DNS and forward

[Y. W. Ko]

Hi Barry,

    Thanks for your comments. But exactly what should I put in the hints
file?

    BTW, since my last posting, I've managed to get it to work - by putting
a hints file on the internal m/c! Currently, the only entry in the hints
file is SERVER A, i.e. the m/c with external access. Is this the right thing
to do? I assumed that since there is no connectivity to the root servers,
there wouldn't be any point in putting them in.

    Thanks again,

        Ko

Barry Margolin <barmar at bbnplanet.com> wrote in message
news:aMev3.302$m84.4719 at burlma1-snr2...
> In article <7piauv$ppc$1 at nntp9.atl.mindspring.net>,
> Y. W. Ko <ywko at mindspring.com> wrote:
> >SERVER B) This is the named.conf on m/c on the inside from which I plan
to
> >forward request for names OUTSIDE my.domain to the above m/c to resolve:
>
> You need a root hints file, even if you're forwarding.  Also, if this
> server doesn't have access to the root servers, you should use "forward
> only" rather than "forward first" (but you *still* need the root hints
> file).
>
> >
> >options {
> >    directory "/var/named";
> >    forward first;
> >    forwarders {
> >        xx.yy.zz.aa;  // Server A ip address
> >    } ;
> >};
> >
> >zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
> >        type master;
> >        file "named.local";
> >};
> >
> >zone "xx.yy.zz.in-addr.arpa" {
> >        notify no;
> >        type master;
> >        file "named.rev";
> >};
> >
> >zone "my.domain" {
> >        notify no;
> >        type master;
> >        file "named.data";
> >};
>
> --
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