LAN DNS lookups fail after Security Update 2007-009

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Hello,

I’ve got a 10.4.11 Server (g4 – sawtooth) with DNS service turned on specifically to provide lookups of my internal .LAN domain for the OpenDirectory service hosted on a separate server. This setup had been running fine (as recently as this morning), until I installed the most recent round of updates from Apple. After installing said updates my forward lookups are failing with a this error “Host x.x.lan not found: 2(SERVFAIL)”. Strangely, the reverse lookup still works (the IP Address resolves to the domain name). I’ve checked the named.conf and x.lan.zone files and don’t see any obvious errors. I’d post entries from my log named.log, but there aren’t any errors there to post.

Googling round the net has led me to believe that this error may indicate a serious problem with the DNS service that is beyond my meager abilities to resolve. I suspect the problem lies with the 2007-009 Security Update (I also ran the QuickTime 7.3.1, QuickTime Broadcaster 1.5.2, and Java for 10.4 r6 updates), least it seems to be the most obvious culprit.

Is anyone else experiencing a similar problem? Can anyone offer some guidance on how to tackle a 2(SERVFAIL) DNS error?

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