Bind 9 is slow?

[James Herbert]

Jim Reid wrote:
>>>>>>"MJ" == MJ  <php at cyberia.net.sa> writes:
> 
> 
>     MJ> Hi James and Scott, Many thanks for your hint, I should have
>     MJ> pay attention to this point earlier. I started my named daemon
>     MJ> as "/usr/local/sbin/named -4" and now it is no more slow.
> 
> This is a kludge. It's not the right solution. So either fix your IPv6
> set-up or switch it off.

Absolutely. I suggested use of the -4 switch for troubleshooting 
purposes only. You should definitely investigate disabling IPv6 in your 
OS (solaris?) if you don't need it.