named denied messages

[sahostking]

Aug 29 12:23:27 da-6 named[3108717]: client @0x7f68f40fa3d0 127.0.0.1#42102 (ip-api.com): query (cache) 'ip-api.com/A/IN' denied
Aug 29 12:23:27 da-6 named[3108717]: client @0x7f68f40fa3d0 127.0.0.1#42102 (ip-api.com): query (cache) 'ip-api.com/AAAA/IN' denied
Aug 29 12:23:27 da-6 named[3108717]: client @0x7f68f40dcf10 127.0.0.1#48502 (ip-api.com): query (cache) 'ip-api.com/A/IN' denied
Aug 29 12:23:27 da-6 named[3108717]: client @0x7f68f4152660 127.0.0.1#48502 (ip-api.com): query (cache) 'ip-api.com/AAAA/IN' denied
Aug 29 12:23:28 da-6 named[3108717]: client @0x7f68f40dcf10 127.0.0.1#53207 (ip-api.com): query (cache) 'ip-api.com/AAAA/IN' denied
Aug 29 12:23:28 da-6 named[3108717]: client @0x7f68f4152660 127.0.0.1#53207 (ip-api.com): query (cache) 'ip-api.com/A/IN' denied

Not sure why I keep seeing the above on all servers. ITs filling up /var/log/messages log.

 

[Richard G]

127.0.0.1#42102 (ip-api.com):

Looks like you have some geoip thing in use and ip-api.com is trying to do some query's to ip-api.com which are denied because ip-api.com is not a domain on your server. So the request is denied as should be.
Unless the ip-api.com is residing on your server, but I doubt that.