Bind9 logging options

[Tomasz Dereszynski]

Quoting sthaug at nethelp.no:

>> No! Log files are indicating any issue! The only indication I have about the
>> problem, is the lack if queries in the log files. No timeouts, no  
>> failures. I
>> even tried to query a fake domain. The result was a normal record (with A+).
>> I did not find any error!
>> So, how on earth do I log them?
>
> Use a packet sniffer (e.g. tcpdump, wireshark) on your DNS servers to
> capture the DNS traffic.
>

if you set it to capture only 53 port and to save files up to  
reasonable size you can leave it running for 24h without a problem -  
wouldnt recommend doing that without specifying port/service.

t

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