(SOLVED) delegating NS control of subdomain to another BIND

Martin F. Krafft madduck at madduck.net
Mon Jul 23 23:27:31 UTC 2001


also sprach Kevin Darcy (on Mon, 23 Jul 2001 05:54:19PM -0400):
> Did you try adding "forwarders { }" to the madduck.net zone definition?

thanks to Kevin from the comp.protocols.dns.bind newsgroup, i found
the problem. i had six forwarders configured on my main DNS server,
which i thought are necessary to have with a DNS server that serves a
local zone, but otherwise caches queries from the internet. however,
forwarders in BIND seem to be pretty much what SMTP relays are - you
can use them, but if you don't, then any smart software like postfix
or bind (i.e. not micro$oft) will go and do the job themselves.

now, without the forwarders line, the subdomain is correctly
delegated, and while my DNS queries don't go through my provider's NS
servers anymore, it still works.

i'd still like to know if you can't configure forwarding so as to
allow subdomain delegations... usage of the german telekom nameservers
will surely save time and traffic, as they are heavily used...

thanks to all who helped!

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