It means something in your network sent a query containing the literal URL below. The message is just misleading - the resolver tries to do QNAME minimization on it, it fails, switches to full name which ends with NXDOMAIN from root.
Ondrej -- Ondřej Surý — ISC (He/Him) My working hours and your working hours may be different. Please do not feel obligated to reply outside your normal working hours. > On 3. 11. 2023, at 23:30, J Doe <gene...@nativemethods.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > On a Bind 9.18.19 server configured as a recursive resolver, I sometimes see > URL's being noted in the log files. > > One such example is: > > 02-Nov-2023 23:32:19.435 lame-servers: info: success resolving > 'https://app-measurement.com/sdk-exp/A' after disabling qname minimization > due to 'ncache nxdomain' > > This seems unusual to me because Bind usually notes the domain name it is > attempting to resolve, not an URL. In this particular case, I would expect > to see a notation about "app-measurement.com" and not "http://etc". > > What is the significance of logging the URL and why does this happen in only > some cases ? > > Thanks, > > - J > -- > Visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from > this list > > ISC funds the development of this software with paid support subscriptions. > Contact us at https://www.isc.org/contact/ for more information. > > > bind-users mailing list > bind-users@lists.isc.org > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users -- Visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list ISC funds the development of this software with paid support subscriptions. Contact us at https://www.isc.org/contact/ for more information. bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users