Again: forwarders{} and delegation in zone behavior
Barry Margolin
barmar at alum.mit.edu
Wed Dec 21 20:54:33 UTC 2005
In article <doa6a5$17e2$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
"Dmitry E Gouriev" <gouriev at icenet.ru> wrote:
> Hello, here is a surprised newbie question.
>
> Thank you for explanations.
>
> We all understand that FORWARDING takes precedence
> over USAGE OF DELEGATION RECORDS, unless
> explicitely specified by empty forwarders{} in zone{},
> missing global forwarders in options{}, etc.
>
> However we (at least I) do not understand WHY.
> Ignoring known delegation records and querying
> major servers is a preferred default behaviour ?
>
> Does anybody know is this actualy good way and
> why it is better ?
Forwarding is intended for when you can't communicate directly with
Internet servers, e.g. you have a firewall that blocks DNS except
to/from the forwarder.
What are you using forwarding for that makes you think this is
inappropriate design?
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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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