>Above we see 10 seconds delay but with >Firefox it takes __hours__ to >do something useful. Is there any >posibility >to disable those `AAAA' >queries via resolv.conf(5) or >$RES_OPTIONS variable?
If that's the main problem, disable ipv6 support on firefox: in the address bar enter about:config and change network.dns.disableipv6 to true.

