recursion and forward zones

[Jack Tavares]

> What do you think "recursion" means, in that context? It 
> means your BIND 
> instance is able and willing to go out and fetch DNS information from 
> other nameservers, in order to satisfy client requests. The fact that 
> you're trying to set up a forwarding zone, implies that you want to 
> enable resolution of names in that part of the namespace 
> hierarchy, at 
> least for some select group of clients that ask for it. This 
> is directly 
> contradictory to "recursion no", which basically means "I'm 
> only going 
> to answer from my own authoritative data and not ask anyone 
> else for the 
> answers to your questions".
> 
> You should probably set up that forwarding zone under a 
> separate view, 
> one which has recursive service enabled.
> 
> 

I guess I though recursion would only apply to zones
that were not all declared anywhere.

I figured if I explicitly declared a zone as forwarding
or a slave, that that would override the recursion.

I was wrong. 

Thanks