type forward instead of "type hint"

Barry Margolin barmar at alum.mit.edu
Tue Apr 8 21:36:55 UTC 2008


In article <ftgi6t$2oea$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 "Pedro Espinoza" <raindoctor at gmail.com> wrote:

> I tried it; it worked like charm.
> 

How is it different from just using the global "forwarders" and "forward 
only" options?

> 
> 
> On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Pedro Espinoza <raindoctor at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >  I have the following in named.conf
> >
> >  zone "." {
> >         type hint;
> >         file "../root.ca";
> >  };
> >
> >
> >  Can the above be replaced with something like this?
> >
> >  zone "." {
> >    type forward;
> >    forwarders {10.0.0.2; 10.0.0.3; };
> >    forward only;
> >  };
> >

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