choosing a root server(s)

[Cricket Liu]

Sezen Uysal <sezen.uysal at open-systems-services.com> wrote in message
news:<376951F2.4DCC934 at open-systems-services.com>...
> What is the use of db.cache file? I have commented all root server entries
> except one then I restarted BIND. My server still goes to all root
servers.

The root hints file, sometimes called db.cache, is used by your name server
at startup to find the current list of root name servers.  When your name
server starts up, it queries one of the name servers in the root hints file
for the current list of root name servers and thereafter uses that list.  So
commenting out all of the name servers but a.root-servers.net just means 1)
You'll always send that first query for the current list of root name
servers to a.root-servers.net and 2) If a.root-servers.net goes down or is
unreachable when your name server starts, your name server will be nearly
useless.

> Can I make my BIND go to say only a.roo-servers.net? Thanks.

Not unless you modify the source code.

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