bind and forwarder

[Cricket Liu]

> I'm using the latest bind 8.2.2 on my linux box to set up my local DNS.
> I hav a dial-up connection so I use this:
>            forward first;
>            forwarders {
>                 10.0.0.1;
>                 10.1.0.1;
>             };
> 
> but then I read that "forward first" first forwards the request and
> _then_ tries to resolv itself. But that's a big problem for me coz I use
> this DNS for my Intranet with auto-dial on. So it dials on every dns
> request even if I use my intranet name.
> 
> Is there a opportunity that bind first looks at its own files and then
> tries to connect the forwarders ?

BIND always looks in its local data before forwarding.

cricket

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