Non-Internet "named.ca" file root hint.

[Joseph S D Yao]

On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 09:57:48AM +0700, Truong Tan Son wrote:
...
> Following your advice, I do:
> =====================================================
> ***[domain.com] -- named.conf:
> zone "domain.com" in {
>     type master;
>     file "domain.com.db";
>  };
...
> ##File  "hint.domain.com"
> $TTL 3600
> @    SOA    IN    root.domain.com.  adm-dns.domain.com. (
> $serial    $refresh    $retry    $expire    $TTL
> )
>                                                IN    NS    root.domain.com.
> domain.com.                           IN     A      1.1.1.1
> root.domain.com.                    IN     A      1.1.1.1
> ========================================================


Root hints files do NOT have SOA records or their own NS records.  They
have two types of records for each root name server.  (I have assigned
semi-arbitrary but long TTLs to them.)

; root.hints file
; 518400 = 6 days life for root NS records
; 3600000 = 1000 hours = 41 2/3 days life for root A records

.			518400	IN  NS	root.domain.com.
root.domain.com.	3600000	IN  A	1.1.1.1


This file must be on every non-root name server.  It must be referenced
as noted earlier in the "named.conf" file of each resolving non-root
name server (but is not needed or wanted on an authoritative-only name
server):

...
	zone "."	IN  {
		type hint;
		file "root.hints";
	};
...

-- 
Joe Yao
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