Unexpected First Lookup Delay

[Dan Mahoney, System Admin]

On Thu, 21 Sep 2006, Blair Copeland wrote:

I've seen this one on other boxen.  Do you perchance have IPv6 enabled?

-Dan


> I am running Debina 2.6 servers with Bind 9 code and I get an
> intermittent delay of up to 4.5 seconds the first time a given lookup
> occurs.
>
>
> Debian 2.6 Server:
>      Linux ns.unt.edu 2.6.8-2-386 #1 Tue Aug 16 12:46:35 UTC 2005 i686 GNU/Linux
>
> Bind 9:
>      BIND 9.3.2
>
> Library:
>      lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      16 May  7 22:09 /usr/lib/libdns.so.16 -> libdns.so.16.0.0
>      -r-xr-xr-x  1 root sys  1038664 May  7 22:42 /usr/lib/libdns.so.16.0.0
>
>
>
>
> I believe have tried the same code on Debian 2.4 without issue, however right now I am using 9.3.0rc2.
>
> Debian 2.6 Server:
>      Linux ns0001.public.unt.edu 2.4.26-1-386 #1 Thu Jul 22 12:46:23 JST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
>
> Bind 9:
>      BIND 9.3.0rc2
>
> Library:
>      lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      25 Jan 18  2005 /usr/lib/libdns.so.11 -> /usr/lib/libdns.so.11.1.3
>      -r-xr-xr-x  1 root sys  1246960 Apr  7 14:25 /usr/lib/libdns.so.11.1.3
>
>
> Is anyone else running a similar configuration or have a reason not to run 2.6?
>
>
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