DNS and forward
Barry Margolin
barmar at bbnplanet.com
Fri Aug 20 15:47:19 UTC 1999
In article <7piauv$ppc$1 at nntp9.atl.mindspring.net>,
Y. W. Ko <ywko at mindspring.com> wrote:
>SERVER B) This is the named.conf on m/c on the inside from which I plan to
>forward request for names OUTSIDE my.domain to the above m/c to resolve:
You need a root hints file, even if you're forwarding. Also, if this
server doesn't have access to the root servers, you should use "forward
only" rather than "forward first" (but you *still* need the root hints
file).
>
>options {
> directory "/var/named";
> forward first;
> forwarders {
> xx.yy.zz.aa; // Server A ip address
> } ;
>};
>
>zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
> type master;
> file "named.local";
>};
>
>zone "xx.yy.zz.in-addr.arpa" {
> notify no;
> type master;
> file "named.rev";
>};
>
>zone "my.domain" {
> notify no;
> type master;
> file "named.data";
>};
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