does authority named require the external name servers?

[Jeff Pang]

2011/5/2 Jeff Pang <jeffrpang at gmail.com>:
> 2011/5/2 Torinthiel <torinthiel at data.pl>:
>
>>
>> Authority named never sends queries on it's own, only responds to
>> submitted queries.
>
> Doesn't it execute iterative query from the root server?
>
> For example, given the nameserver is authority for abc.com.
> And abc.com has two NS RRs:
>
> abc.com.    IN   NS   ns1.def.com.
> abc.com.    IN   NS   ns2.def.com.
>
> def.com is authoritative resolved by other nameservers.
>
> If there is no correct nameserver list in /etc/resolv.conf, then this
> named can't find ns1.def.com and ns2.def.com?
>


I think BIND will always have the ability to find all domain-names
regardless there is valid  entires in /etc/resolv.conf or not, since
BIND has the ability to execute iterative query from the root server,
and root server list is built-in.