On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 08:59:49 -0500, "Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak" <mjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If I understand the standard DNS resolver, it sends out DNS queries > sequentially to the servers listed in /etc/resolv.conf, after timeouts > occur. > > Is there a way to make the resolver query all the listed servers in > parallel, and use the first response? > > Right now, things slow down to a crawl if the main dns server is down... > I'd rather waste some bandwidth in exchange for better reliability. Running your own caching server is probably a better way to handle this.
