Can internal root server also forward?
Mark Andrews
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Tue Aug 26 03:34:20 UTC 2008
> Have an internal root server with zone db.root.
> Forwarding is not turned on as global option. Tried to add two forward
> zones with forward only into the root server and it would never
> forward. NXDOMAIN on localhost digs for that forward zone. If the zone
> is delegated in the the db.root file with NS records it works
> obviusly, The internal root server is running BIND 9.2.2.
>
> Are there limitations on a root server having forward only zones?
>
> thanks
> Joe
The real question is why did you decide to use forward
zones rather than using a normal delegation.
Forward zones are there for when you need to do something
special. They are not a replacement for doing normal
delegations.
Mark
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