Can bind works without defining root servers

[King, Harold Clyde (Hal)]

How does Bind update the root servers? Does it go out and check, or is a release made for each change?


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On 8/15/17, 11:02, "bind-users on behalf of Alan Clegg" <bind-users-bounces at lists.isc.org on behalf of alan at clegg.com> wrote:

    Root hints have been built in forever.  (and that's "forever" in
    Internet years)
    
    On 8/15/17 10:58 AM, Duleep Thilakarathne wrote:
    > Hi,
    > 
    > I can observe, bind can resolve host names without following entry  in
    > named.conf. could anyone help me to understand this default behavior.
    > 
    > 
    > zone "." {
    >   type hint;
    >   file "root.servers";
    > };
    > 
    > regards
    > DT
    > 
    > 
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