time-out BIND 9.2.0 Win2000

[Danny Mayer]

At 06:06 PM 2/18/02, Kevin Darcy wrote:

>Step wrote:
>
> > On 14 Feb 2002 09:23:32 -0800, hostmaster at abnet.it (Step) wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >My BIND 9.2.0 on OS Win2000 server have a very long time-out to
> > >resolve any domain  (5 to 20 sec).
> > >
> > >When I restart the service all go OK.
> > >When it work for many minutes it return in the state of long time-out.
> > >
> > >There is the possibility to reduce this time-out ?
> > >
> > >Thank
> > >Stephen
> > >
> >
> > I have resolve !
> >
> > I have downgrade to 8.3.1 version whith the same files and
> > configuration...
> > Now all work fine !
>
>But that's not a _solution_, right? Eventually you'll want to upgrade to
>BIND 9, and then you'll likely be in the same boat as before. Perhaps you
>should try to get to the root cause of the problem.
The root cause is the 2 second timeout in the select function in the socket
code.  This has been changed to .4 seconds in the 9.2.1 code and in the
rewrite of the socket code it will all go away as a problem.  So when he
upgrades to BIND 9 next time it won't be an issue.

         Danny