[CentOS] DNS lookup delay with centos & postfix

Joseph L. Casale jcasale at activenetwerx.com
Thu Jul 26 01:27:59 UTC 2012


>DNS lookups default to using 53/udp, and only use 53/tcp for zone
>transfers.  could it be 53/udp is being lost/blocked between this host
>and your ns1 ?

Unfortunately that is a common misconception.

Tcp is used far more often than "only" as stated such as for size of request
exceeding udp response size etc...

Bottom line is both ports are needed, not just for zone xfers.

jlc


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