Whence loopback A-RR's in zonefiles?

Rick Crelia rcrelia at cobaltgroup.com
Fri Mar 8 23:48:46 UTC 2002


Oh gods of BIND,

What is the technical reason behind having to include loopback entries
in BIND zonefiles?

i.e.,

  localhost.my.domain.	IN 	A	127.0.0.1

Just curious....a coworker and I were trying to figure it out. I
found a reference in the comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains FAQ (see
below). 

Thanks in advance,


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