How to stop root "." NS queries?

[Kevin Darcy]

Niccolo Rigacci wrote:

> Hello!
>
> I'm using bind 8.2.2 on a Linux box with diald and masquerade.
> Whenever I start bind, it start a query for the root "." NS thus
> firing up my ISP connection.
>
> If hint zone is defined it queries the root servers listed there
> in. Otherwise it queries the forwarder.
>
> Is there a way to stop this?

Nope. This is just the way modern BIND implementations work.

I think what some folks do is bring up named with the ISP connection or,
if they run with an internal root configuration when the ISP connection
is down, switch the configuration to something Internet-aware when it
comes up.


- Kevin