On 01/28/03 03:39 PM, Roman Neuhauser sat at the `puter and typed:
> # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2003-01-27 17:15:29 -0500:
> > Hey all. I'm finally getting around to setting up a caching dns
> > server. Pretty confusing from my angle.
> >
> > Here's what I have so far:
> > named enaabled in /etc/rc.conf
> > cd to /etc/namedb and run sh make-localhost
> >
> > and the following in /etc/namedb/named.conf:
> >
> > options {
> > directory "/etc/namedb";
> > forward first;
> > forwarders {
> > 151.203.0.84;
> > 151.202.0.84;
> > };
> > listen-on { 10.8.20.5; };
> > version "surely you must be joking"
> > query-source address * port 53;
> > };
> >
> >
> > zone "." {
> > type hint;
> > file "named.root";
> > };
> >
> > zone "0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA" {
> > type master;
> > file "localhost.rev";
> > };
>
> are you setting up a cache, or an authoritative server?
> IOW, do you want Bind to resolve names for clients (they'll will
> have it in /etc/resolv.conf and equivalents), or do you want it to
> publish names?
>
> You are doing both, but if you want to have this Bind resolving
> names for clients (external cache), being authoritative for
> 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa doesn't IMO make sense.
>
I want just a caching nameserver. If I understand correctly, you are
suggesting I remove the 0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA zone. So I should only
have the hint zone, right?
Thanks for your comments, Roman.
Lou
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