Countdown in NSLOOKUP

[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

> Joseph S D Yao wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Jan 10, 2000 at 04:58:54PM +0000, oscarh wrote:
> > ...
> > > I have a DG/UX box that's the primary nameserver for our domain (call it
> > > local.com).  We have no problems resolving names/hosts in our domain.
> > >
> > > We are also part of a larger intranet (call it big.com) - we even use the
> > > intranet's nameservers for the root domain, and have entered the nameserv
> er
> > > info in root.cache thusly:
> > >
> > > .                          99999999    IN   NS         server.big.com.
> > > server.big.com.     99999999    IN   A           123.456.789.10
> >
> > In your named.conf, you should also forward to server.big.com, and set
> > "forward only" mode, if - as it seems to me you are saying - you usethis as
> > your only gateway to the Internet.
> 
> Minor nitpick: that "also" should be an "instead". With a stock BIND 8.2.2-p5
> named, the hints file becomes useless once default forwarding is configured.
> 

	Default forwarding is "forward first;" and hints are definitely
	required.

	With "forward only;" hints are ignored (BIND 8.2.1 onwards).

	Mark

> 
> - Kevin
> 
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