Re: Bind 8 on AIX 5.1

From: Adams Kevin J (kevin.adams_at_PHS.COM)
Date: 09/05/03

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    Date:         Fri, 5 Sep 2003 10:24:39 -0700
    To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    
    

    Unless you are memory constrained, you should probably up "thewall" to the
    max which is the same value as your "sb_max".

    I'm not sure if you are running a routing protocol, but the following
    settings are recommended in the redbook "Additional Security Tools for AIX
    Systems, SG24-5971". These settings can help you from a security and
    performance standpoint. Make sure they are appropriate for your environment.

    clean_partial_conns=0
    bcastping=0
    directed_broadcast=0
    ipsendredirects=0
    ipsrcroutesend=0
    ipsrcrouterecv=0
    ipsrcrouteforward=0
    ip6srcrouteforward=0
    icmpaddressmask=0
    nonlocsrcroute=0
    tcp_pmtu_discover=0
    udp_pmtu_discover=0
    ipforwarding=0
    ipignoreredirects=1

    Kevin Adams
    PacifiCare Behavioral Health
    Principal Systems Analyst
    AIX Certified Advanced Technical Expert

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Patrick B. O'Brien [mailto:pobrien@DOIT.NV.GOV]
    Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 3:16 PM
    To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    Subject: Re: [aix-l] Bind 8 on AIX 5.1

    For speed, if I know an IP I put it into my /etc/hosts, your node will not
    need to go to another DNS Server for a lookup.

    Is it the clients that are complaining about speed?

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Yard, John [mailto:jyard@AIS.UCLA.EDU]
    Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 3:11 PM
    To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    Subject: Bind 8 on AIX 5.1

         I am running named 8.2.2-P5 on an AIX
    5.1 machine. The interface is gigabit ethernet;
    Performance seems good. I was wondering if anyone had any performance
    suggestions for DNS. My no -a output is :

    xtendednetstats = 0
                      thewall = 524240
                   sockthresh = 85
                       sb_max = 1048576
                    somaxconn = 1024
          clean_partial_conns = 0
            net_malloc_police = 0
                      rto_low = 1
                     rto_high = 64
                    rto_limit = 7
                   rto_length = 13
              inet_stack_size = 16
                  arptab_bsiz = 7
                    arptab_nb = 25
                   tcp_ndebug = 100
                       ifsize = 8
                     arpqsize = 12
                     ndpqsize = 50
                 route_expire = 1
           send_file_duration = 300
                     fasttimo = 200
              routerevalidate = 0
             dgd_packets_lost = 3
               dgd_retry_time = 5
                dgd_ping_time = 5
                  passive_dgd = 0
                      sodebug = 0
                    nbc_limit = 393168
                nbc_max_cache = 131072
                nbc_min_cache = 1
                     nbc_pseg = 0
               nbc_pseg_limit = 524240
                     strmsgsz = 0
                     strctlsz = 1024
                     nstrpush = 8
                    strthresh = 85
                    psetimers = 20
                  psebufcalls = 20
                   strturncnt = 15
                 pseintrstack = 12288
                    lowthresh = 90
                    medthresh = 95
                     psecache = 1
              subnetsarelocal = 1
                       maxttl = 255
                    ipfragttl = 60
              ipsendredirects = 1
                 ipforwarding = 0
                      udp_ttl = 30
                      tcp_ttl = 60
                   arpt_killc = 20
                tcp_sendspace = 131072
                tcp_recvspace = 131072
                udp_sendspace = 65536
                udp_recvspace = 65536
           tcp_bad_port_limit = 0
           udp_bad_port_limit = 0
               rfc1122addrchk = 0
               nonlocsrcroute = 0
                tcp_keepintvl = 150
                 tcp_keepidle = 14400
                    bcastping = 0
                     udpcksum = 1
                  tcp_mssdflt = 512
              icmpaddressmask = 0
                 tcp_keepinit = 150
    ie5_old_multicast_mapping = 0
                      rfc1323 = 1
             pmtu_default_age = 10
     pmtu_rediscover_interval = 30
            udp_pmtu_discover = 1
            tcp_pmtu_discover = 1
                    ipqmaxlen = 100
           directed_broadcast = 0
            ipignoreredirects = 0
      ipsrcroutesend = 1
               ipsrcrouterecv = 0
            ipsrcrouteforward = 1
           ip6srcrouteforward = 1
                   ip6_defttl = 64
                    ndpt_keep = 120
               ndpt_reachable = 30
                 ndpt_retrans = 1
                   ndpt_probe = 5
                    ndpt_down = 3
                ndp_umaxtries = 3
                ndp_mmaxtries = 3
                    ip6_prune = 2
                ip6forwarding = 0
                  multi_homed = 1
                     main_if6 = 0
                   main_site6 = 0
                  site6_index = 0
                     maxnip6q = 20
              llsleep_timeout = 3
                 tcp_timewait = 1
            tcp_ephemeral_low = 32768
           tcp_ephemeral_high = 65535
            udp_ephemeral_low = 32768
           udp_ephemeral_high = 65535
                     delayack = 0
                delayackports = {}
                         sack = 0
                     use_isno = 1
                  tcp_newreno = 1
              tcp_nagle_limit = 65535
                      rfc2414 = 0
              tcp_init_window = 0
                      tcp_ecn = 0
         tcp_limited_transmit = 1
            icmp6_errmsg_rate = 10
                 tcp_maxburst = 0
               tcp_nodelayack = 0
                 tcp_finwait2 = 1200

    The interface bind uses looks like:

    [viper2:/workarea] # lsattr -E -l en2
    mtu 1500 Maximum IP Packet Size for This
    Device True
    remmtu 576 Maximum IP Packet Size for
    REMOTE Networks True
    netaddr 164.67.134.5 Internet Address
    True
    state up Current Interface Status
    True
    arp on Address Resolution Protocol
    (ARP) True
    netmask 255.255.255.0 Subnet Mask
    True
    security none Security Level
    True
    authority Authorized Users
    True
    broadcast Broadcast Address
    True
    netaddr6 N/A
    True
    alias6 N/A
    True
    prefixlen N/A
    True
    alias4 164.67.134.3,255.255.255.0 N/A
    True
    rfc1323 N/A
    True
    tcp_nodelay N/A
    True
    tcp_sendspace N/A
    True
    tcp_recvspace N/A
    True
    tcp_mssdflt

    Thxs,

    John Yard
    UCLA

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