On 09.08.09 20:15, E Johnson wrote: > From what I have read so far, I can see that this might be a very > flame-worthy question, so please don't hurt me, I'm just a beginner... > > I have read every howto that I can find on setting up a DNS server for a > very small, 12 seats, network. The DNS server just needs to be > authoritative for the internal network and then it should forward > external requests to the outside world. Here is the question... > > Most of the howtos say that I should setup a Root Zone so that I can > access the Internet. Then a small few of the howtos say that I should > use the forwarder option to be able to access the Internet and they say > that the Root Zone should not be used because the Root DNS servers > aren't meant for that.
BIND does have default hint zone builtin by default. You can download current version from ftp.internic.net:/domain/named.root if you want, but that is not required for working DNS server. -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, uh...@fantomas.sk ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. The only substitute for good manners is fast reflexes. _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
