caching DNS with dialup connection

[phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu]

Hanspeter Roth <hanspeter_roth at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,

> I'm trying to configure a caching DNS with a dialup connection.
> Every time the system boots it immediately starts a dialup
> connection. Probably bind wants to know something about the root
> servers.
> What is the recommended approach to avoid such a lookup?
> Should I put all root servers into /etc/hosts?
> Or would it help to configure bind to be a secondary for all those
> names of the root servers?
> Or should I put bind into `forward only' mode?

> -Hanspeter

Bind initially contacts whatever if found in it's hint-file. This
is needed to find every other nameserver. 

You will have to accept that when bind starts it does this. 

To prevent bind to continuously contact other nameserver you
may use the 'dialup' option statement ( bind-9 seems to have 
the most controls over this ) 

See bind-9 manual section 6.2.14.1. Boolean Options , also 
seek in google for "dialup" and "bind" as i remember there was
a discussion about this some months ago.



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