mutliple forward statements

[Kevin Darcy]

IIRC, "type forward" zones will only work for actual *zones*, i.e.
delegated subdomains.

I'm not sure why BIND imposes this restriction, but it does...


- Kevin

"Cinense, Mark" wrote:

> Also forgot to ask if I am required to have a delegation record in my
> zonefile in order for forwarding to work?
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Kjorling [mailto:michael at kjorling.com]
> Sent: November 08, 2001 1:50 PM
> To: BIND-Users
> Subject: Re: mutliple forward statements
>
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
>
> Absolutely (even though the space after the two last zone names _may_
> introduce problems).
>
> It's interesting to note that there are two ways to achieve identical
> effect - forwarding all DNS queries:
>
>         options { forwarders { xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx; }; };
>
> or
>
>         zone "." { type forward; forwarders { xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx; }; };
>
> Unless another zone matches the query more specifically (which would
> be the case if you set up a master or slave server, for example), both
> of these will forward the query to another server.
>
> Michael Kjörling
>
> On Nov 8 2001 13:38 -0700, Cinense, Mark wrote:
>
> > Can I have multiple forward statements in my named.conf file?
> >
> > i.e.
> >
> > zone "ross.family.tv" {
> >         type forward;
> >         forwarders { 192.168.100.21; };
> > };
> >
> > zone "ross2.family.tv " {
> >         type forward;
> >         forwarders { 192.168.100.21; };
> > };
> >
> > zone "bart.family.tv " {
> >         type forward;
> >         forwarders { 192.168.100.21; };
> > };
> >
> > is what is in my named.conf file.
> >
> > Mark
>
> - --
> Michael Kjörling  --  Programmer/Network administrator  ^..^
> PGP: 95f1 074d 336d f8f0 f297 6a5b 2aa3 7bfd 8a70 e33e   \/
> Internet: michael at kjorling.com -- FidoNet: 2:204/254.4
>
> "There is something to be said about not trying to be glamorous
> and popular and cool. Just be real -- and life will be real."
> (Joyce Sequichie Hifler, September 13 2001, www.hifler.com)
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
> Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux)
> Comment: Public key is at http://michael.kjorling.com/contact/pgp.html
>
> iD8DBQE76u/qKqN7/Ypw4z4RArP6AKDrzJqguGYVrhSq8RT5vENZTQruigCg5N8N
> Wx80og12TIoweBP18oFpsAs=
> =rvj7
> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----