bind 8.2.2pl5 wants to ping root servers...

[Mark.Andrews at iengines.com]

> Mark.Andrews at iengines.com wrote:
> 
> > > Hi, All!
> > >
> > >   I've upgraded from BIND 8.1.2 (FreeBSD 3.3) to BIND 8.2.2pl5
> > >   (FreeBSD 3.4) and new version sends requests to ROOT servers just
> > >   after start. But my network have Dial-on-demand routing, and I don't
> > >   want to have PPP connection just after server reboot or BIND
> > >   restart. BIND 8.1.2 didn't send such requests and everything works
> > >   perfectly.
> >
> >         No.  It didn't run perfectly.  There are particular requests
> >         that can't be satisfied without priming the cache with the
> >         root NS RRset at start up.
> 
> Okay, I'll bite. What can priming do that an on-demand root NS query can't?

	Nothing, if we also supported query restart.

	There are times where the NS RRset needs to be filled in for the
	authority section and we don't have any NS RRsets at all unless
	we have already primed the cache.
	
	Mark
> 
> 
> - Kevin
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