Sundry nitpicks. Not much of interest here, sorry. On Tue, May 08, 2012 at 05:38:55PM +0200, Jan-Piet Mens wrote: > > -----%<----- > > @ IN SOA localhost root@localhost. ( > > 2012041100 > > 7200 > > 1800 > > 1209600 > > 300 ) > > IN A 216.239.32.20 #nosslsearch.google.com. > > -----%<----- > > What's the hash doing there? ...........^ > > That's not a comment. > > Replace that whole line by > > nosslsearch.google.com. IN A 216.239.32.20
ITYM: @ IN A 216.239.32.20 This zone is named "www.google.com." > Assuming you've configured the zone correctly, that ought to do the > trick. (It has been pointed out to you previously, that this IP > address is bound to change -- you should monitor the "real" domain > name frequently and then update (dynamically?) your zone. On Tue, May 08, 2012 at 05:07:39PM +0100, Chris Thompson wrote: > On May 8 2012, Barry Margolin wrote: > > >In article <mailman.713.1336489020.63724.bind-us...@lists.isc.org>, > >Tobias Krais <tux-s...@design-to-use.de> wrote: > > > >>Hi Phil, > >> > >>> 4. Create a zone for "www.google.com" and instead of CNAME, put an A > >>> record at the apex with the same IP as "nosslsearch.google.com". Run a > >>> script FREQUENTLY to re-resolve the host, as Google do short-TTL > >>> DNS-based loadbalancing. > >> > >>For unbound has no solution Inow want to try your suggestion no. 4. My > >>db file now looks like this: > >>-----%<----- > >>@ IN SOA localhost root@localhost. ( > >> 2012041100 > >> 7200 > >> 1800 > >> 1209600 > >> 300 ) > >> IN A 216.239.32.20 #nosslsearch.google.com. > >>-----%<----- > >> > >>But this does not work. Can you tell me whats wrong? > >> > >>Greetings, > >> > >>Tobias > > > >"#" isn't the comment character in DNS zond files, ";" is. > > Also, you need at least one NS record (maybe for "localhost."). > named-checkzone would have told you about both these problems. > > Less serious problems: > > It's better to use a $TTL directive than rely on it defaulting to > the SOA.MINTTL value (or specify all TTLs explicltly). > > You probably meant "root.localhost." for the SOA.rname. And "localhost." for the SOA.mname. And the SOA.serial implies the date of April 11. :) Seriously, you would probably want the serial to reflect the date you last did a check of the upstream name, nosslsearch.google.com. -- http://rob0.nodns4.us/ -- system administration and consulting Offlist GMX mail is seen only if "/dev/rob0" is in the Subject: _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users