Re: what does syslogd want with DNS?
From: CL (dnoyeB) Gilbert (Fake_at_ThisOneIsFake.com)
Date: 08/14/05
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Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 09:06:17 -0400
Rob van der Putten wrote:
> Hi there
>
>
> "CL (dnoyeB) Gilbert" wrote:
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>>CL (dnoyeB) Gilbert wrote:
>>
>>>I am running syslogd on my RHL9 box. I noticed in my firewall that its
>>>sending a load of data to 68.87.64.196:52 UDP. I thought that was
>>>rather odd. I checked netstat and I get
>>>
>>>udp 0 0 192.168.0.202:33987 ns.inflow.pa.bo.:domain ESTABLISHED
>>>4841/syslogd
>>>
>>>and also
>>>
>>>unix 13 [] DGRAM 4276 4841/syslogd /dev/log
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Well a little more digging and it seems 68.87.64.196 is my DNS server :D
>>>
>>>I didnt know DNS was on udp though, anyway..
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> It does both TCP and UDP.
>
>
>>> What does syslogd want
>>>with DNS? Is it trying to reverse lookup the name of the servers
>>>dumping data into it? If so, any way to satisfy it since these are
>>>local computer addresses like 192.168.x.x.
>
>
> Set up your own DNS with your ISP's DNS as forwarder.
> Create both a forward and reverse zone for your lan.
>
dont know what that means. In any event, my ISP changes DNS every so
often. im on dhcp. dont know what forward and reverse zones are either.
you sayin I should run a dns daemon?
-- Respectfully, CL Gilbert
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