forwarders last

[John Tan]

thanks !


>From: Joseph S D Yao <jsdy at cospo.osis.gov>
>To: d_name at hotmail.com (John Tan)
>CC: bind-users at isc.org, phil46 at pacific.net.sg
>Subject: Re: forwarders last
>Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 11:59:40 -0400 (EDT)
>
> > I know 4.9.x bind in a spilt-DNS forwarder configuration would not be 
>able
> > to "delegate" any of its internal domains because due to the forwarder
> > statement it will not look in the NS but go directly to the forwarders. 
>Now
> > I want to upgrade to bind 8.1.2. Question : Can it do a forwarders last 
>?
> > ie. look for the NS delegations then if not found look in the forwarders
> > list. Any pointers on how to do this. Thank you very much.
>
>Nope.  Not in 8.1.2.
>
>You can achieve the same effect in 8.2.1 by turning off forwarders for
>the zone and its descendants.  In 8.2, per recent discussion in this
>forum, this had to be done by explicitly forwarding each subdomain to
>its server, or explicitly turning off forwarding for those domains.
>
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>Joe Yao				jsdy at cospo.osis.gov - Joseph S. D. Yao
>COSPO/OSIS Computer Support					EMT-B
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