Hints file when forwarding unnecessary in BIND 8.2.x?

Joseph S D Yao jsdy at cospo.osis.gov
Wed Sep 29 16:04:52 UTC 1999


> Much to my surprise and delight, my BIND 8.2.1 name server configured with 
> global forwarding does not seem to require a hints file.  No log message 
> about the lack of root name servers is emitted at startup and the server 
> appears to resolve anything just fine.  This is a recent change.  Is it 
> this one?
> 
>   715.	[clarity]	root servers don't need to be primed.
> 
> Is this now a supported configuration: no zone of type hint required when 
> doing options { forward only; };?

I had requested this.  Vixie had told me it was in, but I [Y2K] hadn't
had time [Y2K], for some reason [Y2K], to go back and re-test it.  ;-)
Thanks for checking it out!  ;-]

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