Why there are multiple reverse lookups of the default gateway on my syslog server through the primary DNS server?
Issue
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One of our
syslogservers trying to do a reverse lookup of its default gateway through the primary DNS server. This behaviour is observed only when syslog daemon is running. We would like to understand why a syslog server which is meant to collect logs is doing a reverse lookup? -
Why a syslog server which is meant to collect logs is doing a reverse lookup?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- syslog
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