root hints operation
Joseph S D Yao
jsdy at tux.org
Tue Nov 17 15:25:08 UTC 2015
On 2015-11-17 04:21, Ray Bellis wrote:
> On 17/11/2015 02:09, Grant Taylor wrote:
>> On 11/16/2015 06:56 PM, /dev/rob0 wrote:
>>> You either specify a hints file to use, or use the compiled-in root
>>> hints.
>>
>> Interesting. I was not aware that it was an exclusive or type
>> situation.
>
> It's important that they're exclusive - it would be very much harder
> to
> build an isolated test bed (with "fake" root hints) if BIND insisted
> on
> always trying to reach all of the compiled-in root hints.
...
Or a real root hints file that differed from the compiled-in version,
either in the current case (where there is a lot of overlap so it
actually wouldn't matter that much) or for a private internet
(lower-case 'i') with no overlap.
Joe Yao
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