BIND 9.2.1 - experiments on stubs and listen-to

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> 
> On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 02:44:22PM +1100, Mark_Andrews at isc.org wrote:
> > 	Well you needed to override the global forwarding.
> > 
> > 	zone "tux.org" {
> > 		type stub;
> > 		masters { 198.81.161.69; };
> > 		file "stub.tux";
> > 		forwarders { /* empty */ };
> > 	};
> 
> Interesting.  Explicit zone statements override forwarders when they
> are of type master and slave.  Why not here?  [I will accept an answer
> of "because they don't", but remain curious and would appreciate a
> reason for such a decision.]

	Master and slave zones don't override the forwarder directive
	by default.  Try looking up data in a subzone.
 
> No, wait.  I commented out the "forward only" and the forwarders{} in
> the options{} statement, and it STILL didn't bring in the expected
> answer from the stub'd name server.  It just timed out and returned no
> answer.

	You need to trace the problem further.

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