No root nameservers for class IN (but I really don't want any in there)

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> 
> On Sun, 24 Oct 1999 marka at isc.org wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 	Oops, I forgot about that bug.  BIND 8 prior to 8.2.2 tries to
> > 	prime root nameservers (master/slave) when it doesn't need to
> > 	resulting in this error message.  Get BIND 8.2.2 where this bug
> > 	is fixed.
> 
>    Great. Any idea where can I get an .src.rpm for bind-8.2.2 ? (I saw the
> .tar on ftp.isc.org, but http://rufus.w3.org/linux/RPM/BByName.html says
> an rpm for 8.2.2 is not out yet.

	No.  We just supply the initial tar bundles.  It really is not
	that hard to build and install from them.
> 
> > 	You also need a "137.121.42.in-addr.arpa" zone.
> 
>   Can I just say "34.137.121.42.in-addr.arpa IN PTR ns" in the root.zone ?
> Do I need a whole zone if I only want to resolve that one single address ?

	Yes.  Though I would still do it as a seperate zone same as you
	have a seperate forward zone.  It will make any future connection
	to the Internet as a whole easier.

	Mark

> 
> 
>       Thanx,
> 
>          Jan
> 
> 
> > 	Mark
> > 
> 
> 
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