does type forward zones make BIND 8 continuously poll?

[Cricket Liu]

> > Also, note that tracking RTT for forwarders doesn't work
> > correctly in BIND 8 until 8.2.3, and isn't supported in BIND 9
> > at all.
> 
> Thanks.  How does BIND 9 do it?

BIND 9 name servers query the forwarders in the order in which
they're listed, just like BIND 8 did before 8.2.

cricket

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