Does named use multithreading?

[Joseph S D Yao]

On Thu, Nov 16, 2000 at 09:54:24AM -0800, Kathy Musson wrote:
> I am trying to understand how named handles multiple
> simultaneous requests.  Does it handle each request
> sequentially, or does it fork threads to handle each request
> somewhat simultaneously?  It seems like it should have to
> do some sort of multithreading to be able to handle a large
> volume of requests...
> 
> I have searched the mailing list archives and have not
> been able to find the answer to my question...I'm hoping
> someone out there has a good understanding of the design
> and implementation of BIND and can answer this for me.

BIND 9 does, I believe.  BIND 8 does not, hence some of the delay in
responses.

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