failure with empty hints file on forward first

[Barry Margolin]

In article <c807fs$l8b$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 Jeff Stevens <jstevens at vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> does bind require the named.ca (hints) file to be populated if
> forward first is used? it seems to fail for such a case, while forward
> only works...

When "forward first" is used, it has to be prepared to use the root 
servers if the forwarders don't answer.  So it needs the hints.

Older releases of BIND even required the hints when "forward only" was 
used, but this was eventually fixed.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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