Well 208.67.220.220 returns the wrong SOA record which is why you are getting the message. For that matter why are you talking to 208.67.220.220 in the first place? It is not normally involved in resolving dns2.registrar-servers.com.
registrar-servers.com. 2898 IN NS dns1.name-services.com. registrar-servers.com. 2898 IN NS dns3.name-services.com. registrar-servers.com. 2898 IN NS dns4.name-services.com. registrar-servers.com. 2898 IN NS dns5.name-services.com. registrar-servers.com. 2898 IN NS dns2.name-services.com. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: dns4.name-services.com. 7 IN A 98.124.194.1 dns3.name-services.com. 7 IN A 98.124.193.1 dns5.name-services.com. 7 IN A 98.124.196.1 dns2.name-services.com. 7 IN A 98.124.197.1 dns1.name-services.com. 6 IN A 98.124.192.1 ; <<>> DiG 9.11.0pre-alpha <<>> dns2.registrar-servers.com aaaa @208.67.220.220 ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 41549 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;dns2.registrar-servers.com. IN AAAA ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: . 1434 IN SOA a.root-servers.net. nstld.verisign-grs.com. 2015052601 1800 900 604800 86400 ;; Query time: 19 msec ;; SERVER: 208.67.220.220#53(208.67.220.220) ;; WHEN: Wed May 27 08:24:35 EST 2015 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 130 In message <5564f08c.4070...@suddenlinkmail.com>, "David C. Rankin" writes: > All, > > I have run bind8 and bind9 for the past 15 years beginning on Mandrake be > fore > it went corporate and tanked. Over the past few weeks to a month or so, my l > ogs > have been filling with (FORMERR) messages like: > > May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: DNS format error from 208.67.222.222#5 > 3 > resolving dns3.registrar-servers.com/AAAA: invalid response > May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: error (FORMERR) resolving > 'dns3.registrar-servers.com/AAAA/IN': 208.67.222.222#53 > May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: DNS format error from 208.67.222.222#5 > 3 > resolving dns4.registrar-servers.com/AAAA: invalid response > May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: error (FORMERR) resolving > 'dns4.registrar-servers.com/AAAA/IN': 208.67.222.222#53 > May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: DNS format error from 208.67.222.222#5 > 3 > resolving dns2.registrar-servers.com/AAAA: invalid response > May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: error (FORMERR) resolving > 'dns2.registrar-servers.com/AAAA/IN': 208.67.222.222#53 > May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: DNS format error from 208.67.220.220#5 > 3 > resolving dns3.registrar-servers.com/AAAA: invalid response > May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: error (FORMERR) resolving > 'dns3.registrar-servers.com/AAAA/IN': 208.67.220.220#53 > May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: DNS format error from 208.67.220.220#5 > 3 > resolving dns4.registrar-servers.com/AAAA: invalid response > May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: error (FORMERR) resolving > 'dns4.registrar-servers.com/AAAA/IN': 208.67.220.220#53 > May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: DNS format error from 208.67.220.220#5 > 3 > resolving dns2.registrar-servers.com/AAAA: invalid response > May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: error (FORMERR) resolving > 'dns2.registrar-servers.com/AAAA/IN': 208.67.220.220#53 > > I'm not sure what to make of it. Is there something that has changed > requiring an update on my end, or is this just an issue with the remote? I h > ave > an older bind 9.9.1 running. > > -- > David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. > _______________________________________________ > Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscrib > e from this list > > bind-users mailing list > bind-users@lists.isc.org > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users