Question about Bind 8 forwarder

[Kevin Darcy]

Cheung Chun Kwok wrote:
> Hello,
> I would like to know the official answer on the forwarding timeout of BIND 8
>
> We are using bind 8.2.4. And we have the following setting:
>
> type forward;
> forwarders { 192.168.1.1; 192.168.1.2; };
>
> We want to know if 192.168.1.1 is down, how long will it take to give up
> 192.168.1.1 and try 192.168.1.2?
>   
I'm sure the timeout is much shorter than it would take to read and 
appreciate all of the CRITICAL SECURITY ALERTS that apply to BIND 8.

Or, to read the following document: 
http://www.isc.org/sw/bind/stoprunningbind8.txt

                                                                         
- Kevin