Strange behaviour resolving CNAME's via a forwarder.

[Tony Finch]

Adam Goodall <adam.goodall at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This certainly seems to have solved the problem. I'm not convinced i
> understand why it didn't work they way i was trying but this is a perfectly
> acceptable alternative - thanks for your help!

A server that you forward queries to is expected to be a recursive server.
The servers for a stub zone are expected to be authoritative. This matters
if (for example) there are delegated sub-zones for which BIND may have to
handle referrals.

Tony.
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