Slaves and views

Joseph S D Yao jsdy at tux.org
Sat Mar 5 12:58:16 UTC 2011


On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 11:40:54PM -0800, Chris Buxton wrote:
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> A static-stub zone involves an iterative query, the potential for a referral, and then potentially recursion to follow the referral.
> 
> Conditional forwarding (a zone of type forward) involves a recursive query. If the answer is not forthcoming and 'forward only;' is set, the result is a SERVFAIL back to the client. There is no possibility that the DNS server so configured will follow referrals.
> 
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Excellent, thanks.  I had not gotten this from the earlier description.


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