In article <[email protected]>, Christophe Lermytte <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello, > > I'm trying to find out what the server behavior should be in the following > situation: > > client -> server1 -> server2 > > client asks server1 to recursively resolve a name > server1 does not know and asks server2 > server2 sends an ICMP Port Unreachable to server1 > > Is there something server1 can send to client, instead of making client wait > until it gives up? Server1 could send a response with the SERVFAIL error code. I think BIND will do this if all the servers for the domain report errors. -- Barry Margolin, [email protected] Arlington, MA *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group *** _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
