BIND 9.2---- suggestions for ISP DNS

[Barry Margolin]

In article <boschq$2gpa$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
Richard Gomes  <gomesrichard at yahoo.com> wrote:
>Hi All,
> 
>I am running BIND 9.2 for an ISP. Need some suggestions from you,
> 
>1. How can I configure my DNS server will surve/listen only local network
>users( ISP's clients+ local users) requests. As I don't want to open my
>DNS server for ALL. What will I use, all-recursion or allow-query in
>named.conf file?

If it's not authoritative for any public domains, you should use
allow-query.

>2. Should I update my BIND 9.2.0 to BIND 9.2.3?

You should always run the latest released version.

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