Every off site query is non-authoritative

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> Hi,
> 
> I've just upgraded our primary nameserver from 8.2.2 to 9.2.0 and
> have noticed that *every* query, for which we are not primary for,
> is non-authoritative.
> 
> We forward our queries to another nameserver, which in turn forwards
> to yet another, so it just maybe possible that this query has
> been looked up before.  But under 8.2.2, most of them were
> authoritative answers.
> 
> I don't have any extra options in my named.conf, other than the
> key and control statements.
> 
> The forward option is:
> 
> options {
> 	forwarders {
> 		ip.of.fwd.host;
> 	};
> 	forward only;
> };
> 
> I don't have any errors in my log files, other than the normal update
> denied messages from DDNS requests.
> 
> There are no problems with the answers, I was just wondering if the
> behaviour has changed, in this respect, from BIND 8 to 9.

	Yes.  Every answer goes through the cache and is re-constucted.
	The only ones that don't are forwarded dynamic updates.

	Mark

> 
> Thankx,
> 
> Greg.
> 
> 
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