reply from unexpected source?

Kevin Darcy kcd at chrysler.com
Tue Jul 29 02:21:06 UTC 2008


Adam Olsen wrote:
> Here is my attempted zone file for thedaily8.com:
> $TTL    604800
> @           IN      SOA ns1.thedaily8.com. root.thedaily8.com. (
>            20080538     ; Serial
>              604800     ; Refresh
>               86400     ; Retry
>             2419200     ; Expire
>              604800 )   ; Negative Cache TTL
> ;
>
> @       IN  NS  ns1
>         IN  A   206.71.90.6
> www     IN  A   206.71.90.6
> ns1     IN  A   206.71.90.7
>
> When querying the server for thedaily8.com like this:
>
> dig thedaily8.com @206.71.90.6, I get the following:
>
> ;; reply from unexpected source: 206.71.90.5#53, expected 206.71.90.7#53
> ;; reply from unexpected source: 206.71.90.5#53, expected 206.71.90.7#53
>
> What am I doing wrong here?
>   
That message doesn't imply a problem with your data or nameserver 
configuration, it usually indicates that some intermediate device is 
performing improper NAT.

The source address of a response needs to match the destination address 
of the original query.

                                                                         
            - Kevin



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