forward first: iterative or recursive query

[Chris Buxton]

With a static-stub zone, you would get an iterative query. Forwarding always results in a recursive query.

How are you determining that your server is sending an iterative query?

Can we (the list) see your named.conf?

Regards,
Chris Buxton
BlueCat Networks

On May 3, 2011, at 5:21 AM, <iharrathi.ext at orange-ftgroup.com> <iharrathi.ext at orange-ftgroup.com> wrote:

> Hi
> from the book DNS and Bind 5th edition [french] (o'reilly)
> I read that the forward with the mode first sends a recursive query to the servers on the forwarders list, but as i see it only sends an iterative query. Also with forward only it send an itérative query.
> So forward first send an itérative or recursive query?
>  
> And how i can send a recursive query with the statement forward ( without using static-stub)
> I'm using bind-9.6-ESV-R4
>  
> Thanks.
> Issam HARRATHI.
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