caching DNS with dialup connection

[Hanspeter Roth]

  On Jul 29 at 19:01, phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu spoke:

> 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.

Ok. But I'de like to leave the `out of the box' version which still
often is 8.x.
Would `forward only' mode be a recommendation?

-Hanspeter