primary&secondary

[Kevin Darcy]

That will all change with "lwresd", won't it? Now you have a long-running
process doing your name resolution for you...


- Kevin

Jim Reid wrote:

> >>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Darcy <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com> writes:
>
>     Kevin> By the way, the newer resolver libraries allow you to
>     Kevin> specify "rotate" in the resolver configuration, which
>     Kevin> causes queries to be spread amongst the configured
>     Kevin> nameservers
>
> Few applications can exploit this rotate facilty when it exists. For
> most processes, a DNS lookup is a one-off operation. They only need to
> get an answer from one name server and they're done: they've got the
> address of whatever it is they have to connect to. Rotating queries
> between all three nameservers in resolv.conf would only happen for
> long-running processes that make lots of DNS lookups: a mail queue
> daemon for instance. Web browsers are another candidate, but they have
> tend to their own resolvers and these probably don't understand the
> rotate keyword.