BIND 9.4.3-P1: internal_send: 199.7.83.42#53: Device not configured, where 199.7.83.42 is RANDOM IP address

[Doug Barton]

Mark Andrews wrote:
> In message <497BBE2C.5060103 at FreeBSD.org>, Doug Barton writes:
>> Mark Andrews wrote:
>>> In message <497B9FF4.30605 at FreeBSD.org>, Doug Barton writes:
>>>> Any time you are using NFS you should maintain the addresses of the
>>>> critical hosts in /etc/hosts. Yes, I realize that's anachronistic
>>>> (especially for a DNS guy) but it works. Obviously you should make
>>>> sure to update them as needed.
>>> Or keep a local copy of the zone which contains them.
>> I actually considered suggesting that option, but it's unclear to me
>> whether or not named would answer at all, even for a local zone, given
>> the situation described.
> 
> 	named will always answer for local zones.
> 
> 	b.t.w.  BIND 9 primes when it attempts to recurse for the
> 	first time.  

Interesting, thanks!

Doug

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