Internal root name server

[Barry Margolin]

In article <7vmjok$opf$1 at nnrp1.deja.com>,  <destination70 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>Hi all,
>I am building an internal network behind a firewall (Linux+ipchains),
>leaving a registered name server outside it.
>To make name resolution working inside, I have set up a box (bind 8.2.2)
>as a primary NS and root NS.
>
>In /etc/named.conf I have:
>
>options {
> directory "/var/named";
> forwarders { xxx.yyy.zzz.qqq; };
>};
>
>zone "." in {
> type hint;
> file "db.root";
>};

Since it's a root nameserver, and db.root contains a full zone file, this
should be "type master", not "type hint".


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