allow-query question

Barry Margolin barry.margolin at level3.com
Wed Sep 24 18:21:46 UTC 2003


In article <bksn0c$g5t$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
Jeff Stevens  <jstevens at vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>On 9/24/2003 12:54 PM, Barry Margolin wrote:
>> What you probably want to use is "allow-recursion" rather than
>> "allow-query".
>
>Is that because if someone is blocked by a setting in "allow-query", the 
>answer can still be given because of the "allow-recursion" (via a 

If you don't use "allow-query", no one will be blocked by it.  The default
is to allow anyone to query.

>recursive request from another NS)?  How is a caching server for a 
>select group of customers setup (my guess is those customers have your 
>stealth server configured into their NS)?

Use "allow-recursion", and put the addresses of those customers in it.

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