Again: forwarders{} and delegation in zone behavior

[Barry Margolin]

In article <doa6a5$17e2$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 "Dmitry E Gouriev" <gouriev at icenet.ru> wrote:

> Hello, here is a surprised newbie question.
> 
> Thank you for explanations.
> 
> We all understand that FORWARDING takes precedence
> over USAGE OF DELEGATION RECORDS, unless
> explicitely specified by empty forwarders{} in zone{},
> missing global forwarders in options{}, etc.
> 
> However we (at least I) do not understand WHY.
> Ignoring known delegation records and querying
> major servers is a preferred default behaviour ?
> 
> Does anybody know is this actualy good way and
> why it is better ?

Forwarding is intended for when you can't communicate directly with 
Internet servers, e.g. you have a firewall that blocks DNS except 
to/from the forwarder.

What are you using forwarding for that makes you think this is 
inappropriate design?

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
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