On Dec 20 00:36:02, mikael.tr...@gmail.com wrote: > Seems that by default OpenBSD's DNS resolver rotates what DNS server from > /etc/resolv.conf it uses, and when the DNS server used for a resolve does > not work, the DNS resolve fails; > > Perhaps not exactly like this, but clearly in this direction: If there's > any imperfection about any of the listed DNS servers, there will be DNS > resolves that fail. > > This creates an extended issue that errors propagate, like, HTTP connects > fail because the remote host can't be found, causing all kinds of weird > errors. > > I want this fixed. > > I guess a setup with > > a) OpenBSD's resolver configured to retry 999 times before failing, and > b) Running a DNSMasq and using that as only DNS server on a machine > should be a perfect safeguard agains failing resolves?
So you want to wait 999 times longer before knowing the hostname cannot be resolved? If you have resolve failures, find out what's wrong with your DNS servers in the first place.
