Master for root and per-zone forwarding
Kevin Darcy
kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Mon Dec 16 17:59:14 UTC 2002
Tim Maestas wrote:
>>I think you've answered your own question. Per-domain forwarding only
>>works when the domain is actually delegated. So you need to delegate
>>*and* define the zone as "type forward".
>>
>>At least this is true in BIND 8. I haven't played around with forwarding
>>much in BIND 9, so I'm not sure if it is the same in this regard. I've
>>always found the delegation requirement to be rather counter-intuitive:
>>since you're forwarding, why should you even care whether the domain is
>>delegated or not?
>>
>>
>> - Kevin
>>
>>
>
>Kevin, thanks for the reponse. I'm glad I'm not going crazy. Out of
>curiosity, is this BIND 8 requirement of delegating AND type forwarding
>documented anywhere? Also, do you know what happens if your delegation is
>to different servers than are listed in your forwarders list in the type
>forward zone? Which servers actually get sent the query?
>
>
>
I don't believe it is documented anywhere.
The forwarders get sent the query. Per-domain forwarding would be pretty
useless otherwise.
- Kevin
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