In message <200102010303.f1133pS06025@toad.rmkhome.com>, Rick Kelly writes:
>Bill Sommerfeld said:
>
>>Use dig @127.0.0.1 version.bind text chaos
>>
>>to verify that you're running the new bits.
>
>Here at rmkhome.com I'm runnig 8.2.3 on SunOS 4.1.4 ( soon to be
>upgraded to NetBSD 1.5 :)
>
>Here is what I get:
>
>rmkhome# dig @127.0.0.1 version.bind text chaos
>
>; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> @127.0.0.1 version.bind text chaos 
>; (1 server found)
>;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
>;; got answer:
>;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 6
>;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
>;; QUERY SECTION:
>;;      text, type = A, class = CHAOS
>
>;; Total query time: 16 msec
>;; FROM: rmkhome to SERVER: 127.0.0.1
>;; WHEN: Wed Jan 31 19:58:43 2001
>;; MSG SIZE  sent: 22  rcvd: 22
>
>>From /var/adm/messages:
>
>rmkhome# grep "8.2.3-REL" /var/adm/messages
>Jan 27 20:25:49 rmkhome named[29156]: starting (/etc/named.conf).  named 8.2.3
>-REL Sat Jan 27 19:42:57 MST 2001
>
>Looks like it refuses to return version queries, by default.

BIND 9.1.0 *requires* $TTL lines in zone files; I believe that 8.2.3 
does as well.  I know from experience that you get SERVFAIL on some 
queries if you don't have them.

		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb