> 2. Start the authoritative server with the root zone on a loopback > address. This would typically be 127.0.0.1 in IPv4 or ::1 in > IPv6. > >Why does the document say that the address should not be in use?
In many systems a local DNS cache or forwarder listens on 127.0.0.1 and ::1. That's why the examples in the draft run the root mirror on 127.12.12.12. I you can tell your cache and mirror server to use nonstandard ports, you could run the mirror in IPv6 on ::1 on some other port like 5353, but ugh. R's, John _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
