That's exactly what I was recalling -- thanks for your time and response Mr. Reed.
----- Original Message ---- From: Jeremy C. Reed <[email protected]> To: Fr34k <[email protected]> Cc: Bindlist <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 12:37:05 PM Subject: Re: BIND 9.x and hint file On Mon, 31 Aug 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? I am not sure what you are asking for. The ARM documentation says about "hint" zone: The initial set of root name servers is specified using a "hint zone". When the server starts up, it uses the root hints to find a root name server and get the most recent list of root name servers. If no hint zone is specified for class IN, the server uses a compiled-in default set of root servers hints. Classes other than IN have no built-in defaults hints. The CHANGES entry is: 701. [func] Root hints are now fully optional. Class IN views use compiled-in hints by default, as before. Non-IN views with no root hints now provide authoritative service but not recursion. A warning is logged if a view has neither root hints nor authoritative data for the root. [RT #696] (That was in 9.2.0.) The built-in hints are in the source code at ./lib/dns/rootns.c _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
