4000 entries problem

Mark_Andrews at isc.org Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Thu Nov 8 12:36:21 UTC 2001


> 
> Hi,
> 
> I use bind 8.2.4, which works fine when I put approx 100 entries for
> 1 domain, but it fails with approx 4000 entries and send no
> error-message.

	You mean 4000 A records for a single name.  It's a protocol
	limit.  Each additional A record consumes 16 bytes.  The
	maximum message size is 64k.

	Mark
> 
> any idea of what happens ?? 
> I've read that there's no limit but memory, and I haven't got any
> problem this side.
>  
> (sorry for my poor english)
> 
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