zones question
James Raftery
james-bind-users at domainregistry.ie
Fri Sep 1 14:36:01 UTC 2000
On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 11:25:48AM +0200, mar wrote:
> I'm trying to find out what the following files mean/do..
> a root zone file?
> a other zone file?
> a load zone file?
>
> How can you best describe them or where can I find a description of them ..
A zone file is the data file that contains the DNS records for a zone.
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-192.html will give you a gentle
introduction.
The 'root zone file' is the file that contains the DNS records for the
zone referred to as 'the root'.
Regards,
james
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