looking for root name servers with forward only option

[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I do not understand, why my nameserver (bind 8.2.x) is looking for the actual
> list of root name servers although the forward only option is set globally. I
> think, that there is no need to have the actual list of root name servers,
> because they will never be contacted at all.
> 
> I use my nameserver on a machine configured with dial on demand and I feel th
> at
> I have to pay for getting useless information.
> 
> My question is: What are the root name servers used for when applying the
> forward only option?

	For giving correct answers when deeper NS records have expired and
	it is answering from the cache.  Also to fix other subtle breakage
	that occurs when they are not known.

	Mark
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Ralf
> 
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