Host malfuntion: Warning: Message parser reports malformed message packet

[Anjang Aki]

whenever i do host [hostname] the following messages will appear:

[user at college ~]$ host freebsd.org
freebsd.org has address 69.147.83.40
;; Warning: Message parser reports malformed message packet.
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
[user at college ~]$

[user at college ~]$ host 69.147.83.40
40.83.147.69.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer freebsd.org.

why is it reporting this error "Warning: Message parser reports
malformed message packet." and how do i fix it

my system:
# uname -a
FreeBSD k3.college.edu 6.3-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.3-PRERELEASE #1: Sun
Dec  2 18:51:02 MYT 2007     root at college.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/EDU
 i386

thanks for advice

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