CLOSE_WAIT not closing in Bind 9.2.0

[D.M.]

> In article <a2hrqo$odt at pub3.rc.vix.com>, D.M. <hmprimerib at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >We have multiple lingering CLOSE_WAIT's on our bind 9.2.0 server which
> >means the client sent a FIN, but the server hasn't closed its socket
> >yet.  This leads me to believe this is possibly a problem with the
> >server.  Anyone know how to control these?  make sure they die after a
> >set time?
>
> Since DNS clients normally use UDP, not TCP, are you sure that these
> connections are related to BIND?  Normally, TCP is only used for zone
> transfers.  Are the connections going to port 53 on the server?

Thanks for the reply.

Yes, netstat says port 53.  It's all TCP stuff.

# netstat -an |grep WAIT
   Local Address        Remote Address    Swind Send-Q Rwind Recv-Q  State
-------------------- -------------------- ----- ------ ----- ------ -------
192.168.30.2.53      210.156.196.31.1260  32120      0 24583      0 CLOSE_WAIT
192.168.25.2.53      130.125.1.10.1397    17520      0 24774      0 CLOSE_WAIT
192.168.30.2.53      209.192.164.70.59595 17520      0 24774      0 CLOSE_WAIT
192.168.25.2.53      216.37.1.19.1269     32120      0 24570      0 CLOSE_WAIT
192.168.30.2.53      62.232.35.13.4088    17520      0 24777      0 CLOSE_WAIT
192.168.30.2.53      204.201.58.9.59167   17520      0 24774      0 CLOSE_WAIT

Any thoughts?