Re: what does this named error mean?

[Jeff Davis <jdavis@dynworks.com>]

brian moore wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 17, 2001 at 10:15:05PM -0800, Jeff Davis wrote:
>
> > I have been having problems with named stopping recently and so I set 
> > ndc to debug mode. Later when it stopped again mysteriously, I looked in 
> > syslog and saw the follwoing error message. Can someone describe it?
>
>
> Are you running the -current- version?  Make sure you check 
> http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-026 and upgrade.
>
> > Feb 17 14:39:57 dynworks1 named[30075]: unapproved AXFR from 
> > [209.181.17.143].2368 for "64.71.190.34" (not master/slave)
>
>
> It means they are trying to download your zone files.  That's a machine
> at HE.NET -- I would ask them.  (HE.NET is a hosting provider, but they
> take a VERY dim view of people doing naughty things on their network.)
Thanks for your help, I installed the new version (8.2.3, apt-get didn't 
see it because it was a security update I guess, which wasn't part of 
the sources list).

The machine 64.71.190.34 is me, I am a machine at HE. I don't know what 
that means, I wasn't trying to steal my onw zone files. I don't knwo 
what that's about. Unless you were referring to 209.181.17.143, which 
isn't me. I have no idea what that IP is.

I hope the new version fixes my bizarre problem. If you have any more 
information please let me know, because I am not sure the problem is solved.

Thanks again,
  Jeff Davis