BIND 9.x and hint file

2009-08-31 Thread Fr34k
Hi All, I thought with some version of BIND 9, one no longer needed a root hints file. I can't recall the details and my google searches are finding how to set up a hints file (instead of suggesting this is, say, deprecated). Can someone shed some light on this? Thanks

Re: BIND 9.x and hint file

2009-08-31 Thread Chris Thompson
On Aug 31 2009, Fr34k wrote: I thought with some version of BIND 9, one no longer needed a root hints file. I can't recall the details and my google searches are finding how to set up a hints file (instead of suggesting this is, say, deprecated). Can someone shed some light on this? BIND has

Re: BIND 9.x and hint file

2009-08-31 Thread Fr34k
That's exactly what I was recalling -- thanks for your time and response Mr. Reed. - Original Message From: Jeremy C. Reed jr...@isc.org To: Fr34k freaknet...@yahoo.com Cc: Bindlist bind-us...@isc.org Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 12:37:05 PM Subject: Re: BIND 9.x and hint file On

Re: BIND 9.x and hint file

2009-08-31 Thread Fr34k
Thank you Chris! This is what I was looking for. - Original Message From: Chris Thompson c...@cam.ac.uk To: Fr34k freaknet...@yahoo.com Cc: Bind Users Mailing List bind-users@lists.isc.org Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 12:33:57 PM Subject: Re: BIND 9.x and hint file On Aug 31 2009,

Re: Invalid lan. and local. TLDs

2009-08-31 Thread John Horne
On Sat, 2009-08-29 at 13:24 +1000, Mark Andrews wrote: Or one can just configure your recursive server as a stealth slave of the root zone. You make a qery every hour or so and transfer it twice a day. I have been wondering how to do a transfer twice a day without having to write something