is it named 8.2.2p7 or LM 6.0 that
> is at the bottom of these named problems? Or am I wasting my time to update
> to Bind 9.1.1rc4?
> 
> Thanks,
> Lyle
> 
> Portion of the messages log from the 'problem server'.
> 
> Mar 13 15:15:47 linux named[354]: Lame server on '78.92.109.64.in-addr.arpa'
> (in '109.64.in-addr.arpa'?): [207.231.134.27].53 'NS2.AMERITECH.NET'
> Mar 13 15:15:47 linux named[354]: Lame server on '78.92.109.64.in-addr.arpa'
> (in '109.64.in-addr.arpa'?): [206.141.251.2].53 'NS1.AMERITECH.NET'
> Mar 13 15:25:49 linux named[354]: Lame server on '78.92.109.64.in-addr.arpa'
> (in '109.64.in-addr.arpa'?): [206.141.251.2].53 'NS1.AMERITECH.NET'
> Mar 13 15:25:49 linux named[354]: Lame server on '78.92.109.64.in-addr.arpa'
> (in '109.64.in-addr.arpa'?): [207.231.134.27].53 'NS2.AMERITECH.NET'
> Mar 13 15:32:01 linux named: named shutdown succeeded
> Mar 13 15:32:02 linux named[1448]: starting.  named 8.2.2-P7 Fri Nov 10
> 22:43:34 CET 2000
> ^Iroot at kenobi2.mandrakesoft.com:/usr/src/RPM/BUILD/bind-8.2.2P7/src/bin/name
> d
> 
> ---------Normal startup messages for a slave zone server -----------------
> 
> Mar 13 15:32:03 linux named: named startup succeeded
> Mar 13 15:35:56 linux named[1449]: Lame server on
> '78.92.109.64.in-addr.arpa' (in '109.64.in-addr.arpa'?): [206.141.251.2].53
> 'NS1.AMERITECH.NET'
> Mar 13 15:35:56 linux named[1449]: Lame server on
> '78.92.109.64.in-addr.arpa' (in '109.64.in-addr.arpa'?): [207.231.134.27].53
> 'NS2.AMERITECH.NET'
> Mar 13 15:45:58 linux named[1449]: Lame server on
> '78.92.109.64.in-addr.arpa' (in '109.64.in-addr.arpa'?): [207.231.134.27].53
> 'NS2.AMERITECH.NET'
> Mar 13 15:45:59 linux named[1449]: Lame server on
> '78.92.109.64.in-addr.arpa' (in '109.64.in-addr.arpa'?): [206.141.251.2].53
> 'NS1.AMERITECH.NET'
> Mar 13 15:56:01 linux named[1449]: Lame server on 'search.ebay.com' (in
> 'EBAY.com'?): [209.24.149.41].53 'NS1.BEST.COM'
> Mar 13 15:59:16 linux named[1449]: Lame server on
> '78.92.109.64.in-addr.arpa' (in '109.64.in-addr.arpa'?): [206.141.251.2].53
> 'NS1.AMERITECH.NET'
> Mar 13 15:59:16 linux named[1449]: Lame server on
> '78.92.109.64.in-addr.arpa' (in '109.64.in-addr.arpa'?): [207.231.134.27].53
> 'NS2.AMERITECH.NET'
> 
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Mark Andrews, Nominum Inc.
1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
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