Re: Bind 9 is slow? Please help

> HI Mark,
> Thanks for your reply. I am sorry, unfortunately I didn't get you. Will
> appreciate you if can just let me know that
>
> 1- Is it ok to run "named -4" in production environment

Yes.

> 2- Will --disbale-ipv6 at compilation time should be enough to stop
> IPv6?

Yes (--disable-ipv6).

Either will do.

> Thanks,
> MJ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bind-users-bounce@isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounce@isc.org] On
> Behalf Of Mark Andrews
> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 3:25 AM
> Cc: comp-protocols-dns-bind@isc.org
> Subject: Re: Bind 9 is slow? Please help
>
>
> > It was far from an exhaustive search, I only spent about five minutes
> > on it if that, less time than it took me to write this post, but the
> > BIND 9.3.1 configure script appears to default to autodetect for IPv6
> > support, and bases IPv6 support on the presence of a sockaddr_in6
> > structure.
> >
> > So, if a platform is _capable_ of IPv6 it would seem that BIND 9.3.1
> > will include IPv6 support in the compile.
> >
> > I've _not_ looked to see what the code does at runtime.
> >
> > rick jones
> > --
> > The glass is neither half-empty nor half-full. The glass has a leak.
> > The real question is "Can it be patched?"
> > these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway... :)
> > feel free to post, OR email to raj in cup.hp.com but NOT BOTH...
>
> 'named -4' is a runtime equivalent to 'configure
> --disable-ipv6'.
>
> To the OP, I would be checking that you are running the
> instance of named that you think you are. Check you logs
> or query the server (dig +norec version.bind txt chaos @server).
>
> BIND 9.3.1 and 9.2.5 both have code to fast retry on the
> usual error codes returned when you don't have IPv6 configured.
> They also do penalise the RTT estimates (they wern't being
> penalised in 9.3.0 and 9.2.4). Either of these is sufficient
> to remove the delay though the second will still show some
> delay until the rtt estimate has been adjusted.
>
> --
> Mark Andrews, ISC
> 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
> PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: Mark_Andrews@isc.org
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Mark Andrews, ISC
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PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: Mark_Andrews@isc.org