Simple question - trailing "." in zone file

[Rick Dicaire]

On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 12:45 PM David Carvalho via bind-users <
bind-users at lists.isc.org> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Sorry for this “beginner” question. If I knew this before, than I
> completely forgot.
>
> I know a “.” Inside a zone file can be used to define top level entry .If
> a record entry  doesn’t have it, it gets itself along  with the domain
> name.
>
>
>
> Today I was comparing my master and slave, which provide the same
> responses, but I noticed a difference.
>
>
>
> Master named.conf
>
> Zone “ip.address.in-addr.arpa.”,
>
> Zone “my.domain.”
>
>
>
> Slave named.conf
>
> Zone “ip.address.in-addr.arpa”,
>
> Zone “my.domain”
>
>  Apparently they are working exactly the same way. Both versions
> 9.16-9….on Oracle Linux.
>

Hi David, named.conf isn't a zone file itself. Your understanding of the
use of "." in a zone file entry is correct as you've described though.
Perhaps others on the list can define the difference, if any, in using "."
in a zone definition in named.conf.

Cheers
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