Disable Root Hints

[D. Stussy]

"Barry Margolin" <barmar at alum.mit.edu> wrote in message
news:ge5mfu$21j3$1 at sf1.isc.org...
> In article <ge4pmk$17vq$1 at sf1.isc.org>, blrmaani <blrmaani at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I guess forwarding queries in root zone (.) also work. But I don't
> > know if this causes any other side effects.
> >
> > // Recursion should be enabled before adding the block below:
> >
> > zone "." {
> >   type forward;
> >   forward only;
> >   forwarders { <your internal ips>; };
> > };
>
> Isn't this equivalent to configuring forwarding in the options section?

Technically no.  It will direct queries that start from the top-down, but
will not direct queries to the forwarders for any other specifically defined
zone.  So what's the difference?  Stub zones.  I assume that master and
slave zones would be answered directly.