Slow IXFR...

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> 
> 
> How could I endure that NOTIFY is working?

	That there are no firewalls blocking the packets.
	That source address of the notify matches the address in the
	masters clause.
	That the master can resolve the addresses of the slaves and
	those addresses match the address the slave is listening on.

	Mark
 
> I thought I only needed the "also-notify" if the
> slave servers were stealth and by default the notify
> was set to yes.
> 
> Plus I have a NS record for the second nameserver.
> 
> 
> On the master I have this.
> options {
>         version "The best version... What do you expect.";
>         directory "/var/named";
>         pid-file "/var/named/named.pid";
>         // Server will attempt to do all work required to answer query.
>         recursion yes;
>         allow-recursion { "internal"; };
>         // Maximum number of simultaneous recursive lookups the server will p
> erform [100]
>         recursive-clients 100;
>         allow-query { any; };
>         allow-transfer { "secdns"; };
>         // These people are banned from everything
>         blackhole { none; };
>         provide-ixfr yes;
>         // The default is 100. Maximum number of simultaneous client TCP conn
> ections
>         tcp-clients 100;
>         // How fast server removes expired RR. default is 60
>         cleaning-interval 60;
> };
> 
On the slave I have this.
> options {
>         version "The best version... What do you expect.";
>         directory "/var/named";
>         pid-file "/var/named/named.pid";
>         // Server will attempt to do all work required to answer query.
>         recursion yes;
>         allow-recursion { "internal"; };
>         // Maximum number of simultaneous recursive lookups the server will p
> erform [100]
>         recursive-clients 100;
>         allow-query { any; };
>         request-ixfr yes;
>         // These people are banned from everything
>         blackhole { none; };
>         // The default is 100. Maximum number of simultaneous client TCP conn
> ections
>         tcp-clients 100;
>         // How fast server removes expired RR. default is 60
>         cleaning-interval 60;
> //        listen-on port 53 { 192.168.1.12; };
> };
> 
> 
> On Wed, 3 Jul 2002 Mark_Andrews at isc.org wrote:
> 
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > It seems to take a long time for the IXF to happen
> > > to the domain.
> > > On the slave server I have the line request-ixfr yes;
> > > And on the master I have the line provide-ixfr yes;
> > > 
> > > These are both in the "options" section in the named.conf
> > > 
> > > What is the best way to speed this up?
> > > 
> > > Thanks in advance!
> > > 
> > > 
> > 	Ensure that NOTIFY is working.
> > --
> > Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium
> > 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
> > PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews at isc.org
> > 
> 
> 
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Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium
1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews at isc.org