What is the query timeout on resolver and servers

[Barry Margolin]

In article <3921FBBA.789AAC0C at flashcom.net>,
M Sullivan  <emsullivan at flashcom.net> wrote:
>What it the retry interval for a microsoft and/or a unix based host when
>a query
>is sent to it's local DNS server (assuming bind 8.2.1)and it get's no
>response?
>
>What is the retry interval on a dns server (say running 8.2.1) when it
>asks another
>server before it resends the same query after not hearing a reply?

See page 107 in the book "DNS & BIND, 3rd Edition" for a description of the
timeout and retry algorithm in the BIND resolver.  If you have a different
edition, look up "timeout" in the Index.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at genuity.net
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