Hi G.W., On 4/6/21 12:33, G.W. Haywood via bind-users wrote: > Hi there, > > On Fri, 4 Jun 2021, 3coma3 wrote: > >> Jun 3 22:03:53 ... apparmor="DENIED" ... "/usr/share/dns/root.hints" ... > > This isn't exactly an answer to your question but I don't think you > need root.hints any more - you can just delete it. > > I'm currently using 9.11.26, and I haven't used root.hints for years. > The hints section (zone ".") in my named.conf is just commented out. > > https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01309 > > HTH
Your suggestion is in line with what was pointed out by Timothe, also great explanation from the KB. It seems this is an extra precaution on the side of Debian, perhaps to cover some obscure corner case of unreachable root servers? Otherwise I cannot think of a good reason they include this. I've turned off the root hint now. Thanks for the help and info _______________________________________________ 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
