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. -- f.anthony.n.finch <d...@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ German Bight: Southeast 5 or 6 veering south 4. Rough at first in northwest, otherwise slight or moderate. Showers. Good, occasionally poor. _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop