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Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:17:29 -0800
From: Andrew Sharp <andy.sharp@onstor.com>
To: "Eric Barrett" <eric.barrett@onstor.com>
Subject: Re: Lookup of 192.167.11.1
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Funny, I would prefer that we fix the bug, not the symptom.

I didn't hear any complaint of a problem from the customer, just that
they are spending too much time looking at log messages.  I don't think
anything bad is happening.  At least not from the evidence in this
email.


On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:52:02 -0800 "Eric Barrett"
<eric.barrett@onstor.com> wrote:

> Yagishitia-san,
>  
> This message is due to our inappropriate use of 192.167.x.x, which is
> outside of the RFC1918 private address spaces; it is, in fact, owned
> by Naples University.  There is an old bug filed for this design
> issue.  We use the address range internally (see our Networking FAQ:
> http://wiki.onstor.net/wiki/Networking_FAQ).
>  
> Given these messages, I am concerned that our system may actually be
> trying to contact the University IP addresses.  I recommend filing a
> bug requesting that we make sendmail ignore this address range.
>  
> -Eric
>  
>  
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: Shun Yagishita 
> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 10:26 PM
> To: dl-cstech
> Subject: Lookup of 192.167.11.1
> 
> 
> 
> Hi
> 
> My customer find the strange message in the maillog of
> syslog(system_get _all).
> 
>  
> 
> [part of maillog]
> 
> Feb  8 04:00:21 bobcat3 sendmail[2355]: sm_gethostbyaddr: Lookup of
> 192.168.10.104 returned bobcat3.sc1 
> 
> Feb  8 04:00:21 bobcat3 sendmail[2355]: sm_gethostbyaddr: Lookup of
> 192.168.11.104 returned bobcat3.sc2
> 
> Feb  8 04:00:21 bobcat3 sendmail[2355]: sm_gethostbyaddr: Lookup of
> 192.167.11.1 returned dns.dma.unina.it 
> 
> Feb  8 04:00:22 bobcat3 sendmail[2355]: sm_gethostbyaddr: Lookup of
> 192.167.4.1 returned VS_MGMT_1537
> 
>  
> 
> I know "192.167.xxx.xxx" is our backplane
> interface(192.167.vsID.vsIF). The customer has 11 vsvrs on their
> cluster. Therefore,
> 
> "192.167.11.1" should be displayed in maillog. My customer worry that
> "192.167.11.1" is address of Naples Univ. Certainly, "Lookup of
> 192.167.11.1 returned dns.dma.unina.it" is displayed.
> 
> My customer ask me
> 
> 1)       Is this inquiry to dns.dma.unina.it normal behavior?  **They
> don't think so.
> 
> 2)       Is this done the hard court?
> 
> 3)       Is this inquiry to dns.dma.unina.it every time?
> 
> 4)       If dns.dma.unina.it down, is it no good for bobcat? Does it
> cause trouble/error to bobcat?
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks for your support.
> 
> Shun
> 
>  
> 
