No default route to Internet, internal-root architecture; when you think this through, it's pretty obvious that the ability to explicitly specify "hints" is a mandatory feature of any enterprise-strength DNS product.
- Kevin -----Original Message----- From: bind-users-boun...@lists.isc.org [mailto:bind-users-boun...@lists.isc.org] On Behalf Of Joseph S D Yao Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 10:25 AM To: Ray Bellis Cc: bind-users@lists.isc.org Subject: Re: root hints operation On 2015-11-17 04:21, Ray Bellis wrote: > On 17/11/2015 02:09, Grant Taylor wrote: >> On 11/16/2015 06:56 PM, /dev/rob0 wrote: >>> You either specify a hints file to use, or use the compiled-in root >>> hints. >> >> Interesting. I was not aware that it was an exclusive or type >> situation. > > It's important that they're exclusive - it would be very much harder > to build an isolated test bed (with "fake" root hints) if BIND > insisted on always trying to reach all of the compiled-in root hints. ... Or a real root hints file that differed from the compiled-in version, either in the current case (where there is a lot of overlap so it actually wouldn't matter that much) or for a private internet (lower-case 'i') with no overlap. Joe Yao _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users