Re: Shortcut the lookup algorithm *other* than via 'forward' ?

2010-03-02 Thread L. Gabriel Somlo
Mark, Thanks much for clearing this up ! I get it now -- the lookup algorighm is opportunistic, and starts below the root if the right NS records are already in cache. Having stub zones insures that is always the case -- very cool ! Also thanks to everyone else who responded ! --Gabriel On Tue,

Re: Shortcut the lookup algorithm *other* than via 'forward' ?

2010-03-01 Thread Mark Andrews
In message <20100302003617.ga27...@foober.net.cmu.edu>, "L. Gabriel Somlo" writ es: > Kevin, > > > For redundancy, you might want to consider slaving ".local" and > > "example.com" on the remote servers. Note that you don't need to > > Thanks for the reply ! I am slaving and/or stubbing some o

Re: Shortcut the lookup algorithm *other* than via 'forward' ?

2010-03-01 Thread Barry Margolin
In article , "L. Gabriel Somlo" wrote: > Kevin, > > > For redundancy, you might want to consider slaving ".local" and > > "example.com" on the remote servers. Note that you don't need to > > Thanks for the reply ! I am slaving and/or stubbing some of our zones > in some instances, and redund

Re: Shortcut the lookup algorithm *other* than via 'forward' ?

2010-03-01 Thread L. Gabriel Somlo
Kevin, > For redundancy, you might want to consider slaving ".local" and > "example.com" on the remote servers. Note that you don't need to Thanks for the reply ! I am slaving and/or stubbing some of our zones in some instances, and redundancy is not what I was concerned about. I am simply loo

Re: Shortcut the lookup algorithm *other* than via 'forward' ?

2010-03-01 Thread Kevin Darcy
The "hints" file is a non-starter -- for years now it's been limited to only containing root-zone-related information. For redundancy, you might want to consider slaving ".local" and "example.com" on the remote servers. Note that you don't need to *publish* those servers in NS records: they ca

Shortcut the lookup algorithm *other* than via 'forward' ?

2010-03-01 Thread L. Gabriel Somlo
Hi, I am looking for a way to start the DNS lookup algorithm somewhere further down the tree, instead of at the root, but only for a small specified set of domains. I have a relatively large/complex DNS installation, where we run our own .LOCAL TLD mapped to RFC1918 IP space. Various departments