bind 8.2.7 : how to decrease forwarders timeout ??

phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu
Fri Nov 7 20:24:37 UTC 2003


Denis Claveau <denis.claveau at silicomp.fr> wrote:
> Hi all,

> I want to know if it's possible to decrease the timeout to use the second
> forwarder ?? In my opinion, there is no RTT behavior for the forward clause
> in BIND 8.2.x, but iw it same with BIND 9 ?

> Options
> {
> directory "/usr/local/named";
> forwarders { 194.151.2.2; 194.151.5.2; };
> forward only;
> fake-iquery yes;
> };

> Thanks in advance for your help.

Forwarders will be selected by their previous history ( by 
measuring RTT and zooming into the "best")

bind-9 is (afaik) still missing this RTT calculation when
choosing forwarder, it will always try the first one and only
when the first fails the second will be tried.


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