Re: FreeBSD Port: dns/bind920 steadily increasing memory usage

Hi Felix, thanks for willing to debug the issue. Here's a primer: https://www.isc.org/blogs/2023-BIND-memory-management-explained/ The basics are: 1. configure stats channel 2. look at the memory distribution (internal) to see where the memory goes 3. if there's a really runaway memory, we can

Re: I need to learn more about BIND DNS server to pass my job interview next Monday

On Sunday, 14 September 2025 10:13:30 Central European Summer Time Marc wrote: > Why don't you chat a bit with AI. My impression is that AI is good at > teaching you what you want to know. Quite often it messes up, but for > broader knowledge acquirement it should do fine. > https://copilot.micro

FreeBSD Port: dns/bind920 steadily increasing memory usage

Hi, I have noticed that Bind 9.20.x on FreeBSD 14.2 and 14.3 consumes more and more memory when being used as a resolver. While top reports a SIZE of 4800 MB and RES of 4600 MB, the XML statistics channel just reports 209053061 bytes for both malloced and in use. This instance has been running

I need to learn more about BIND DNS server to pass my job interview next Monday

Subject: I need to learn more about BIND DNS server to pass my job interview next Monday Good day from Singapore, I need to learn more about BIND DNS server to pass my job interview next Monday. I have received an email from a cybersecurity company/employer in Singapore today. Below is a tran