Re: does authority named require the external name servers?

2011-05-06 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
2011/5/2 Torinthiel torinth...@data.pl: Authority named never sends queries on it's own, only responds to submitted queries. On 02.05.11 20:17, Jeff Pang wrote: Doesn't it execute iterative query from the root server? root servers do not send queries. For example, given the nameserver is

Re: does authority named require the external name servers?

2011-05-06 Thread Jeff Pang
2011/5/6 Matus UHLAR - fantomas uh...@fantomas.sk: BIND will search for def.com only for recursive queries, not for iterative, and only when the client has recursion allowed on it. you are totally mis-unstanding me. -- Jeff Pang www.DNSbed.com

Re: does authority named require the external name servers?

2011-05-03 Thread Kevin Darcy
On 5/2/2011 9:50 PM, Jeff Pang wrote: 2011/5/3 Jeff Pangjeffrp...@gmail.com: 2011/5/3 Chris Thompsonc...@cam.ac.uk: It will need to know the addresses of ns1.def.com ns2.def.com to send them NOTIFY packets when the zone is updated (unless that has been suppressed). But it gets those by (if

does authority named require the external name servers?

2011-05-02 Thread Jeff Pang
When I run the authority named on a linux/unix like system, but don't put the reachable public nameservers on /etc/resolv.conf. What will happen to the authority named? Will it work right? Thanks. ___ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org

Re: does authority named require the external name servers?

2011-05-02 Thread Torinthiel
On 05/02/11 09:16, Jeff Pang wrote: When I run the authority named on a linux/unix like system, but don't put the reachable public nameservers on /etc/resolv.conf. What will happen to the authority named? Will it work right? Authority named never sends queries on it's own, only responds to

Re: does authority named require the external name servers?

2011-05-02 Thread Jeff Pang
2011/5/2 Jeff Pang jeffrp...@gmail.com: 2011/5/2 Torinthiel torinth...@data.pl: Authority named never sends queries on it's own, only responds to submitted queries. Doesn't it execute iterative query from the root server? For example, given the nameserver is authority for abc.com. And

Re: does authority named require the external name servers?

2011-05-02 Thread Torinthiel
On 05/02/11 14:20, Jeff Pang wrote: 2011/5/2 Jeff Pang jeffrp...@gmail.com: 2011/5/2 Torinthiel torinth...@data.pl: Authority named never sends queries on it's own, only responds to submitted queries. Doesn't it execute iterative query from the root server? For example, given the

Re: does authority named require the external name servers?

2011-05-02 Thread Chris Thompson
On May 2 2011, Torinthiel wrote: On 05/02/11 14:20, Jeff Pang wrote: 2011/5/2 Jeff Pang jeffrp...@gmail.com: 2011/5/2 Torinthiel torinth...@data.pl: Authority named never sends queries on it's own, only responds to submitted queries. Doesn't it execute iterative query from the root server?

Re: does authority named require the external name servers?

2011-05-02 Thread Jeff Pang
2011/5/3 Chris Thompson c...@cam.ac.uk: It will need to know the addresses of ns1.def.com ns2.def.com to send them NOTIFY packets when the zone is updated (unless that has been suppressed). But it gets those by (if necessary) recursive lookups based on its root hints (compiled in or

Re: does authority named require the external name servers?

2011-05-02 Thread Jeff Pang
2011/5/3 Jeff Pang jeffrp...@gmail.com: 2011/5/3 Chris Thompson c...@cam.ac.uk: It will need to know the addresses of ns1.def.com ns2.def.com to send them NOTIFY packets when the zone is updated (unless that has been suppressed). But it gets those by (if necessary) recursive lookups based