Re: BIND 8.2.5 abends

>>>>> "Jeff" == Jeff Stevens <jstevens@vnet.ibm.com> writes:

Jeff> Had a customer report 2 instances of the following as the
Jeff> server abended: named[83]: panic: critical: ns_main.c:841:
Jeff> INSIST(evRead(lev, rfd, &iov, 1, stream_getlen, sp,
Jeff> &sp->evID_r) != -1): Bad file number failed.

Jeff> Instances occurred at 14:37:53 and 14:37:47. Lacking any
Jeff> further detail, does this tell us anything?

Yes, your customer is running very old name server software. BIND
8.2.5 is well past its sell-by date. It has known security flaws.
The current version of BIND8 is 8.4.4. Upgrade. And if the problem
persists, file a bug report.