On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 02:48:10PM +0100, Sim wrote: > Hi! > > I have a problem with wildcard. It resolves queries for all > non-existing domains. You have two wildcards in this zone, of which you probably only intend to have one. > .. named/master/test.com You want to have an @ or test.com instead of a * for the SOA here: > * IN SOA ns1.test.com. postmaster.test.com. ( This is the wildcard you probably intended. > * A 192.168.1.100 > # ping qwertyu12345.com > PING 192.168.1.100 .... > > # ping qwertyu1234.com > PING 192.168.1.100 .... > > # ping qwertyu123.com > PING 192.168.1.100 .... > > etc... > > I have tryied with ... > " test.com. IN SOA ns1.test.com. postmaster.test.com. ( " > ...but the resoult is the same. The change I recommended, above, won't change the behavior you are describing, unless you also remove the wildcard A record. (ping is looking up the address of the system, and that wildcard A record is matching any name that isn't otherwise represented in your zone. -rob