On Feb 15, 2013, at 3:56 PM, Robert Moskowitz <r...@htt-consult.com> wrote:
>> >> The hostname 'localhost' can mean different things to different computers. >> It probably means ::1 (IPv6 localhost) in this case. Try explicitly >> specifying the IP address rather than using the hostname. > > Appearently so. Very interesting. using my IP address and I got a nice > return back of the root servers. Just like I get from the 'real ones'. And > I have commented out the hint stub, so I am good on this matter. One more > item checked off. If recursion is allowed on 127.0.0.1 (and your non-loopback IPv4 addresses), you may want to permit it over IPv6 as well. Might save some debugging time when you enable externally visible IPv6. AlanC -- Alan Clegg | +1-919-355-8851 | a...@clegg.com _______________________________________________ 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