bind9 Numerous recent - error (FORMERR) resolving 'dns3.registrar-servers.com/AAAA/IN'

Tue May 26 22:15:40 UTC 2015

All,

   I have run bind8 and bind9 for the past 15 years beginning on Mandrake before 
it went corporate and tanked. Over the past few weeks to a month or so, my logs 
have been filling with (FORMERR) messages like:

May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: DNS format error from 208.67.222.222#53 
resolving dns3.registrar-servers.com/AAAA: invalid response
May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: error (FORMERR) resolving 
'dns3.registrar-servers.com/AAAA/IN': 208.67.222.222#53
May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: DNS format error from 208.67.222.222#53 
resolving dns4.registrar-servers.com/AAAA: invalid response
May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: error (FORMERR) resolving 
'dns4.registrar-servers.com/AAAA/IN': 208.67.222.222#53
May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: DNS format error from 208.67.222.222#53 
resolving dns2.registrar-servers.com/AAAA: invalid response
May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: error (FORMERR) resolving 
'dns2.registrar-servers.com/AAAA/IN': 208.67.222.222#53
May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: DNS format error from 208.67.220.220#53 
resolving dns3.registrar-servers.com/AAAA: invalid response
May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: error (FORMERR) resolving 
'dns3.registrar-servers.com/AAAA/IN': 208.67.220.220#53
May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: DNS format error from 208.67.220.220#53 
resolving dns4.registrar-servers.com/AAAA: invalid response
May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: error (FORMERR) resolving 
'dns4.registrar-servers.com/AAAA/IN': 208.67.220.220#53
May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: DNS format error from 208.67.220.220#53 
resolving dns2.registrar-servers.com/AAAA: invalid response
May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: error (FORMERR) resolving 
'dns2.registrar-servers.com/AAAA/IN': 208.67.220.220#53

   I'm not sure what to make of it. Is there something that has changed 
requiring an update on my end, or is this just an issue with the remote? I have 
an older bind 9.9.1 running.

-- 
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.