forwarder

bind at col7.metta.lk bind at col7.metta.lk
Sun Sep 12 15:46:20 UTC 1999


On Fri, Sep 10, 1999 at 02:34:06PM -0400, Joseph S D Yao wrote:

> > I have tried with an empty root.hints file 
> > and it works much faster, 
> > but I see from the many mails on this list
> > that it is not the correct way.
 
> What I do is put my "forwarder" host in the root hints file.

Thanks

When I put some host that I cannot reach 
then It takes 24 seconds extra to resolve.

I have tried to put myself in the root.hints.
It also works fast but I get a few errors.

A bit help with these errors, 
might make the setup a bit more canonical


roots.hints 
-----------
.       6D      IN      NS      narada.col7.metta.lk.
narada.col7.metta.lk.        5w6d16h IN      A       172.16.1.1

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ndc stop/start
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Sep 12 20:23:08 narada named[7018]: listening on [127.0.0.1].53 (lo)
Sep 12 20:23:08 narada named[7018]: listening on [172.16.1.2].53 (eth0)
Sep 12 20:23:08 narada named[7018]: Forwarding source addressis[0.0.0.0].1051
Sep 12 20:23:08 narada named[7019]: Ready to answer queries.
---------------
login usr sangha recive one test letter.
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Sep 12 20:29:07 narada pppd[7044]: user sangha logged in
Sep 12 20:29:07 narada kernel: PPP BSD Compression module registered
Sep 12 20:29:08 narada kernel: PPP Deflate Compression module registered
Sep 12 20:29:08 narada pppd[7044]: local  IP address 172.16.1.1
Sep 12 20:29:08 narada pppd[7044]: remote IP address 10.0.0.3
Sep 12 20:29:08 narada pppd[7044]: CCP terminated by peer
Sep 12 20:29:08 narada pppd[7044]: Compression disabled by peer.
Sep 12 20:29:08 narada named[7019]: reloading nameserver
Sep 12 20:29:08 narada named[7019]: listening on [172.16.1.1].53 (ppp0)
Sep 12 20:29:08 narada named[7019]: Forwarding source addressis[0.0.0.0].1051
Sep 12 20:29:08 narada named[7019]: Ready to answer queries.
Sep 12 20:29:18 narada named[7019]: ns_forw: query(3.0.0.10.in-addr.arpa)
contains our address (narada.col7.metta.lk:172.16.1.1)
Sep 12 20:29:18 narada named[7019]: ns_forw: query(3.0.0.10.in-addr.arpa)
No possible A RRs
Sep 12 20:29:18 narada named[7019]: sysquery: query() contains our address
(narada.col7.metta.lk:172.16.1.1)
Sep 12 20:29:18 narada named[7019]: sysquery: query() No possible A RRs
Sep 12 20:29:21 narada pppd[7044]: LCP terminated by peer
Sep 12 20:29:24 narada PAM_pwdb[7044]: (ppp) session closed for usersangha
Sep 12 20:29:24 narada pppd[7044]: Connection terminated.
Sep 12 20:29:24 narada pppd[7044]: Connect time 0.5 minutes.
Sep 12 20:29:24 narada pppd[7044]: Sent 2793 bytes, received 2471 bytes.
Sep 12 20:29:24 narada pppd[7044]: Exit.
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Your comments are very helpful

With thanks
Jacob


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