root hints

Joseph S D Yao jsdy at tux.org
Sat Jan 29 02:51:13 UTC 2011


On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 08:10:10PM +0000, Jack Tavares wrote:
> I have a question about the hints file.
> 
> It is "built in" to BIND.
> 
> Does bind check for updates to this periodically?
> If so, where does it get it from ?
> I assume it gets it from ftp.isc.org.
> Does bind contain a hardcode for that IP address?
> or does it use the existing hints to find the address
> of "ftp.isc.org" and then download a new ftp.isc.org?


To the best of my knowledge, NO.

[If you recognized the BigIP in my last posting, you were right!]


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