Re: Default query type of dig

2014-06-25 Thread Scott Bertilson
Don't know if you can control the default query type, but this is a RTFM (see man dig): It is possible to set per-user defaults for dig via ${HOME}/.digrc. This file is read and any options in it are applied before the command line arguments. On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Barry Margolin

Re: High recursive client counts

2014-03-26 Thread Scott Bertilson
This got me to take a look at rndc recursing on one of our servers. It is disappointing that queries for the same FQDN/type/class from the same client (different source port and query ID though) are handled individually rather than being merged somehow. Is this because of the ID or the source

Re: recursive-clients recommended values

2012-07-16 Thread Scott Bertilson
One thing that has always been a mystery to me is what the difference is between the hard and soft limits on recursion - i.e. the default limit on recursion is 1000 which means that the soft limit is not in effect. When the limit is reached, the oldest query is always dropped, but without a soft

Re: bind multiple instances

2012-05-18 Thread Scott Bertilson
In our case, our on-campus public recursive servers run 2 instances, one for local applications only and the other for the public. We implemented it almost exactly as you describe and it works great. Scott On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Barry Margolin bar...@alum.mit.eduwrote: In article