Forwarding "all-other" zones

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> > is this really working?
> > I tried the same scenario w/ BIND 8.2.1 on a Linux
> > box and got no delegation to the subdomains.
> > It does work if you configure a "type forward"
> > xyz.com zone forwarding to another nameserver
> > (master for xyz.com) to do delegation.
> > It would be much easier to have this all in one
> > nameserver.
> 
> If by "this" you mean forwarding or "noforwarding" an authoritative zone,
> then yes, it works fine for me with 8.2.1.  One wrinkle is that it doesn't
> work with internal root setups yet, due to a problem with sysqueries being
> sent to the forwarders.

	It does provide you use a stub/master/slave (not forward) zone to
	turn off the forwarding.

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