connections to root servers

2022-12-19 Thread BÖSCH Christian
Hello,

 

I have two bind dns servers as client resolvers with local zones and for the 
rest

configured forwarders. The root zone “.” and hints file is commented out.

In the connection logs on the firewall I see a lot of connections from the 
resolvers

to the root dns servers. 

So can anybody explain why this happens? In my opinion everything should go to

the forwarders and I’m also wondering how bind knows about the root servers

when there is no hint file?

 

Thanks,

Christian



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Re: connections to root servers

2022-12-19 Thread Emmanuel Fusté

Le 19/12/2022 à 20:06, BÖSCH Christian a écrit :


Hello,

I have two bind dns servers as client resolvers with local zones and 
for the rest


configured forwarders. The root zone “.” and hints file is commented out.

In the connection logs on the firewall I see a lot of connections from 
the resolvers


to the root dns servers.

So can anybody explain why this happens? In my opinion everything 
should go to


the forwarders and I’m also wondering how bind knows about the root 
servers


when there is no hint file?

Thanks,

Christian



It will use build-in fallback definition.
Use the "forward only" directive with the forwarders declaration.

The primary use case for overwriting the root zone/hint content is for 
private root server implementation  in totally disconnected/fully 
private DNS infrastructure.
Otherwise, global forwarders with forward only directive are sufficient 
to stop any direct root servers queries.


Emmanuel.
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