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List:       djbdns
Subject:    Re: djbdns running amok when outgoing bandwidth is limited
From:       "D. J. Bernstein" <djb () cr ! yp ! to>
Date:       2001-09-30 18:21:37
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Felix von Leitner writes:
> This presumably is my libc resolver running in a timeout and asking again.

56 timeouts in two seconds? Sounds like a bug in libc. Obviously you
should investigate the query source further.

> The problem remains: over 7000 log lines for essentially one query.

7000 log lines for 56 difficult queries. dnscache is not ``running
amok''; it is doing what you asked it to do.

> Asking for a name that is already being resolved should not make
> dnscache do more work, right?

Under the RFC 1034 resolution algorithm, yes, it should.

---Dan

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