# Excessive DNS queries

**URL:** <https://community.ntppool.org/t/excessive-dns-queries/2300>\
**Category:** Server operators\
**Tags:** dns\
**Created:** [February 3, 2022, 3:48am UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/excessive-dns-queries/2300 "2022-02-03T03:48:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![ask](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.ntppool.org/ask/32/907_2.png) [@ask](https://community.ntppool.org/u/ask)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 11:35pm UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/excessive-dns-queries/2300/21 "2022-12-09T23:35:43Z")

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Isn’t that the same as chronyd / chronyc in that it only happens when an operator is running those tools? (And not the NTP client / daemon itself).

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**Author:** ![mnordhoff](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.ntppool.org/mnordhoff/32/1470_2.png) [@mnordhoff](https://community.ntppool.org/u/mnordhoff)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/excessive-dns-queries/2300/22 "2022-12-09T23:43:17Z")

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Right.

_I_ might run the tools a lot 😜 but they may not be a significant contributor to DNS traffic overall.

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