Bind8 does every 4sec a DNS-lookup

[Don Lewis]

On Jun 22, 11:27am, Mark Andrews wrote:
} Subject: Re: Bind8 does every 4sec a DNS-lookup
} 
} > On Jun 22,  1:43am, Mark Andrews wrote:
} > } Subject: Re: Bind8 does every 4sec a DNS-lookup
} > } 
} > } > Ok, does it mean that my ns do on every time I start it this querry to
} > } > confirm the list and then be quiet?!?
} > } > I usually shutdown and restart the server every day. So I the ns
} > } > querry´s every day for that list.
} > } > I think the best way for me in this situation is to remove the root.hint
} > } > entry and keep only the forwarders entry. Is that possible and a good
} > } > possibitity?
} > } > 
} > } > Christian
} > } 
} > } 	No. The nameserver will still ask for the root servers.
} > 
} > I thought that cache priming was turned off if the forward option is
} > set to "only".
} 
} 	No.  It still needs to, and does, query for the root servers.

It looks like this has changed, probably due to the addition of
selective forwarding.  I just looked at the 8.1.1 source and prime_cache()
doesn't do anything in the "forward only" mode.