From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Sep 17 12:44:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA05070 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 17 Sep 1997 12:44:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from usr02.primenet.com (tlambert@usr02.primenet.com [206.165.6.202]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA05059 for ; Wed, 17 Sep 1997 12:44:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr02.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA10044; Wed, 17 Sep 1997 12:41:13 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199709171941.MAA10044@usr02.primenet.com> Subject: Re: What does this message mean? To: grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey) Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 19:41:12 +0000 (GMT) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19970917111632.60309@lemis.com> from "Greg Lehey" at Sep 17, 97 11:16:32 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Can anybody explain this to me in more detail? Does this mean that > the root name servers are now sending out invalid queries, or are they > just forwarding them from other servers? They are delegating an invalid query to us because we are the responsible party for ho is being queried. They are not checking the validity because (1) it's not their job and (2) better to load the lowest machine in the hierarchy with this processing, because higher up machines are busier. That's my take on it, anyway. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.