Paul Vixie <p...@redbarn.org> wrote:
>
> that's either an argument for listing multiple servers, the first being
> on the loopback, the other(s) being real global root name servers;

That would probably work.

> or, instead of telling bind9 "forward only", tell it "forward first".

That would not work: you can't forward to an authoritative server.

> the other thread on this draft reached a similar end when considering
> what happens when the zone times out. these are just different forms of
> data-unavailablility, which can *always* be forced.

Right, but can you recover from data-unavailability without user
intervention? What if the local copy of the zone is corrupted rather
than just stale?

Tony.
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