A few (too) simple questions about DNS records

[Matus UHLAR - fantomas]

>On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 02:55:08AM +0200,
> Yanek <hostmaster at abetternet.net> wrote
>> 1/ What is the bind record format for the zone itself?

On 21.09.11 08:44, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
>Strictly speaking, it is not the BIND format but the standard format
>(RFC 1035, section 5). However, not all name servers follow it
>(standardizing the input file format is regarded as a bad idea, today)
>and, anyway, it is underspecified so problems occur even when name
>servers try to follow it.

>> mydomain.tld.                                 IN      A       1.2.3.4
>>
>> Am I wrong?

>This line is correct.

when you are defining a new zone, you will need SOA and in most cases 
NS records too (that means, unless you are configuring private zone 
running in your network). Most of other zones include MX records for 
the zone.

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