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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=571364908-28072010>Hello,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=571364908-28072010>when we have a zone
with type forward and a forwarders list with multiple entries, which strategy is
used by Bind9.7?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=571364908-28072010>I found some
information in the DNS and Bind book by O Reilly and the identical statement on
the Internet and FAQs saying</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=571364908-28072010>There was a
Bind8.2.3 that had applied an intelligent behavior evaluating roundtrip times of
forwarded queries and used the name server that provided the fatsest
response.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=571364908-28072010>For Bind9 it is
stated that simply the first entry in the forwarders list is used and
if this first one fails to respond, the next in the forwarders
statement is tried and so on.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=571364908-28072010>I understand the
description in the way that this also applies when the first entry in the
forwarders list is not responding at all. The next forwarding for the zone would
still start with trying the first entry in the forwarders
list.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=571364908-28072010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=571364908-28072010>Is this still
correct with Bind 9.7 (more precisely Bind9.7.1 / Bind9.7.1-P1 /
Bind9.7.1-P2)?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=571364908-28072010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=571364908-28072010>Best
regards</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=571364908-28072010>Thomas
Dangl</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>