forward problem

[Barry Margolin]

In article <ge1348$frf$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 Trixter aka Bret McDanel <trixter at 0xdecafbad.com> wrote:

> So my question is why does "forward first" not forward first then check
> the root zone, why does it go directly to the root zone and not even
> attempt to forward first?  Its either a broken (as I understand it)
> feature or my config is bad.

You only recurse when you don't already have the answer in memory.  If 
you're authoritative for the zone, the answer is in memory by definition.

The "first" in "forward first" means to do it before following NS 
records, it doesn't mean that it takes precedence over authoritative 
data.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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