bind 8 slow when resolving new domains!

dap99 at i-55.com dap99 at i-55.com
Sat May 15 01:46:04 UTC 2004


On Thu, 06 May 2004 11:59:19 -0500, dap99 at i-55.com wrote:

>I am having a big problem with slow internal DNS (named 8.3.7-REL on
>FreeBSD 4.9). If we do a query against a local domain (our DNS server
>is authoratative) then the response is fast. If we do a query against
>anything in bind's cache the resp. is fast. If we do a query for a new
>non-local domain then the resp is SLOW or times-out. FYI, we are
>behind a NetScreen firewall at a colo. The colo promises it is not
>them. Also, we are using their two DNS servers as forwarders.
>
>The colo promises it's not them, but frankly I can't see how it's us.

Resolution: Colo replaced managed firewall with another brand. Problem
fixed.



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