Zone Update

[Pete Ehlke]

On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 02:58:46AM +0100, J. Kahn wrote:
> Could someone explain to me why I get errors like those below in my log file
> for named?
> 
> unapproved update from [ip.ip.ip.ip].1193
> 

Q: I keep getting log messages like the following.  Why?

   Jun 21 12:00:00.000 client 10.0.0.1#1234: update denied

A: Someone is trying to update your DNS data using the RFC2136 Dynamic
Update protocol.  Windows 2000 machines have a habit of sending dynamic
update requests to DNS servers without being specifically configured to
do so.  If the update requests are coming from a Windows 2000 machine,
see <http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q246/8/04.asp>
for information about how to turn them off.

Also, please remember that comp.protocols.dns.bind is bidirectionally
gatewayed with the bind-users mailing list. Please do not forge email
addresses here.

-Pete
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