[H-GEN] dhcp issues

[Sandra Milne]

At 11:55 21/12/2002 +1000, you wrote:

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>On Sat, 21 Dec 2002, Sandra Milne wrote:
>
> > At 10:20 21/12/2002 +1000, you wrote:
> > > > option domain-name "localhost";
> > >
> > >Ooohhh...bad juju.  Avoid using "localhost" in this manner.
> >
> > Yeah I thought as much, but it was just for testing. I normally have a real
> > resolving domain name in there (free dynamic dns service)
>
>Ah ok.  I was concerned the use of localhost was upsetting dhcpd.  I still
>recommend using a domain that does not appear in the real dns, or using
>views under bind9 and having 1 authoriative server for both the internal
>view & external view.  Anyway, I digress...

Unfortunately it was a typo that I didn't even notice when I was pasting 
into email. I'd actually meant to type "localdomain" but from habit typed 
"localhost" and didn't give it a second thought until you pulled me up on 
it. I realised then what I'd done and thought "I bet that wouldn't be helping".

I've also noticed something interesting in the syslog (on a different track 
but while I was checking for dhcpd errors):

Dec 21 12:00:06 archer named[190]: Response from unexpected source 
([203.2.75.109].53) for query "dns3.uk.msft.net IN AAAA"

I've seen a few of these from different sources. Is this something I should 
be worried about?

Sandra.

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