[CentOS] resolving names it is really slow slow with CentOS5.x using named

Mon May 25 15:05:18 UTC 2009
Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com>

carlopmart wrote:
> Les Mikesell wrote:
>> carlopmart wrote:
>>> Lars Hecking wrote:
>>>>> options {
>>>>>          directory "/var/named";
>>>>>          dump-file "/var/named/data/cache_dump.db";
>>>>>          statistics-file "/var/named/data/named_stats.txt";
>>>>>          memstatistics-file "/var/named/data/named_mem_stats.txt";
>>>>>          listen-on port 53 { 127.0.0.1; 172.25.50.10; };
>>>>>          version "DNS Server v2.0";
>>>>>          dnssec-enable no;
>>>>>          query-source port 53;
>>>>>          forwarders { 208.67.220.220; 208.67.222.222; };
>>>>> };
>>>>  
>>>>> As you can see, I need to use "query-source port" param too with forwarders to
>>>>> resolv names (and this is really really ugly).
>>>>  
>>>>  Explicit query-source port breaks port randomisation and is highly insecure.
>>>>  Your problem may be an incorrectly configured firewall that only accepts
>>>>  outgoing queries originating from source port 53 - it needs to accept all
>>>>  outgoing queries for destination port 53.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Thanks lars. Correctly, firewall could be the problem, but it isn't. Because 
>>> Ubuntu and Windows 2003/2008 doesn't have problems with it ... and resolves 
>>> perfectly ... And I don't have configured this firewall to accept dns queries 
>>> originating from source port 53 ...
>>>
>> What does 'dig' show about your access to the root servers without 
>> forwarders and with and without forcing the query-source port?  Compare 
>> it to the Ubuntu system.  Maybe there's something wrong with the root 
>> hints file - or maybe your border firewall is blocking all udp to this 
>> box but permitting it to the DNS servers that work.
>>
> 
> Thanks Les, but I have checked it before post this problem. Ubuntu and CentOS 
> have the same file to do querys to root servers ...

And the results of 'dig' on each?

> I have find a temporary solution: reduce the MTU on CentOS server (1440) ...I 
> need to investigate why centOS loses some packages and ubuntu doesn't ....

Are you routing through tunnels?


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