[SURBL-Discuss] rbldnsd is not responding

Jeff Chan jeffc at surbl.org
Wed Jun 2 16:08:02 CEST 2004


On Wednesday, June 2, 2004, 9:00:52 AM, Ricardo Ricardo wrote:
> We are trying to setup a local rbldnsd with rsynced data to answer the
> DNS queries, but the rbldnsd is not responding.

> I started it manually with this command:

> % /usr/local/sbin/rbldnsd -u rbldns -b 127.0.0.1/53 -w 
> /usr/local/etc/rbldnsd sc.surbl.org:dnset:sc.surbl.org.rbldnsd 
> ws.surbl.org:dnset:ws.surbl.org.rbldnsd

> It started with no errors, and with an expected output (as seen on 
> http://www.surbl.org/rbldnsd-howto.html):

> rbldnsd: listening on 127.0.0.1/53
> rbldnsd: dnset:sc.surbl.org.rbldnsd: 20040602 131207: e/w=504/0
> rbldnsd: dnset:ws.surbl.org.rbldnsd: 20040602 131208: e/w=12297/0
> rbldnsd: zones reloaded, time 0.2e/0.0u sec
> rbldnsd: rbldnsd version 0.992 (7 Mar 2004) started (1 socket(s), 2 zone(s))

> If I test our cached DNS system:

> % nslookup adulteroticfiction-MUNGED.com.sc.surbl.org 127.0.0.1
> *** Can't find server name for address 127.0.0.1: Query refused
> *** Default servers are not available

Run rbldnsd on another address set up in your ifconfig, such as
10.11.12.13 .  If you're using BIND 8, then BIND is probably
trying to listen on 127.0.0.1.  (Is your BIND version 8 or 9?)

See also:

  http://www.surbl.org/rbldnsd-bind-freebsd.html

Jeff C.



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