[Note: this is really off-topic for bind-users...] Somebody stood up a Windows 2003 (or earlier) Active Directory domain controller, probably outside of your firewall since it's matching on your external view, gave it a system name of "server" and created a new Active Directory domain called "EXAMPLE.COM". This (new) server is just trying to establish all the right bits in what it thinks is it's rightful DNS home.
The first default site name was renamed to Alapertelmezett-elso-hely-neve, this should give you a clue for tracking this down. Regards, Mike Keve Nagy wrote: > Hi Everyone, > I see some oddities frequently showing up in our BIND logfiles. > This is on the official primary NS for our domain. > > *Oddity_type#1* > ... view external-in: query: server.EXAMPLE.COM IN SOA -E > > Please note that the only thing I changed here is the domain name. I did > not capitalize it, the original domain name also got logged this way. > And yes, the original hostname queried was "server", I did not change > that either. These are repeatedly coming from the same source IP > address, once in every 10-70 minutes. > We have never had a host named "server". So why would an external > machine keep asking for a hostname we never had? Especially with such an > obvious name! Also, why is the domain part capitalized for these > queries, and not in any proper/legitimate query? I assume this is what > the query was for. The original request must have been for > server.EXAMPLE.COM, having the domain part this way capitalized in the > query itself. > So why would a remote system look for a never existed host named > "server" in our system, with the domain name capitalized? > Any legitimate reason you could think of? > > > > *Oddity_type#2* > > ... view external-in: query: server.EXAMPLE.COM IN SOA + > ... view external-in: updating zone 'example.com/IN': update unsucces > sful: server.EXAMPLE.COM/A: 'RRset exists (value dependent)' > prerequisite not satisfied (NXRRSET) > > Again note, that I only changed the name of the domain and I did not > alter the capitalization or the hostname. These are from another source > IP address, but always the same one. For some reason, also looking for > the host named "server". And a few minutes later, it seems to try to > update the domain database. > By the way, no host is allowed to update our DNS records. The zone files > are updated by hand only. And this has always been the case, no exceptions. > > > > *Oddity_type#3* > > ... view external-in: query: gc._msdcs.EXAMPLE.COM IN SOA -E > ... view external-in: query: _ldap._tcp.gc._msdcs.EXAMPLE.COM IN SOA > -E > ... view external-in: query: _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.EXAMPLE.COM IN SOA > -E > ... view external-in: query: _kpasswd._tcp.EXAMPLE.COM IN SOA -E > ... view external-in: query: _kpasswd._udp.EXAMPLE.COM IN SOA -E > ... view external-in: query: _ldap._tcp.Alapertelmezett-elso-hely-neve. > _sites.dc._msdcs.EXAMPLE.COM IN SOA -E > ... view external-in: query: _ldap._tcp.d819d059-6674-4c56-899c-e6a7aee > fb77f.domains._msdcs.EXAMPLE.COM IN SOA -E > ... view external-in: query: d476b9e8-6916-483e-ac68-2329bfac49b1._msdc > s.EXAMPLE.COM IN SOA -E > ... view external-in: query: _kerberos._tcp.EXAMPLE.COM IN SOA -E > ... view external-in: query: _gc._tcp.EXAMPLE.COM IN SOA -E > > Look at these add hostnames which are queried for! > These are all systematically returning queries. And these come from > multiple source IP addresses. > Are these queries legitimate? I mean, do you know of any system that may > be doing this? Are these strange hostname queries part of some standard > way identifying services and I just don't happen to know about this > standard? > > I would very much appreciate some feedback on these. > Best regards, > Keve Nagy * Debrecen * Hungary > -- Michael Milligan -> [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
