local DNS

Sat Sep 4 04:39:17 UTC 2004

At 12:30 AM 9/4/2004, Tang Ho Yim wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Something make me confuse.
>I didn't config the "root hint zone" in the local DNS server configuration 
>file "named.conf".
>But I can still resolv internet domain, why ?
>
>Thanks !

Root hints are built into the source code of BIND 9 and aren't needed... 
although I still feel more comfortable configuring them anyway.

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