fowarding vs named.ca

[Joseph S D Yao]

On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 03:38:42PM -0400, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a remote caching bind instance that resolves via forwarders (from
> another cache) for local lookups.  This works fine, expect for the times
> that the upstream forwarders go MIA.  Is there a way to use named.ca
> (roots) as a last resort if all forwarders are un-responsive?
> Additionally, is there a way to go to the roots if the forwarders return
> no result?
> 
> Tia,
> 
> -Jim P.


Your choices are "forward only" or "forward first".  In the latter case,
if the forwarded-to name server is unavailable, then this name server
will do a normal lookup using the other name servers on the internet,
all the way up to the roots if necessary.


-- 
Joe Yao
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