Stats Question

[tnaves at linkwest.net]

On Mon, 1 Mar 2004, Barry Margolin wrote:

> In article <c2000v$2ic8$1 at sf1.isc.org>, tnaves at linkwest.net wrote:
> 
> > I am just learning the ways of BIND 9.  I am new to dns.  I have two dns
> > servers running with just a few people using them.  I ran a rndc stats to
> > see how things were going.  Contrasting what I am seeing in the book DNS
> > and BIND it looks like I have an inordinant number of nxdomain issues.
> 
> It depends on the queries the server is receiving.  If you have 
> mailserver clients, and they're dealing with spam, fake domains are 
> likely to appear in the headers.

Incoming mail is handled by outside dns at our ISP.  The dns inside our
network is to resolve local hosts and Internet hosts.  Faked domains from
spam should not be generating any nxdomains.

> 
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> Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
> Arlington, MA
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