Thanks Sten
> On 6 Jul 2020, at 16.03, Tom <li...@verreckte-cheib.ch> wrote: > > Hi list > > Our BIND (9.16.4) is authoritative for zone "example.com". Now I need to > forward a subzone "sub.example.com" to another nameserver instance on the > same server, running for example under port 5353: > > A few years ago, this topic was already discussed: > https://lists.isc.org/pipermail/bind-users/2009-April/076156.html > > My BIND config looks like this: > ================== SCHNIPP ================== > zone "example.com" { > type master; > file "master/example.com.hosts"; > }; > zone "sub.example.com" { > type forward; > forwarders { 127.0.0.1 port 5353; }; > forward only; > }; > ================== SCHNAPP ================== > > In the zonefile for "example.com" I have a delegation like this (as described > in the post above): > > sub.example.com. IN NS subns.example.com. > > So, the authoritative server understands not to be responsible for this zone > and forwards the request to the other nameserver. > > But: The zone-forwarding is only working, when I enable "recursion" on the > authoritative server. Does this means, that zone-forwarding really requires > recursion? Yes. > Is there a better way with not enabling recursion (perhaps with views) to > accomplish this? Stub zones are normally recommended instead. > > Many thanks for any hints. > > Kind regards, > Tom > _______________________________________________ > Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe > from this list > > ISC funds the development of this software with paid support subscriptions. > Contact us at https://www.isc.org/contact/ for more information. > > > bind-users mailing list > bind-users@lists.isc.org > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
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