forwarding subzones?

[Joseph S D Yao]

Christine.Tran at east.sun.com replied:
> > > [BIND 8.2p1 Solaris 2.6]
> > > 
> > > Can I forward zone and subzone like this, and does the order matter?
> > > 
> > > zone "child.foo.com" IN {
> > > 	type forward;
> > > 	forwarders { 1.2.3.4; }; };
> > > 
> > > zone "foo.com" IN {
> > > 	type forward;
> > > 	forwarders { 5.6.7.8; }; };
> > 
> > Yes you can, and no, the order shouldn't matter.
> > 
> > > This didn't work for me but perhaps someone else might have had success.
> > 
> > Are the IP addresses those of pingable hosts that have name servers for
> > the respective zones?
> 
> yes absolutely.  I have used them for nslookup services and they are fine.
> 5.6.7.8 is authoritative for foo.com and 1.2.3.4 is just a generic forwarder
> that uses root servers.
> 
> CT

What was th mode of failure?  I.e., what makes you say, "this didn't
work for me"?

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