BIND 9.1 View query

[Jim Reid]

>>>>> "Matthew" == Matthew Thompson <matthewt at fairplay.co.uk> writes:

    Matthew> Views can be set up for IP addresses and address ranges
    Matthew> so one server could theoretically handle three zones, all
    Matthew> for the same name but provide different data to 10.2.x.x,
    Matthew> Different data to 10.1.x.x and different data to the rest
    Matthew> of the world.

    Matthew> But what happens if an item of data is not in the zone
    Matthew> file for 10.2.x.x - will BIND then drop back to it's
    Matthew> "everything else" zone and provide the data from there?

No. The name server doesn't do that for regular zones - if foo for
isn't in the bar zone, try some other version of the bar zone on
another name server - so would it do it for zones that are
encapsulated inside a view?