choosing a root server(s)

[Michael Voight]

Well, I thought BIND would send requests to the one that responds
fastest.

Michael

Sezen Uysal wrote:
> 
> I was hoping to tune BIND so that it would go to only the close ones instead of
> all of the root servers around the world with equal probability. Is it possible
> to implement this (besides changing the source code)?
> 
> Michael Voight wrote:
> 
> > It is a root "hints" file. When you connect to a, a will give you the NS
> > records for the rest of them.
> >
> > Why would you want BIND to only go to a??
> >
> > Michael
> >
> > Sezen Uysal wrote:
> > >
> > > What is the use of db.cache file? I have commented all root server entries
> > > except one then I restarted BIND. My server still goes to all root servers.
> > > Can I make my BIND go to say only a.roo-servers.net? Thanks.
> > >
> > > Sezen Uysal
> > > Open Systems Consulting