How should I configure internal and external DNS servers

Fri Nov 3 20:16:45 UTC 2023

Am 03.11.2023 um 20:12:59 Uhr schrieb Nick Howitt via bind-users:

> I have those lines, but if I remove them, then presumably I cannot
> have internal overrides anywhere, like a hosts file would or like
> dnsmasq would?

BIND doesn't care about /etc/hosts.
If you make it authoritative for a zone, it will look up what is
exactly in that zone file.
If it isn't authoritative, it will ask another DNS server (forwarders
or hierarchy from root servers) and won't check files on your system.