[Unbound-users] Query over 'forward-addr' / 'forward-first'

W.C.A. Wijngaards wouter at nlnetlabs.nl
Wed Jul 18 11:01:46 UTC 2012


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Hi Karl,

On 07/14/2012 12:17 AM, Karl Pielorz wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I've just started looking at Unbound, under FreeBSD 9, currently
> running unbound 1.4.17.
> 
> I have three 'local' nameservers on our LAN, and I've been using:
> 
> " forward-zone: name: "." forward-addr: 1.1.1.1 forward-addr:
> 2.2.2.2 forward-addr: 3.3.3.3 forward-first: yes "
> 
> [obviously 'example' IP's!]
> 
> This seems to work fine - i.e. under normal circumstances, queries
> are answered fine. If I deliberately "fail" 1.1.1.1 - queries are
> still answered, ditto if I fail 2.2.2.2 as well - they are all sent
> to 3.3.3.3 to be resolved, and the system can still resolve names.
> 
> In 1.4.17 how are forwarders selected? - From syslog/verbose
> logging - it appears it latches onto one, and stays with it (maybe
> the fastest responder?)

Unbound randomly picks one from the available list.  It uses RTT
banding (slow ones are not used, e.g. if it times out).

> Is there any way of seeing (e.g. from 'unbound-control
> dump_infra') which forwarders it considers 'available' or 'not
> available' / down?

Yes, dump_infra would do so, the IP addresses are listed, right?
Or, unbound-control lookup .

> Also, can someone clarify what 'forward-first' actually means? - In
> the man page it says:
> 
> "If  enabled,  a query is attempted without the forward clause if 
> it fails.  The default is no."
> 
> With this set to 'yes' - if I fail all the forwarders, nothing
> gets resolved (I was kind of expecting it to retry the query - with
> the roots? - i.e. no forwarders?) - or does this not apply if
> you're trying to forward "."?

It resolves the query with the roots.  But this may need a timeout of
several seconds before it does so.

Best regards,
   Wouter
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