but are counted to compute the query per second rate.
</para>
- <para>
- Rate limiters for different name spaces maintain
- separate counters: If, for example, there is a
- <command>rate-limit</command> statement for "com" and
- another for "example.com", queries matching "example.com"
- will not be debited against the rate limiter for "com".
- </para>
-
- <para>
- If a <command>rate-limit</command> statement does not specify a
- <command>domain</command>, then it applies to the root domain
- (".") and thus affects the entire DNS namespace, except those
- portions covered by other <command>rate-limit</command>
- statements.
- </para>
-
<para>
Communities of DNS clients can be given their own parameters or no
rate limiting by putting