https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/dns-error/m-p/2859758#M937164 This message indicates that your DNS server has been configured to query itself<BR />when it cannot find what it is looking for. If DNS did not catch this error,<BR />then it would be possible to put the named into a infinite loop, where<BR /><BR /> named gets a name/ip to lookup, and cannot find it <BR /> named passes on the name/ip to nameservers it has been told to<BR /> use when it cannot find information it needs <BR /> named gets a query FROM ITSELF of this same name since the DNS<BR /> servers' own IP address appears in the list of nameservers in step 2.<BR /><BR /> <BR /><BR /><BR />Bottom line: The DNS server's ip address cannot appear in the db.cache file<BR />or in the forwarders statement found in named.boot.<BR /><BR /><BR />Example. This ip address of this DNS server is 15.1.1.1. Then the line<BR /> "forwarders 15.1.1.1 ...." in /etc/named.boot<BR /><BR />or the entry<BR /> . 99999999 IN NS .<BR /> dns_server_name . 99999999 IN A 15.1.1.1<BR /><BR />in db.cache would cause this error.<BR /> Sun, 08 Dec 2002 12:57:09 GMT eran maor 2002-12-08T12:57:09Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/dns-error/m-p/2859757#M937163 hi all<BR /><BR />Anyone can please help me ,I am debugging my dns errors here but the problem is with the error message that says "nslookup reports danger".What does that mean ?<BR /><BR />I've managed to debugg all other errors except this one.<BR />Thanks<BR />Sandile Sun, 08 Dec 2002 12:08:44 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/dns-error/m-p/2859757#M937163 Sandile 2002-12-08T12:08:44Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/dns-error/m-p/2859758#M937164 This message indicates that your DNS server has been configured to query itself<BR />when it cannot find what it is looking for. If DNS did not catch this error,<BR />then it would be possible to put the named into a infinite loop, where<BR /><BR /> named gets a name/ip to lookup, and cannot find it <BR /> named passes on the name/ip to nameservers it has been told to<BR /> use when it cannot find information it needs <BR /> named gets a query FROM ITSELF of this same name since the DNS<BR /> servers' own IP address appears in the list of nameservers in step 2.<BR /><BR /> <BR /><BR /><BR />Bottom line: The DNS server's ip address cannot appear in the db.cache file<BR />or in the forwarders statement found in named.boot.<BR /><BR /><BR />Example. This ip address of this DNS server is 15.1.1.1. Then the line<BR /> "forwarders 15.1.1.1 ...." in /etc/named.boot<BR /><BR />or the entry<BR /> . 99999999 IN NS .<BR /> dns_server_name . 99999999 IN A 15.1.1.1<BR /><BR />in db.cache would cause this error.<BR /> Sun, 08 Dec 2002 12:57:09 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/dns-error/m-p/2859758#M937164 eran maor 2002-12-08T12:57:09Z