DNS and forward

[Barry Margolin]

In article <7piauv$ppc$1 at nntp9.atl.mindspring.net>,
Y. W. Ko <ywko at mindspring.com> wrote:
>SERVER B) This is the named.conf on m/c on the inside from which I plan to
>forward request for names OUTSIDE my.domain to the above m/c to resolve:

You need a root hints file, even if you're forwarding.  Also, if this
server doesn't have access to the root servers, you should use "forward
only" rather than "forward first" (but you *still* need the root hints
file).

>
>options {
>    directory "/var/named";
>    forward first;
>    forwarders {
>        xx.yy.zz.aa;  // Server A ip address
>    } ;
>};
>
>zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
>        type master;
>        file "named.local";
>};
>
>zone "xx.yy.zz.in-addr.arpa" {
>        notify no;
>        type master;
>        file "named.rev";
>};
>
>zone "my.domain" {
>        notify no;
>        type master;
>        file "named.data";
>};

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