forwarding in bind 8.2 / txb
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Tue Jun 22 22:56:26 UTC 1999
> >Why is the hints zone needed for forwarding?
>
> No idea. Marc et al. on the list already said a couple of times: just
> accept that is needen. But it isn't even actually used, so it doesn't
> matter where it points to.
>
> Ingo
>
>
Because the default (and original hints) mode is
"forward first;" and in that mode you fall back
to using the Internet directly if the forwarder
is down. This requires being able to find the
root servers directly hence hints.
Having private namespaces is a relatively new
phenomenon. "forward only;" just removes the
fallback section. With BIND 8.2.1 you do not
need hints with "forward only;".
Mark
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