Re: Updating db.root

2000-06-15 Thread Nate Duehr
From DNS & Bind, 3rd Edition p.68 : "Besides your local information, the name server also needs to know where the name servers are for the root domain. This information must be retrieved from the Internet host ftp.rs.internic.net (198.41.0.7). Use anonymous ftp to retrieve the file named.root fro

Re: Updating db.root

2000-06-14 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 12:56:22AM -0400, Dan Brosemer wrote: > I think Mark was trying to answer the orignal poster's query as to whether > the information was on the Debian website. Oh dear, there I go again flying off the handle. I reread the post and you're right, of course. Sigh. Sorry Mark!

Re: Updating db.root

2000-06-14 Thread Pollywog
On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Bob Bernstein wrote: > On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 02:49:37AM +, Pollywog wrote: > > Isn't it preferable to get the root hints using dig? > > I dunno. Enlighten me! Is the info obtained that way different from what's > in the named.root file on that server? It is not much diff

Re: Updating db.root

2000-06-13 Thread Dan Brosemer
On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 12:22:12AM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote: > On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 01:55:57PM +1000, Mark Suter wrote: > > > This is not a Debian question. It is a DNS operations question. > > Ummm...and your point is? I think Mark was trying to answer the orignal poster's query as to whe

Re: Updating db.root

2000-06-13 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 01:55:57PM +1000, Mark Suter wrote: > This is not a Debian question. It is a DNS operations question. Ummm...and your point is? Never mind. Look, from time to time this list strays off-topic, frequently to answer non-Debian-specific questions from me, my infamous and now

Re: Updating db.root

2000-06-13 Thread Pollywog
dig @e.root-servers.net . ns>/etc/bind/db.root I believe it is part of the dnsutils package. -- Andrew On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Patrick Dahiroc wrote: > what's dig? how do i use it? > > On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 02:49:37AM +, Pollywog wrote: > > Isn't it preferable to get the root hints using d

Re: Updating db.root

2000-06-13 Thread Mark Suter
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Folks, > i'm running my own dns server from my home i would like to update my > db.root file. where do i have to go get an update version of this > file? is this information available from the debian web site? This is not a Debian question. It is

Re: Updating db.root

2000-06-13 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 02:49:37AM +, Pollywog wrote: > Isn't it preferable to get the root hints using dig? I dunno. Enlighten me! Is the info obtained that way different from what's in the named.root file on that server? -- Bob Bernstein at Esmond, R.I., USA

Re: Updating db.root

2000-06-13 Thread Dan Brosemer
On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 09:38:32PM -0400, Patrick Dahiroc wrote: > hi > > i'm running my own dns server from my home i would like to update my > db.root file. where do i have to go get an update version of this > file? is this information available from the debian web site? dig @rs.networksolut

Re: Updating db.root

2000-06-13 Thread Patrick Dahiroc
what's dig? how do i use it? On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 02:49:37AM +, Pollywog wrote: > Isn't it preferable to get the root hints using dig? > > -- > Andrew > > > On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Bob Bernstein wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 09:38:32PM -0400, Patrick Dahiroc wrote: > > > i'm running m

Re: Updating db.root

2000-06-13 Thread Pollywog
Isn't it preferable to get the root hints using dig? -- Andrew On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Bob Bernstein wrote: > On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 09:38:32PM -0400, Patrick Dahiroc wrote: > > i'm running my own dns server from my home i would like to update my > > db.root file. where do i have to go get an upd

Re: Updating db.root

2000-06-13 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 09:38:32PM -0400, Patrick Dahiroc wrote: > i'm running my own dns server from my home i would like to update my > db.root file. where do i have to go get an update version of this > file? is this information available from the debian web site? Go to ftp.rs.internic.net a

Updating db.root

2000-06-13 Thread Patrick Dahiroc
hi i'm running my own dns server from my home i would like to update my db.root file. where do i have to go get an update version of this file? is this information available from the debian web site? thanks