DNS and forward

[Y. W. Ko]

Hi Barry,

Barry Margolin <barmar at bbnplanet.com> wrote in message
news:XSkv3.330$m84.4207 at burlma1-snr2...
> In article <kuiv3.2096$Wn6.5221 at client>, Y. W. Ko <ko at ues-software.com>
wrote:
> >Hi Barry,
> Since you don't have connectivity to the root servers, it doesn't really
> matter what you put in it.  I usually recommend using the standard
> named.root file, so that it will be correct if you should ever remove the
> firewall and get rid of the forwarders.

Thanks for your comment, but I'd rather leave it the way it is:

1) If I come back and look at the setup again, having the unreachable root
servers in the hints file would most definitely confuse me

2) Since it's working, I ain't going to touch it :-)

    Ko

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