Hints file when forwarding unnecessary in BIND 8.2.x?
Joseph S D Yao
jsdy at cospo.osis.gov
Wed Sep 29 16:04:52 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.
>
> Is this now a supported configuration: no zone of type hint required when
> doing options { forward only; };?
I had requested this. Vixie had told me it was in, but I [Y2K] hadn't
had time [Y2K], for some reason [Y2K], to go back and re-test it. ;-)
Thanks for checking it out! ;-]
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Joe Yao jsdy at cospo.osis.gov - Joseph S. D. Yao
COSPO/OSIS Computer Support EMT-B
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