Need some help with a BIND server
phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu
phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu
Thu Jun 24 05:42:24 UTC 2004
Jason <jwilliams at courtesymortgage.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone.
> I'm running a pretty simple BIND 9.2 server here for our company and a
> odd thing has happened here in the past hour. However, as I write this,
> the problem seems to have been resolved, but I would like to know what
> is going on.
> Some background info:
> Running on FreeBSD 4.9
> Running as a caching name server, getting info from our ISP's name server.
> What I noticed is that it all of the sudden, it is as if the cache is
> goen and it is taking a very long time to do queries now. This is not
> good because it is slowing down email as well as web surfing.
> I am no expert at BIND right now, but im working on it.
> I am not exactly sure what happened today, but i'm trying to figure out
> what is going on so I can correct it and stop it from happening in the
> future.
> I thought I would post the contents of my named.conf file here. I can
> also post additional information as needed and requested.
> named.conf:
> options {
> directory "/etc/namedb";
> forwarders {
> 216.98.128.70;
> 216.98.138.70;
> };
> };
> zone "." {
> type hint;
> file "named.root";
> };
> zone "0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA" {
> type master;
> file "localhost.rev";
> };
> // RFC 3152
> zone
> "1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.IP6.ARPA" {
> type master;
> file "localhost-v6.rev";
> };
> // RFC 1886 -- deprecated
> zone
> "1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.IP6.INT" {
> type master;
> file "localhost-v6.rev";
> Below, I have my private internal web servers as well as domains I have
> 'black holed'.
> When I did some digging on web sites, it would delay for a bit (2-5
> seconds) then come back witht he result. One time, it couldn't connect
> to the server, even though named was running.
> I'd like to take some further measures to help me out with this, so any
> suggestions are welcome.
> I appreciate the help and look forward to responses.
> Jason
Remove the forwarding statement ( as shown it's it even using the same forwarder
twice, which the config-reading routines will sort out )
Forwarding is probably not something you need or want.
--
Peter Håkanson
IPSec Sverige ( At Gothenburg Riverside )
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