Hints file when forwarding unnecessary in BIND 8.2.x?
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Wed Sep 29 04:45:57 UTC 1999
> Much to my surprise and delight, my BIND 8.2.1 name server configured with
> global forwarding does not seem to require a hints file. No log message
> about the lack of root name servers is emitted at startup and the server
> appears to resolve anything just fine. This is a recent change. Is it
> this one?
>
> 715. [clarity] root servers don't need to be primed.
No. It was fixed in the processes of fixing the following,
which was broken by 330 which I suspect was trying to achieve
this behaviour.
597. [bug] we weren't priming the cache in forward-only mode.
330. [bug] If priming of the root servers failed, recovery could
take a long time. If using forwarders to prime
and the query expired, the first forwarder would
always be skipped on subsequent attempts. The server
complained about priming problems in forward-only mode,
even though it doesn't matter.
>
> Is this now a supported configuration: no zone of type hint required when
> doing options { forward only; };?
Yes.
Mark
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt
>
> --
> Matt Larson <matt at acmebw.com>
> Acme Byte & Wire / http://www.acmebw.com
>
>
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