How-to: (if ISP dns server down) go direct to root

phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu
Tue Dec 16 06:44:07 UTC 2003


Joaco <tonyb at sysdev.org> wrote:
> Run bind 9.1.2 with an internal and an external zone.

> Frequently, now days, my ISP servers crash and my two dns
> servers fail to provide external name resolution during those
> lapses.  My servers remain visible to the outside, because I
> switched to Netsol for my domain's external dns.  However, I am
> now blind internally and end up having to go to tracert.com
> (/etc/hosts) for manual name resolution...

> Question, I do have a "." zone and db.root defined, but no joy.
> How do I get bind to feed its cache from the internet root
> servers, when my ISP forwarders are down???

Solving your problems by removing all forwarding is your 
best bet. Then you should upgrade your bind to 9.2.3


> TIA
> tonyb

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