In article <mailman.828.1268758483.21153.bind-us...@lists.isc.org>, Gary Wallis <wgg1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sam Wilson wrote: > > In article <mailman.814.1268703621.21153.bind-us...@lists.isc.org>, > > Gary Wallis <wgg1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Let's say I have this setup : > >> > >> BIND 9.4 named.conf includes a master.zones file with the following: > >> > >> ... > >> zone "ns1.yourdomain.com" { > >> type master; > >> file "master/external/n/ns1.yourdomain.com.signed"; > >> }; > >> > >> zone "ns2.yourdomain.com" { > >> type master; > >> file "master/external/n/ns2.yourdomain.com.signed"; > >> }; > >> > >> zone "yourdomain.com" { > >> type master; > >> file "master/external/y/yourdomain.com.signed"; > >> }; > >> ... > >> > >> More background for question below: > >> > >> The yourdomain.com is I gather the zone APEX for all featured zones > >> above. (Is this the correct use of the term APEX?) > > > > "Parent", as Mark has already pointed out. > > Got that :) > > I would be nice to know what a zone apex is since what I have found on > the web so far is pretty self-referential. The zone apex is the name of the zone. It will always have SOA and NS records at that point and in DNS Classic[tm] may, but need not, have other records as well (MX and A are common). DNSSEC brings other RRs to the party at the apex. Sam _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users