Why is it slow?

[Joseph S D Yao]

On Thu, May 25, 2000 at 09:38:23AM -0400, koancui wrote:
> Hi,
> I have 2 machines, i configured one of them, such as A, as the
> DNS, run named, set B's NS point to A.
> When i run telnet B on A, there is obvious delay after
> displaying
> ---------------------------------------
> Trying xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx...
> Connected to B.
> ---------------------------------------
> I had to wait a while here, then got
> ---------------------------------------
> Escape character is '^]'
> 
> OS
> login:
> ---------------------------------------
> 
> if i set B's NS point a normal DNS, everything is ok.
> Can you explain it?
> The BIND version is 8.2.2-p5, os is FreeBSD.
> Thanx.
> 
> ---
> Koan

If A cannot resolve a name, what does it do with it?  Do you forward
all unresolvable queries out to another name server on the Internet?
Do you have a valid "hint" domain with a list of valid Internet root
domain servers?

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