> If you are running named and it does not have access to the real net, did
> you take out the default "root.cache"? If not then your nameserver is
> trying to contact the root nameserver (unsuccessfully), and that timeout
> is what you are getting.
Yes, that sounds like a solution; and indeed, I do have a line for
the root.cache. But it is not the solution. I removed the root.cache
entry, and the delay still occurs.
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