Forwarding "all-other" zones

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

	Get BIND 8.2.1 and set a empty forwarders declaration on
	master/slave/stub (not forward) zones at the top of the
	internal heirachies (forward and reverse) then use forward
	only in the options block.

	Mark

> 
> Let's say I have an authoritative server for xyz.com domain, and that
> server can and should query other servers in other divisions of the
> xyz.com domain, but when the server wants to query other hosts outside the
> company, like aol.com, or blah.net, or blah.ac.uk, I want the bind server
> to forward those requests only to a forwarding server, but I DONT want to
> have to enumerate all the .net, .org, and country domains, and all the
> rest of the .com domain to specify a forward-only zone...  
> 
> I essentially want "forward last" instead of forward only, or forward
> first.  What options and flags should I use to do this in named.conf?
> 
> I have BIND 8.2.1 on solaris.  Thanks.
> 
> Jim Ault, Unix Support, GE CRD, Schenectady, NY aultj at crd.ge.com <><
> 
> 
> 
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