Hi,
I have a domain that is currently dormant and deactivated in webmin. I may need the domain in the future but at the moment I’m not using it.
When I look at my /var/log/messages I can see several of these messages:
web named[629]: client 173.194.89.50#49242: query (cache) ‘domain.com/MX/IN’ denied
web named[629]: client 173.194.89.50#47332: query (cache) ‘domain.com/MX/IN’ denied
web named[629]: client 173.194.89.51#33477: query (cache) ‘domain.com/MX/IN’ denied
web named[629]: client 173.194.89.50#42694: query (cache) ‘domain.com/MX/IN’ denied
web named[629]: client 173.194.89.52#63749: query (cache) ‘domain.com/MX/IN’ denied
web named[629]: client 173.194.89.51#48398: query (cache) ‘domain.com/MX/IN’ denied
web named[629]: client 74.125.73.67#44260: query (cache) ‘domain.com/AAAA/IN’ denied
web named[629]: client 74.125.73.78#40701: query (cache) ‘domain.com/A/IN’ denied
web named[629]: client 74.125.181.31#54484: query (cache) ‘domain.com/AAAA/IN’ denied
web named[629]: client 74.125.47.130#44043: query (cache) ‘domain.com/A/IN’ denied
web named[629]: client 74.125.47.139#34030: query (cache) ‘domain.com/A/IN’ denied
web named[629]: client 74.125.73.71#64377: query (cache) ‘domain.com/AAAA/IN’ denied
web named[629]: client 74.125.181.1#46507: query (cache) ‘domain.com/AAAA/IN’ denied
web named[629]: client 74.125.47.136#52038: query (cache) ‘domain.com/A/IN’ denied
web named[629]: client 74.125.47.142#63897: query (cache) ‘domain.com/A/IN’ denied
web named[629]: client 74.125.181.194#35587: query (cache) ‘domain.com/AAAA/IN’ denied
web named[629]: client 74.125.73.66#54147: query (cache) ‘domain.com/AAAA/IN’ denied
web named[629]: client 74.125.181.193#39397: query (cache) ‘domain.com/A/IN’ denied
Looking at the ip addresses some of them are from Google, so I’m sure they’re trying to reach my site which is of course unreachable.
What’s the best way to stop these requests?
Can something be done server side?
I would prefer this if possible.
Or do I need to tell my domain registrar to point the DNS somewhere else, and if so where?
Thank you.