What are these client queries about?

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> 
> We are in the process of decommisioning an old BIND 4.9.8-REL name
> server.  After re-registering all the zones elsewhere we still get
> lots of these in our querylog:
> 
> Sep  4 13:50:16 deprecated named[20371]: XX /216.33.87.10/./A
> Sep  4 13:54:57 deprecated named[20371]: XX /216.33.87.10/./A
> Sep  4 14:53:04 deprecated named[20371]: XX /216.33.87.8/./A
> 
> What are they about?  Why pull the root "." from us?
> 

	You are most probably listed in a resolver config or
	as a forwarder in named.boot/named.conf on the client machines.

	Mark
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