forward subdomain of authoritative zone?

Kevin Darcy kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Tue Aug 28 23:23:09 UTC 2007


Mike Peterson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there any way to add a 'type forward' zone ('forward only') for a 
> private subdomain of a zone for which my server is authoritative?.
>
> This is for BIND 9.4.1-P1 server using 'views' on Solaris 8 if that 
> matters.
>   
If by "private" you mean undelegated, then no. BIND requires that the 
zone be delegated.

You could, of course, delegate the zone and then be very restrictive 
about who can query names in that zone. That would work.

- Kevin




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