Understanding 'format error" Messages

b19141 at anl.gov b19141 at anl.gov
Thu Apr 15 20:43:51 UTC 2010


I am trying to understand "format error" messages like this one from
BIND 9.7.0-P1:

     Apr 15 15:36:02 dnsserver.it.anl.gov named[8662]:
       [ID 873579 daemon.notice] DNS format error
       from 209.234.234.42#53 resolving markets.nytimes.wallst.com/AAAA
       for client 164.54.214.14#13132: invalid response

dnsserver% dig markets.nytimes.wallst.com @209.234.224.42

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> markets.nytimes.wallst.com @209.234.224.42
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      markets.nytimes.wallst.com, type = A, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
markets.nytimes.wallst.com.  1M IN A  209.234.225.89

;; Total query time: 56 msec
;; FROM: dnsserver.it.anl.gov to SERVER: 209.234.224.42  209.234.224.42
;; WHEN: Thu Apr 15 15:36:39 2010
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 44  rcvd: 60

dnsserver% dig markets.nytimes.wallst.com @209.234.224.42 AAAA

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> markets.nytimes.wallst.com @209.234.224.42 AAAA
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      markets.nytimes.wallst.com, type = AAAA, class = IN

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
wallst.com.             1M IN SOA       lb-www-p1-bb2-01.mgmt.local. hostmaster.lb-www-p1-bb2-01.mgmt.local. (
                                        390             ; serial
                                        3H              ; refresh
                                        1H              ; retry
                                        1W              ; expiry
                                        1M )            ; minimum


;; Total query time: 56 msec
;; FROM: dnsserver.it.anl.gov to SERVER: 209.234.224.42  209.234.224.42
;; WHEN: Thu Apr 15 15:36:56 2010
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 44  rcvd: 118

dnsserver%

I do not see what the error is in the response to the AAAA query.
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Barry S. Finkel
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