On Mon, 16 Oct 2006, wayne wrote:
I forget how many times resolvers retry failed UDP DNS lookups, but I
think it is something like 3 or 4. So, by timing out, they are
actually increasing their load.
Personally, I still suspect that the real problem is a broken DNS
proxy. I suspect that someone somewhere gave the "this saves
bandwidth on an expensive link" as an excuse, and in that situation,
the excuse works very well to get people to stop complaining.
I think you've hit the nail on the head.
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