On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 09:51:13PM -0500, Joseph S D Yao wrote: > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 08:10:10PM +0000, Jack Tavares wrote: > > I have a question about the hints file. > > > > It is "built in" to BIND. > > > > Does bind check for updates to this periodically? ... > To the best of my knowledge, NO.
To clarify: The distinguished gentleman from RIPE is also correct. Once BIND starts, IF any of the built-in root name servers is correct [very likely on the public Internet, unlikely on any other internet], it will get the complete current list, as this should be identical on all root name servers. But the answer to your original question remains, "no" - it does not do a file transfer to download any file to keep its boot-time root hints list persistently "current". [This does leave a security hole - if a root name server's IP changes, and a Bad Guy gets the old one; or on another internet, if the Bad Guy gets all the IP addresses in the default file. It's not just lust for control that has me using a visible root hints file.] -- /*********************************************************************\ ** ** Joe Yao j...@tux.org - Joseph S. D. Yao ** \*********************************************************************/ _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users