forwarders overriding zone delegation.

[Kevin Darcy]

Joseph S D Yao wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 08:36:01PM -0400, Kevin Darcy wrote:
> > Check the documentation for the "zone" statement. You can use it in any
> > type of zone except hint.
> >
> > - Kevin
>
> Well, hmmm.  This is documented for V9.

Documented, but not implemented, you mean?

> It is not documented for V8 that I have found,

BIND 8.2.2-p5 doc/html/zone.html:  zone domain_name [ ( in | hs | hesiod |
chaos ) ] {
  type master;
  file path_name;
  [ forward ( only | first ); ]
->  [ forwarders { [ ip_addr ; [ ip_addr ; ... ] ] }; ]
  [ check-names ( warn | fail | ignore ); ]
  [ allow-update { address_match_list }; ]
  [ allow-query { address_match_list }; ]
  [ allow-transfer { address_match_list }; ]
  [ dialup yes_or_no; ]
  [ notify yes_or_no; ]
  [ also-notify { ip_addr; [ ip_addr; ... ] };
  [ ixfr-base  path_name; ]
  [ pubkey number number number string; ]
};

zone domain_name [ ( in | hs | hesiod | chaos ) ] {
  type ( slave | stub );
  [ file path_name; ]
  [ ixfr-base  path_name; ]
  masters [ port ip_port ] { ip_addr; [ ip_addr; ... ] };
  [ forward ( only | first ); ]
->  [ forwarders { [ ip_addr ; [ ip_addr ; ... ] ] }; ]
  [ check-names ( warn | fail | ignore ); ]
  [ allow-update { address_match_list }; ]
  [ allow-query { address_match_list }; ]
  [ allow-transfer { address_match_list }; ]
  [ transfer-source ip_addr; ]
  [ dialup yes_or_no; ]
  [ max-transfer-time-in number; ]
  [ notify yes_or_no; ]
  [ also-notify { ip_addr; [ ip_addr; ... ] };
  [ pubkey number number number string; ]
};

zone domain_name [ ( in | hs | hesiod | chaos ) ] {
  type forward;
  [ forward ( only | first ); ]
->  [ forwarders { [ ip_addr ; [ ip_addr ; ... ] ] }; ]
  [ check-names ( warn | fail | ignore ); ]
};

zone "." [ ( in | hs | hesiod | chaos ) ] {
  type hint;
  file path_name;
  [ check-names ( warn | fail | ignore ); ]
};

I'm not exactly sure what function the "forward ( only | first );" would be
in a zone type other than "type forward". But apparently it's legal to
specify it.

                                                                - Kevin