On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 11:36 AM, Matthew Pounsett <m...@conundrum.com> wrote: > > > On 15 August 2017 at 11:29, King, Harold Clyde (Hal) <h...@utk.edu> wrote: >> >> How does Bind update the root servers? Does it go out and check, or is a >> release made for each change? > > > Yes. :) > > BIND has a compiled-in root hints list that is kept up to date at each > release, which can be overridden with a zone of type 'hint'. It also does > what's calling "priming queries", which is to contact one of the known root > servers from the hints list, and retrieve and up-to-date authoritative NS > set for the root zone from the root zone itself.
... and for gory details on priming queries, see RFC8109 ( https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc8109/ ) W > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- I don't think the execution is relevant when it was obviously a bad idea in the first place. This is like putting rabid weasels in your pants, and later expressing regret at having chosen those particular rabid weasels and that pair of pants. ---maf _______________________________________________ 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
