Due to network congestion, I often get timeouts with BIND, /etc/resolv.conf containing only "nameserver 127.0.0.1". In /var/log/syslog, I can see errors like:
xvii named[1661]: error (network unreachable) resolving ... and the "host" command returns: ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached As a workaround, I can add the DNS servers of my ISP to the /etc/resolv.conf file at home, and I no longer get any timeout. But on other networks (my machine being a laptop), I cannot do this. In general, I don't want to use the DNS servers provided by the DHCP server because they are often broken, yielding obscure behavior like: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=457472 So, how can I make BIND work reliably, like the glibc resolver? -- Vincent Lefèvre <[email protected]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arénaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
