Bind doesn't stop contacting global ROOT DNS servers after commenting(#) the the root hint zone in named.conf

[Reindl Harald]

Am 02.08.21 um 17:28 schrieb Ramesh:
> Hello,
> 
> I commented the root hint zone section(default) in the named.conf file 
> to stop bind from communicating to the global root DNS servers and it 
> should only use the internal forwarders available in the options{} section.
> 
> |#zone "." IN { # type hint; # file "named.ca <http://named.ca>"; #};|
> 
> But the BIND still communicates to the ROOT DNS server when the query 
> can't be answered by the internal forwarders.
> 
> * Is this a default behavior?

yes

> * Does bind has an inbuilt root hint zone even though the zone is not
>  defined in the namd.conf file?

yes