Feature request - disable internal recursion cache

Dmitry Rybin kirgudu at corbina.net
Fri Oct 30 10:44:05 UTC 2009


Niall O'Reilly wrote:

>> I think, that be useful make this feature in bind:
>> Add option to disable internal recursion cache, and forward all 
>> recursive queries to another daemon.
>>
>> Daemon as unbound, pdns-recursor - much faster in recursion queries, 
>> that bind. :(
> 
>     I don't see the point.
> 
>     If you need some code, other than BIND named, to handle
>     recursive queries from your clients, why not just have
>     that code listening on the addresses configured in the
>     stub resolver on each of the client systems?
> 

I'll explain, why.
Same Server is authoritative for internet/intranet and recursive for 
intranet and one large AS. Sometimes Auth/Rec server IP cannot be spited 
into different IP's.

Bind answer authoritative for all clients, and forward (if allowed) 
recursive queries to recursive server.



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