authority transfer question

Mark.Andrews at nominum.com Mark.Andrews at nominum.com
Wed Nov 15 23:25:50 UTC 2000


> 
> I have a test setup where I need to perform an experiment
> but I am running with a problem regarding how to configure 
> BIND for that matter.
> 
> I have a DNS server (let's say server A) which is the authority for "mydomain
> .com"
> In it, it is pointing to another server (server B) as the authority for "www.
> mydomain.com"
> Now the tricky part: I want to set another server (server C) as the actual
> authority for "www.mydomain.com" without changing the configuration in server
>  A.
> Actually, my requirements are that the querier must resend its A request to s
> erver C.
> How can I configure BIND on server B so that a DNS server making an A request
> to server B will re-direct its question to server C?
> If I put it in other words, what kind of packet should be returned by server 
> B to 
> satisfy this? 
> Is this valid and possible?

	No.  This is a lame delegation.

> 
> Thanks
> JPC
> 
> 
> 
> 
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