forwarder {};

[Chris Buxton]

The use of an empty forwarders statement inside a zone statement is a  
matter of context.

Does your server answer recursive queries? If not, then this statement  
is most likely not useful. (A server that doesn't offer recursion to  
anyone can still conceivably perform recursion for its own needs, in  
order to send notify packets.)

Do you have a forwarders statement inside your options statement that  
gives a list of forwarders? If not, then this statement is not useful.

Does your master or slave zone have subzones delegated to other  
servers? If not, then this statement is not useful.

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On Oct 30, 2007, at 10:22 AM, Laurent Archambault wrote:

> Hie,
> I don't understand/known if it's more good to write "forwarders {} ;  
> (empty)
> for a master zone and more probably for a secondary zone.
> Is this an "obligation" (?) or only more good for "my" DNS...
>
> Thanks for all.
> -- 
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> / Laurent Archambault \
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