Notify / Transfer Delays
Barry Margolin
barmar at alum.mit.edu
Wed May 11 04:53:08 UTC 2005
In article <d5r5ld$2vp6$1 at sf1.isc.org>, "Unlisted" <unlisted at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> It seems as though BIND 9.3.x has created a delay in the notify to zone
> transfer process. I am not sure if this was intended, a bug, or
> something I am missing. Here is an example:
>
> 10-May-2005 13:10:44.277 client 63.210.174.72#2974: received notify for
> zone 'domain.tld'
> 10-May-2005 13:10:59.291 transfer of 'domain.tld/IN' from
> 63.210.174.72#53: connected using 63.210.174.90#1687
> 10-May-2005 13:10:59.294 transfer of 'domain.tld/IN' from
> 63.210.174.72#53: end of transfer
>
> The real domain has been replaced with 'domain.tld' to protect customer
> information. There is a 15 second delay between a notify and zone
> transfer.
The delay is actually random. This is so that the master server doesn't
get overloaded by all the slaves trying to transfer simultaneously.
--
Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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