FW: question about structure

[Kevin Darcy]

Chris De Young wrote:

>On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 01:09:06PM -0400, VansEvers Mr. Frank W wrote:
>  
>
>>Subject: question about structure
>> 
>>
>>If I have the following structure:
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>>aa.usmc.mil     NS  ns1.aa.usmc.mil
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>>aa.usmc.mil     NS  ns2.aa.usmc.mil
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>>aa.usmc.mil     SOA  ns1.aa.usmc.mil
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>>aa.usmc.mil  MX   exch.usmc.mil
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>>ns1   A  222.222.222.1
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>>ns2    A  222.222.222.2
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>>exch   A  222.222.222.3
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>>www   CNAME  exch.aa.usmc.mil
>>    
>>
>
>These records don't all go in the same zone file you know, yes?  The
>NS and glue records go in the zone file for usmc.mil and the rest go
>in the zone file for aa.usmc.mil.
>
A *copy* of the NS and associated glue records needs to present in the 
parent zone. But you need NS/A records in the child zone. Actually, you 
need NS records at the apex of *every* zone, or BIND won't load it. And 
of course you need A records for every name referenced by an NS record, 
which may or may not need to be present in the same zonefile, depending 
on the name.

- Kevin