Root.Cache... new one?

[Lee Fuller]

Excellent,

Thanks Bill.

I'm beginning to think that the hint file is the reason that my server
simply won't answer to any queries.  It's running, and seems to work fine...
except for the fact that it won't answer to any queries at all.

    Lee
    <puzzled>

(FreeBSD 3.x - BIND 8.2.1)


Bill Larson <wllarso at swcp.com> wrote in message
news:199909102038.OAA06537 at boofura.swcp.com...
> > Anyone know where to get the latest "root.cache" files?
>
> The cache/hints file is just a list of the root name servers.
> It looks identical to a zone file, except that it does NOT have
> any SOA record in it.
>
> You can use dig to get a current copy of the hints file.  Try
> running: "dig @a.root-servers.net . ns" and save the results to
> your hints file.  You can change the "a.root-servers.net" to
> identify any of the root name servers "A" -> "M".
>
> You can also use FTP to retrieve a copy of this file.  You will
> find it at <ftp://rs.internic.net/domain/named.cache>.
>
> There is one nice advantage of getting this information directly
> from the Internic, the file contains comments identifying who is
> operating the server.  Not important, but fun trivia.
>
> Bill Larson (wllarso at swcp.com)
>