Excuse my ignorance, but https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6761#section-6.3
The domain "localhost." and any names falling within ".localhost." are special in the following ways: sure seems to mean that if I lookup curlmachine.localhost I should get a 127.0.0.1 or ::1 address returned. Correct? I had to change my db.local file to $ cat db.local ; ; BIND data file for local loopback interface ; $TTL 604800 @ IN SOA localhost. root.localhost. ( 3 ; Serial 604800 ; Refresh 86400 ; Retry 2419200 ; Expire 604800 ) ; Negative Cache TTL ; @ IN NS localhost. @ IN A 127.0.0.1 @ IN AAAA ::1 * IN A 127.0.0.1 IN AAAA ::1 to make localhost and curl.localhost work. Is this wrong? and if so, why? TIA, Lee -- 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